Supporting widows and educating fatherless children and orphans in Africa

Tanga Assemblies of God, Chumbangeni (TAG)

Partnership arrangements with TAG, Chumbangeni, were completed in February 2003. The Church has a well established ministry to the poor and needy in the community.

Bill Nduguru is an Elder in the Church and is responsible for the Care Team. He reported that there are many widows and fatherless children in the town and the common causes of death are AIDS, Malaria and T.B. Because of the inability to provide education for the children there are many jobless boys and girls, better known as street children, in the town.

Free Pentecostal Church of Tanzania (FPCT), Majengo Parish, Moshi

ACT started supporting needy children and widows in 2004 after partnership agreement was signed with FPCT (Majengo Parish), Moshi. FPCT is a national Church affiliated to the Swedish Free Church. The Majengo Parish has a ministry to the poor and needy and they work among street children in the community. They have a training centre where women and children can learn vocational skills and it includes a nursery and primary school. The parish is led by Pastor Laurence Kalanga. Dr John Bakari is an elder in the Church and is responsible for the ACT Care Team.

Moshi is a major town in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania and lies at the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro. The town is mainly an administrative centre. The local Moshi people live in outlying villages surrounding the town. They are mainly Christians of Lutheran and Catholic denominations. Sources of income are limited and in many cases insufficient to cater for the normal family needs. Families who have lost either one or both parents are often in desperate need and cannot afford to send the children to school.

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