Tanzania
Help in the remote south
70% of the rural population
has no proper sanitary facilities.
60% of the rural population
has no access to clean drinking water.
524 mothers die
during pregnancy or in childbirth for every 100,000 children born living.
One in every four women
over the age of 15 cannot read or write.
In Tanzania, we provide aid in these areas:
Tanzania
Help in the remote south
70% of the rural population
has no proper sanitary facilities.
60% of the rural population
has no access to clean drinking water.
524 mothers die
during pregnancy or in childbirth for every 100,000 children born living.
One in every four women
over the age of 15 cannot read or write.
In Tanzania, we provide aid in these areas
KIUMA – Training, helping and supporting with God’s love
The people living in the Tunduru district are almost all peasant farmers living in the most primitive conditions in clay huts. There is no municipal water supply. Surfaced roads, secondary school or the prospects of a job in trade or industry? Not a chance! The nearest towns have only been reachable via an asphalt road in the last few years.
Since 1996, wortundtat has played a major part in setting up the KIUMA project. KIUMA stands for Kanisa la Upendo wa Kristo Masihi (English: Church of the Love of Christ). The work done by the helpers here ranges from short-term support to the permanent development and transformation of the entire region. Specifically, KIUMA maintains establishments for health, education and communal infrastructure.
With its services, wortundtat is helping the region gradually to bring the standard of living up to that of the country as a whole. Even then, they will still be a long way from living a life of plenty: Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in the world: In 2023, it stood at number 167 out of 193 in the United Nations Human Development Index (Germany came in at number 7)
Our partner in Tanzania:
KIUMA – Kanisa la Upendo wa Kristo Masihi English: Church of the Love of Christ)
We support these services:
• KIUMA Hospital
• Sickness wards
• Secondary school
• Manual trades school
• Nursing school
• Training of medical specialists
• Agricultural school
• Community centres
• Water supply
Serious health problems in region with inadequate health care
This is one problem. The other is the distance from the nearest doctor: There are hardly any medically qualified people in the region, and the nearest hospital is 70 km away from KIUMA – so it cannot be reached without a car.
Latest reports from our project in Tanzania
Medical services – now finally available for the rural population
Today, the hospital financed by wortundtat is the only medical care facility within reach; in comparison with other facilities considered normal in the country, it also offers modern medical standards. The focus is on treatments against malaria and respiratory disorders such as tuberculosis, plus the provision of care in the obstetrics ward. Patients are treated for a small payment – and those who cannot afford it receive the necessary medical care free of charge.
Doctors with various specialisms care for a wide range of old young and adult patients: The in-patient unit has around 100 beds for men, women and children. Here and in the outpatient centre, over 30,000 medical treatments and over 2,000 minor and major operations are carried out each year.
Many of the nurses have been trained in the nursing school that is also run by KIUMA on its own site.
Women from the surrounding area can give birth safely in the KIUMA Hospital.
Health services – plenty of health for people who are sick
In Tanzania, it is normal for patients to be cared for by relatives. This is why most children can be found on the children’s ward with their mothers.
Difficulties in pregnancy and birth are frequent causes of death amongst women. Professional medical care lowers the risk for mothers.
The KIUMA Hospital is the only clinic within a wide radius to carry out major operations in professional conditions.
People come from the surrounding villages to the outpatient clinic for a wide range of examinations. Babies are also checked for healthy growth here.
The place to go for people hungry for an education – first chances of an education in the region
Ever since KIUMA was founded in 1996, wortundtat has worked to improve the educational opportunities for the local population. Young people from the region have an opportunity to train. This increases the possibility that they might stay on in the region as skilled workers. It is a long-term process but – as observations after well over 20 years have shown – one which is obviously successful.
With the founding of the agricultural school in 2023, another step was taken to help people in the region generate their own income through work done with their own hands, enabling them to provide for themselves and their families.
Former students are teaching today at the KIUMA secondary school.
KIUMA secondary school – learning up to higher school certificate
KIUMA – Impressions of training courses and secondary school
The Industrial Training Center in KIUMA has been training vehicle technicians and mechanics for many years
The chairs being built by the young men here will later be used in the KIUMA facilities.
The young carpenters work for KIUMA while they are still in training.
The window frames being made here will later be used in KIUMA’s buildings.
Cars suitable for off-road use driving are used in the region. The young men obviously enjoy repairing these.
Precision work has to be learnt.
No other training facility in the surrounding area offers as much as KIUMA.
In rural regions, most people are still peasant farmers. Jobs using manual skills increase the possibilities of earning an income.
ung people in the region can always learn a little money from sewing and tailoring.
In the community centres in the villages, training is also a means of getting young people off the streets.
KIUMA has set up several community centres in the area around KIUMA. Manual skills are taught here too.
The school uniforms are provided by the boarding school. The students have to wash them themselves.
The students from the nursing school initially work for a time in the KIUMA Hospital after training.
Young people can also obtain their higher school leaving certificate at the secondary school.
Centres of Hope – Slowing down the rural exodus
Latest reports from our project in Tanzania
Health and dignity for young women
A natural thing quickly becomes a social and health problem for young women in Tanzania. Education and hygiene articles improve their situation.
Clinical officers sit exams
Tanzanian healthcare professionals – First graduates sit examsThe rural population in southern Tanzania lacks doctors and healthcare professionals. There is an acute shortage of medically trained staff and hospitals. In 2020, we launched KIUMA College at the KIUMA...
extensive maintenance and sustainable expansion in KIUMA
Over the past few months, we have been working behind the scenes on important maintenance and expansion work at the project in southern Tanzania.
