Help street children in Tanzania
Onesimo Wissi was Vicar General in Dodoma Diocese as well as my very first link with Tanzania. I was in Italy when I received a text message saying he had passed away, even today I still can not realize this has happened. I met him for the first time in Calcinate (BG) in March 1996 and soon in July we travelled …
Will Swahili language survive? When I first arrived to Tanzania, inside the majority of the villages, their inhabitants were not used to speak the official language of the Country, Kiswahili (universally known as Swahili) but only Kigogo, a dialect spoken in Dodoma region specifically. More than 25 years passed from then and today things have drastically changed: many Tanzanian people …
Frequently we have to answer some questions from our donors, often curious about Tanzania, our work and how we manage to gather the economic resources needed to sustain the project. Today we want to answer to one recurring question: “Do Tanzanians support you?” The answer is “Of course, they do” Every month KISEDET receives food, environmental and personal hygiene products. …
The project began in May, 2017 and ended in September 2020, on which the project provided support to children and youth living and working on the streets. The following is the success of KKP project. NoIndicatorsSuccess1Identification of children and youth living and working on the street1292 (799 M, 493 F)2Providing children with temporary shelter231 (165 M, 48 F)3Health Care and …
I arrived in Tanzania for the first time in 1996 and immediately met this charismatic figure who was the village chief. I soon realized that he was not only the village chief, but also the charismatic leader of an entire community. Not only young people had a reverential respect for him. I was taken under his wing, and sometimes I …
Selling Food, an easy way to get started. Melina (21), Mage (22), and Kashinde (21), pictured in the middle, joined the VITUNU youth group in January 2019 hoping to share life with the least of their fellow girls. The group is situated at Chang’ombe nearby their residences. While in the group, the three girls share their experience likewise peace of mind …
While Tanzania has its first woman President, there is work in progress at our Chigongwe house
How can we work with street children, if we lose either our hardness or our tenderness?
Six girls have completed the sewing training course and are now ready to start their own activity