Kijabe Hospital’s training programs give students the chance to put their medical skills and their love for people and Jesus Christ into practice.

Kireka Home, in the heart of Kampala, Uganda, serves as one of the only refuges for children with mental and physical disabilities. In many places in Africa, disabilities bring shame to a child’s family, but here, these children have found something rare and precious: acceptance and love.

“I treat them like human beings,” Hanneke says bluntly when I ask about her secret to ministering among those with AIDS. “I touch them. I hug them.” She makes it sound easy, but I marvel at her methods.

All forty-four were gathered in the main rehabilitation room. They sat on floor mats, a mass of giggles and crutches.