Miwani for Mwanza: recipes

Friday, May 8, 2009

Blog from Lynda in Tanzania

Click here to check out this blog - It is by a woman named Lynda, who lives in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. (Thanks Jan for sharing the link!)

Lynda writes,

This blog is about my life on the farm, life in Tanzania, my travels & lots of African recipes too, of course ! I am proud to be an African & am passionate about this Continent – my blog portrays the positive side of life in Africa & her wonderful people, & not what you see in the media! So “karibu” (welcome) come & join me for a while, & we can talk about food, fun … & farm life!

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!

Click here to make a donation.