Miwani for Mwanza: Bizarre Foods of Tanzania

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Bizarre Foods of Tanzania

The show last night highlighted some bizarre foods - most I hope we won't be sampling on our trip, although I would like to try the Chagga banana beer.

The show also showed beautiful scenes of the North Eastern parts of Tanzania that we will be visiting.

The show was well worth seeing. We can replay the episode after our next meeting for those who missed it and for those who would like to see it again.

Andrew sitting on top of a truck during a safari tour in Tanzania.

Andrew standing with the Maasi wearing traditional clothing.

Traditional Chagga dancers on Mt. Kilimanjaro.

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Miwani for Mwanza Mission

In July 2009 the “Miwani for Mwanza” mission team from Atonement Lutheran Church traveled from Overland Park to Mwanza, Tanzania. “Miwani” is the Swahili word for eye glasses.

While in Tanzania the team worked with International Health Partners to begin the construction of an eye clinic at the Nyakato Health Center. The eye clinic is critically needed to serve over 200,000 people in the Southern Lake Victoria area.

Dennis and Paula Lofstrom and IHP-TZ oversee the Nyakato Health Clinic through the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania.

In June of 2012 another team from Atonement will travel to Mwanza with the goal to finish the eye clinic as well as to serve in various medical roles. Several members of the M4M team are Health Care Professionals and during the trip will be providing medical & eye exams, treatments and eye surgery for the people in that area of Tanzania.

$36,000.00 US is needed to to purchase the supplies to complete the Ahlrichs Eye Clinic, and $21,000 of that has been raised already through a Golf Benefit last fall and the "Spread Some Salt" Gala & Silent Auction this past March.

Your contributions toward the final $10,000 needed to complete the Eye Clinic are greatly apprieciated by the M4M teams, IHP-TZ and the people of Mwanza. Asante Sana!

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