Sister Oliver – Moshi (Tanzania)
PROJECT 23 of 72
MISSION
Location
Diocese
Moshi
Country
Tanzania
Continent
Africa
GPS coordinates
-3.34800 37.34494
Time zone
UTC+3
CONGREGATION
Congregation
Motherhouse
Moshi
Diocese
Moshi
Country
Tanzania
Continent
Africa
Congregation feast day
On the Feast of the Annunciation
GPS coordinates
-3.34800 37.34494
Time zone
UTC+3
Contact person
Sister Oliver and Sister Costantina
Mother General
Sister Dorothea Lazaro
TRAINING ORGANISATION
Location
Monte San Giovanni Campano (FR)
Country
Italy
Continent
Europe
GPS coordinates
41.62232 13.51075
Time zone
UTC+1
Start date
17/11/2021
End date
April 2022
Tutor
Antonello Pisani
REAL SPACE
Project manager
Sister Oliver and Sister Costantina
Start date
29 July 2022
Type
Agriculture
When Sister Oliver returned to Tanzania, while awaiting her profession of vows, spazio + spadoni nevertheless supported the launch of the social enterprise in the Diocese of Mzuzu, Malawi, where Sister Oliver was initially due to be assigned. Mzuzu is characterised by extreme poverty; the main source of sustenance is maize cultivation, which accounts for about three quarters of daily calorie intake. By investing in this area, spazio + spadoni enabled the Holy Spirit Sisters Congregation to increase the harvest not only of maize, but also of soybeans, beans, and potatoes, all of which was distributed to people in need in the area in 2023. Because of issues involving the local diocese, Sister Oliver will not be able to go to Malawi; spazio + spadoni has therefore completed the chicken-coop structure in Lekirimuni, and the sister may take charge of this activity. The project has been suspended since the beginning of 2025.
Sister Oliver completed her HIC SUM project training at the Misericordia di Monte San Giovanni Campano. She arrived in Italy on 17 November 2021 with another sister who took part in the project at another Misericordia in Lazio. Thanks to her energy and fresh witness, the very young Sister Oliver immediately formed a strong bond with the association’s young volunteers. This training allowed her to learn the basics of first aid, take a baking course, and learn agricultural techniques that she was expected to put into practice in Malawi, where she was initially due to be assigned. In April 2022, she returned to Tanzania and professed her perpetual vows in May 2023. Contrary to the original plan, Sister Oliver was not transferred to Mzuzu, Malawi, for reasons related to the Congregation’s internal organisation. Her service and apostolate take place in Tanzania, in the Diocese of Moshi.
Timeline
2020
04.12 | Start of the relationship with the Congregation
The collaboration between spazio + spadoni and the Holy Spirit Sisters begins
2021
February | Start of the relationship with the Misericordia
The collaboration between spazio + spadoni and the Misericordia di Monte San Giovanni Campano begins
September, October, November | Training
Sister Oliver takes an Italian course in Tanzania
17.11 | Sister’s arrival
Sister Oliver arrives in Italy with another sister and is welcomed by the Misericordia di Monte San Giovanni Campano
2022
01.03 | Training
Sister Oliver takes an agriculture course and a baking course at a bakery and pizzeria in Monte San Giovanni Campano
19-22.04 | Training
Technical training by spazio + spadoni at the Motherhouse of the Sisters of Santa Gemma (LU)
26.04 | Sister’s departure
Sister Oliver returns to Tanzania
29.07 | First funding disbursed
The funding is intended to clear the land and purchase equipment and seeds
09.08 | Second funding disbursed
The funding is intended to purchase additional seeds and pay the workers who support the sisters
2023
28.05 | Perpetual profession
Sister Oliver professes her perpetual vows
Project evaluations
All evaluations
- January 2022
The project that Sister Oliver wants to develop upon returning to her community in Malawi concerns agriculture - March 2022
Discussion with the Congregation about the social enterprise - July 2022
Allocation of the budget - July 2022
Monitoring - September 2022
Update on the status of the work - February 2023
Monitoring - March 2023
Report - April 2023
Monitoring - May 2023
spazio + spadoni technical visit in Tanzania - May 2023
Discussion of future strategies - August 2023
Monitoring of the development of the project in Malawi. It is learned that Sister Oliver will continue her apostolate in Tanzania - August 2023
Reorganisation of the management of the social enterprise. Report on the project situation in Malawi - February 2024
Planning begins with the Congregation for the work Sister Oliver will carry out through the social enterprise project in Lekirimuni and her commitment to spreading the Works of Mercy - April 2024
Submission of the business plan for the project - May 2024
Monitoring - February 2025
Closure of the project
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