2001
Africa New Life Ministries established in Rwanda by Pastor Charles Mugisha Buregeya with his wife, Florence, and a group of friends including Marvin Eggleston, Tony Morones, Serena Morones and Tim Robnett from the USA, Don Egan from England and Specioza from Rwanda. They begin by choosing 29 children for sponsorship.
Operational bases to support children in Rwanda begin in the U.S. – San Antonio, TX and Portland, OR – and in Europe – London, UK and Northern Ireland.
2002
After finding sponsors for the original 29 children, New Life Nursery School is launched in Kayonza.
2003
New Life Nursery School grows and becomes New Life Christian Academy.
New Life Bible Church established in Kigali.
Kanombe Home, a transitional home for former street children, opens in Kigali.
2004
Feeding program is established for the thousands of street children who live in Kigali.
Africa New Life’s sponsored child Enric Sifa wins a national music competition and is invited to perform for Rwandan President Paul Kagame.
2005
The New Life Family Center opens for the vocational and spiritual training of 70 women each year in Kigali.
2006
1,000 children are now educated and spiritually nurtured by Africa New Life through sponsorship by friends in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.
Grace, New Life and Mercy Children’s Homes for orphans and desperate children open on the campus of New Life Christian Academy.
The Life Center opens on the campus of New Life Christian Academy, which provides a cafeteria for students and a meeting hall for the New Life Bible Church Kayonza.
New Life Guest Home for Short-term missionaries opens in Kigali.
2007
Timothy Children’s Home for orphans and desperate children opens on the campus of New Life Christian Academy.
New Life Christian Academy becomes the top school in Rwanda’s Eastern
Province and produces a national debate champion.
Esther Home is established in Kigali to house and support qualified female university students
Short-term mission teams begin providing food on a regular basis for the Kageyo Refugee Re-settlement.
2008
Orchards Children’s Home for orphans and desperate children opens on the campus of New Life Christian Academy.
New Life Christian Academy is rated 5th in academics nationally and produces 3 of the top 10 national sixth grade scholars in Rwanda.
Kigali Dream Center, Africa New Life’s national headquarters, opens becoming the home of New Life Bible Church, the street children’s feeding and vocational program, New Life Family Center for women and The Mercy Network.
Africa New Life partners with the Palau Association to hold evangelistic festivals in four cities reaching 40,000 people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
2009
More than 2,000 children are now sponsored—receiving an education and spiritual nourishment—by friends in Rwanda, the U.S., the UK, Canada and Northern Ireland, through Africa New Life.
Kanombe Home for former street children moves from Kigali to the New Life Christian Academy campus in Kayonza.
New Life Christian Academy opens a secondary school and continues to be ranked as the 5th best academic primary school in Rwanda. Headmaster John Africa and two teachers are commissioned to design new nationwide curriculums for English and Social Studies.
Africa New Life partners with The Palau Association and the city of Kigali to host KigaliFest, reaching 80,000 with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Africa New Life establishes a child sponsorship program in Kageyo.
2010
The Umucyo (Light) Home for former street children opens at New Life Christian Academy.
Africa New Life Founder and President Charles Buregeya is named Chairman of the Forum for Born Again Churches of Rwanda.
Construction begins on the Rwanda Evangelical School of Theology and the vocational facility for street children at Kigali Dream Center .
Construction begins on another New Life Bible Church and Child Sponsorship Center in Kageyo.
Africa New Life assumes control and management of Kageyo Primary School, beginning daily feeding and education of 1,000 students.
2011
Schools continue to be exemplary – The New Life Christian Academy Secondary School tests as Rwanda’s number one school in 2011, Kageyo Primary School becomes the second best in the nation, and New Life Christian Academy Primary School tests first in its province for the fourth consecutive year.
A dormitory for girls is funded and constructed and Kayonza. In January 2012, 60 secondary-level girls move in.
Africa New Life Ministries partners with Living Water International, repairing four wells and drilling four more, providing safe water for the people of Kayego.
Africa College of Theology’s building construction and start-up expenses are fully funded. The first class of pastors will begin training in fall 2012.
The New Skills and Learning Center opens, and now provides a long-term home for both the women and the Street Children’s Ministry.
Kibenga Primary School, which was built by UNICEF, is given to Africa Lew Life by the government based on the remarkable results at New Life Christian Academy and Kageyo Primary School. The school now has 400 students attending.
