THE NANGWA PROJECT
Nangwa, Tanzania: 1960-1997
The Nangwa Project successfully created a trade school, medical dispensary, mother/child clinic and mission church in the village of Nangwa in Tanzania, East Africa.
The trade school was dedicated in 1980 by Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere and quickly grew to 357 students with 137 instructors. In 1988, the Medical Missionaries of Mary took over the management of the Nangwa clinic and dispensary.
A community center for families was built, and a small workshop of 12 carpenters blossomed into a 415-student trainee center with instruction in carpentry, building, mechanics, electrical installation, along with First Aid and preventative medicine courses, and English, Math and other subject areas. The Nangwa Center also offers the first all-girl training center in Tanzania.
THE MOGITU PROJECT
Mogitu, Tanzania: 1988 to present
The Mogitu Project is another nondenominational project started in the 1980’s with the goal of building a vocational training center, school dormitories, mother/child clinic and medical dispensary, community center, small mission church, and house.
The government of Tanzania generously donated 100 acres of forest land (bush) for this project. The nearest area with water is five miles away.
Through the Mogitu Project, agricultural and vocational skills are taught to allow for self-sufficiency. Students are educated in the school and live in the dormitories. Pregnant women, children and the elderly find care at the mother/child clinic and dispensary. Villagers find support with medical care and food.
The people of Tanzania look forward to a brighter future, where poverty and suffering will be alleviated, and villagers can work together with the love and necessary resources to enrich each other’s lives.