Jade and Shelah Acker live and serve in Uganda, where they are committed to holistic ministry through Refuge and Hope International, an organization they began in 2004. Refuge and Hope International serves the urban refugee community in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. The nonprofit organization is located in a heavily refugee-populated area of the city that is home to refugees from South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Ethiopia and Rwanda.
Each year, Refuge and Hope serves more than 1,000 refugees through the Center of Hope, as well as through skills and business training programs, youth and women’s ministry, spiritual development and social work programs. The Ackers offer educational, professional and personal development programs designed to help refugees recover from the effects of war, realize self-sufficiency and become catalysts for change in their communities.