The M.W.A.N.Z.A. Association co-operates with the Municipal Administration as well as with several NGOs in Mwanza

International Languages Training Centre (ILTC)

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The International Languages Training Centre (iltc) is an institution of learning that covers a wide range of educational activities. Within the framework of 5 departments,  people from 2 to over 80 years of age are taught all that is needed to face life in the 21st century.

The Mission

It is the declared duty and purpose of iltc to enhance effective communication among individuals and groups of various cultures, religious backgrounds as well as economic standing. Successful communication fosters mutual understanding and increase in knowledge for all involved. This ultimately strengthens the sense of unity and solidarity among people of all nations leading to peace and human development.

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New shop in Mwanza: Creations Charity Craft Shop

The CREATIONS Charity Craft Shop is a cooperative venture of four charities in Mwanza. These organizations had worked together for years on a local biannual craft show, which led to the idea for a shop. It now provides an opportunity for the charities to sell their handicrafts year round and thereby earn money for their programs and the crafts people. The four charities are:

  1. Tunaweza: a training program for young adults with disabilities
  2. Uzima Centre: where orphans in secondary school make crafts to help pay their school expenses
  3. Lulu : a program for young single mothers to train them to become self sufficient
  4. Chanua: where widows and other women join together to make craft in order to support their families.

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HURUMA CHAPTER KILEO – TASTE OF TANZANIA

February 2015

Dear Friends of Huruma,

Absolutely amazing!  Through sharing food typical of Tanzania, African music, a slide show of Huruma students, a display of Tanzanian artifacts and testimony of those who have been to Huruma, a community of concern reached out  to ensure that Huruma continues to serve students with disabilities in the Mwanza region.

 

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Viktoria Schools

Welcome to Viktoria Schools

Karibuni Shule Viktoria

Viktoria Schools a project of Viktoria Memorial LIMITED,

a company limited by guarantee, non-profit oriented No. 93434

 

Viktoria Schools

Malimbe MnanganiP.O. Box 95

Mwanza, Tanzania

Tel. in Tanzania: +255 / 765 021 122  / 767 001 808

viktoriaschools@me.com

www.viktoriaschools.li

 Kinder aus allen Schulstufen, einige Lehrpersonen, Switbert Rutinwa und Johanna Sele-Rutinwa vor dem Lehrerzimmer

 

The Tanzanian Educational System

Although the government of Tanzania is putting a lot of effort into the education of its people, the country and the education system faces many problems. Basically there are not enough resources. It lacks schoolrooms, equipment, textbooks, teaching material, as well as, trained teachers. In classes with up to 80 pupils, individual teaching is not possible. Therefore children with difficulties in learning have a real challenge in passing the national exams and developing as educated individuals.

 

The opportunity which was presented to us

In September 2010 we had the opportunity to buy an already existing English Medium Primary school. We believe that the education of children is a direct contribution for the future of this country and the children themselves will contribute to their community by being better educated. With this in mind, and with our professional experiences as teachers and social workers, we decided to buy the school in October 2010. We are committed to providing an environment for individual teaching and development of our children.

 

Viktoria Schools

Around 10 kilometers away from Mwanza town center our school is in the midst of a basically poor environment. Close by, the newly opened university has a good impact on the economical situation of the area. Nevertheless the gap between poor and rich is increasing. A way out of poverty for most Tanzanian families is to see that their children have a chance to go to a private school where the classes are smaller, and the teachers are professionally trained and committed to teaching. Some families can afford to pay for the school fees, but some cannot.  Our aim is to offer a good education also to some of those, who can not otherwise afford it. Therefore we have initiated a Support Program in order to meet this vision. 53 Children are currently supported. With your financial support you can help a child go to school.

 

Development

Buying the school was the start. The real work is now to develop the school further by constructing more buildings, like classrooms, dining/multipurpose hall, administration office, and continuing education for our teachers. To make the school more self-sustaining we have to grow.  The costs for this development are paid by the growing amount of pupils, as well as, by donations. Our vision is to offer schooling from pre-primary to secondary.

 

Also our aim when the new buildings have been constructed, especially the dining/multipurpose hall, is to open it up as a community center where the local people can come and rent it for workshops and for groups to meet. At the same time it is an opportunity for us to make the local community aware of their rights and the benefits of education and to invite other organizations to work together with us, to share resources and to ensure the families are empowered to support their own children.

 

Switbert Rutinwa & Johanna Sele-Rutinwa

 

Schoolowners and management

 

 

TUNAWEZA – Promotion of Handicapped Children

TUNAWEZA – Centre is a workshop for young handicapped people. Here you can read a report by Jana Schiemenz from August 2010:

Report of Jana, August 2010 (pdf – file, download can take some time)

Street Children Project UPENDO DAIMA

Logo UPENDO DAIMA with Street Kids

 

Upendo Daima (UDO), Kiswahili for “Unconditional Love”, is an organisation for street children of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza in Northern Tanzania. It was founded in 1995 by Sister Chimwemwe of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of St. Mary of Africa as a response to the growing number of street children in Mwanza. These children lacked material support and they were threatened with physical assault, with the consequences of HIV / AIDS or other diseases. UDO was originally founded to address this problem and to provide the children involved with food, clothing, education and healthcare, also to reintegrate some of the children into their families.

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Shaloom Care House – AIDS-Orphans

Shaloom Care House fights the spread of HIV-AIDS and develops strategies how to mitigate the effects of the epidemic in the area of Mwanza Archdiocese. Shaloom Care House offers its services to people living with HIV as well as fot orphans and under 18 street kids. The institution started with 233 clients, but their number has increased to 817 by 2005 and more than 2000 in 2009.

 Foto: Sr. Corrie Vork (l.) from the Netherlands has been in charge of SCH for many years

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Foundation of New Life for Street Children and Orphans (FONELISCO) / Newsletter

www.fonelisco-verein.de / http://www.fonelisco.org/

15th of April 2013

Hello friends of FONELISCO!

One more exciting month is over and it was a month with a lot of things we really want to share with you! So here it is: The newsletter of April 2013.

As always, let us start at the orphanage. Since our last newsletter we haven’t received any new children. But we are happy to inform you that the girls Anne, Mage and Stella integrated nicely in the orphanage. Especially Stella went through a great development. Her plaster could have been removed so that she is now living in the centre with her sisters. Since her arrival there, she started laughing, playing and talking so much!

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Uzima Centre Ilemela

For People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) and Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC)

Englisch (pdf-File)

Joanne Miya, Director

Uzima Centre Ilemela PO Box 2330 Mwanza, Tanzania

Email: grandmamiya@gmail.com

Mobile Phone: 255-784-387852

History:
In 1997, Maryknoll Sister Rosemary Milazzo began meeting with a group of women and soon realized that many of their struggles were related to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. A support group for those who were HIV + was started. Later it was expanded to include assistance for the orphans and other vulnerable children. Since 2006, I (Joanne Miya) have served as the director. What started as a few women meeting under a tree to discuss the challenges they faced has grown into what is now Uzima Centre. In 2005 a small building was constructed, consisting of an office, a meeting room, a storeroom and a room for medical services. We are located on the property of the Ilemela Catholic Church. Our centre is under the Health Department of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza.

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