Tanzania is an agricultural country, the success of the agricultural sector is dependant on seasonal rainfall. Increasingly drought has hit Tanzania meaning crops have failed time and time again. Also there has been flooding at times of the year when no rain was expected.

Much of this can be put down to climate change. The Rondo Plateau has in the last decade also seen much deforestation due to farming practices and the need for wood.

The Rondo junior seminary aimed to plant 2000,000 tress in 2022.

Funds of £6250 were sent from the UK to help buy over 50,000 Caribbean Pine, Avocado, Teak, Mango, and Cartus Trees, along with training.

Pine trees planted in farm, African Palms Project
Pine trees planted in farm
Pine trees planted in one of our previous projects in 2015, African Palms Project
Pine trees planted in one of our previous projects in 2015, now a forest!

The drought in recent years, has led to many parents being unable to send their Children to school. In Tanzania it is usually the parents who have to buy books and equipment for schoolchildren. The failure of the harvest in recent years has led to them being unable to send their children to school. The project aimed to get children from six of the villages where Palm Crosses are made in a position where they could go to school. £9,900 was sent to buy books and other equipment the children would need.

Tanzania is an agricultural country, the success of the agricultural sector is dependant on seasonal rainfall. Increasingly drought has hit Tanzania meaning crops have failed time and time again. Also there has been flooding at times of the year when no rain was expected. Much of this can be put down to climate change. In the last few years food has again started to become a big issue. The seed project involved the provision of seeds and training of 300 farmers in how to try and improve the situation. The seeds provided include Maize, Sunflower, peas and groundnuts.  Hopefully this will be successful, and in some ways needs to be. 

Training session for farmers in one village, African Palms Project
Training session for farmers in one village

Flooding Masasi Area

In January 2020 the Southern area of Tanzania. £1000 was sent to help with emergency relief.

Covid Training and Supplies.

£6000 was provided for the training of volunteers and supplies. To try and prepare for Covid which was now sweeping the world

Supplies included thermometers, masks, gloves and sanitiser. Volunteers were trained and sent village to village to try and prepare people.

A further £5750 was provided in May to improve some of the previously funded water projects at Mlunde Lunde and Mpeta.  This investment would keep the projects going and by installing pumps, make them safer in terms of Covid.

Rondo Junior seminary donation £7000

Rondo seminary faced many problems including covid and flooding.  The Bishop of Masasi personally asked for help in getting the seminary up and running again, which was provided.

Update - 2022 -

A further £17,000.00 of funds were sent towards the end of 2021 to finish construction of  the project and to buy essential medical supplies to get the dispensary up and running. The project is now completed. It has been named after Alan and Shirley Talbot!

The Grand opening

The Rondo dispensary is a diocese of Massasi dispensary, which serves the 7 villages of Mnara, Mitango, Chikombe, Ligana, Ntene A, Nitene B, Mtakuja and Mkanga.

Diocese of Massasi Dispensary

3 major objectives were identified by the Diocese to improve the Dispensary.

  1. Waiting mothers house. Maternity Unit.
  2. Medical waste incinerator
  3. A Motorcycle to provide transport for medical outreach services

£11,500 in funding was provided to enable the construction of the waiting house, incinerator and purchase of a motorcycle.

Funding has been provided to construct a hostel at Marika secondary School. The Hostel will enable 80 students to be accommodated. It will improve the opportunities of many girls who would otherwise drop out of the education system early. It will be a safe environment which is important.

The government will employ a matron to ensure the project keeps running

Funding  for the projects began in 2017, so far over £30,000 has been spent, and work has been completed in 3 villages.

The first completed project was at MlundeMlunde

Mlundemi water project completed, completed but still continuing due salt issues, project funded by African Palms, selling palm crosses

Mpeta 

Completed but work still continuing due to salt issues.

Mpeta water project, completed but still continuing due salt issues, project funded by African Palms, selling palm crosses
Mpeta water project
Mpeta water project, completed but still continuing due salt issues, project funded by African Palms, selling palm crosses
Mpeta water project

Continued support for the training of two students in environmental studies

African Palms

The aim of African Palms is to give people living in a very poor part of Tanzania the possibility of earning some extra money. The people’s daily work is the planting of maize, millet and some ground nuts to feed themselves and their families.
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