Sister Devotha – Moshi (Tanzania)
PROJECT 22 of 72
MISSION
Location
Diocese
Dar es Salaam
Country
Tanzania
Continent
Africa
GPS coordinates
-6.82070 39.28586
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 Devotha and Sister Costantina
Mother General
Sister Dorothea Lazaro
TRAINING ORGANISATION
Location
Roccasecca (FR)
Country
Italy
Continent
Europe
GPS coordinates
41.52857 13.64567
Time zone
UTC+1
Start date
17/11/2021
End date
April 2022
Tutor
Angela Caprio
REAL SPACE
Project manager
Sister Devotha and Sister Costantina
Start date
29 July 2022
Type
Poultry farming
Sister Devotha was initially expected to work in poultry farming in Lekirimuni. During her stay in Roccasecca, she focused her theoretical and practical training on this area, also drawing on external experts. When she returned to Tanzania, spazio + spadoni invested in building the chicken coop, which will be managed by another sister. Sister Devotha will continue working to spread the Works of Mercy in Dar es Salaam, where she has been transferred.
Sister Devotha, who arrived in Italy with another sister in November 2021, completed her training period at the Misericordia di Roccasecca in Lazio. In April 2022, she returned to Lekirimuni, Tanzania, to the mission of her congregation, the Holy Spirit Sisters. The community is located in a very remote area, far from the city of Moshi, in Siha District. The local people are extremely poor and, because of their circumstances and the dry, arid environment, often eat only one meal a day. The adults are physically very weak and have health problems, while the children do not attend school because they have to care for livestock. The Holy Spirit Sisters work at the health centre, where they treat local people and often provide free medication. They also teach religion to catechumens, counsel people living with HIV, visit the sick, and organise seminars and women’s groups. One of the problems the sisters face is the lack of water, which is not always available; they sometimes go without it for up to three days. During 2023, Sister Devotha is transferred to Dar es Salaam.
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 Roccasecca begins
September, October, November | Training
Sister Devotha takes an Italian course in Tanzania
17.11 | Sister’s arrival
Sister Devotha arrives in Italy with another sister and is welcomed by the Misericordia di Roccasecca
2022
21.02 | Training
Sister Devotha begins a cooking and first-aid course
19-22.04 | Training
Technical training by spazio + spadoni at the Convento di San Cerbone (LU)
26.04 | Sister’s departure
Sister Devotha returns to Tanzania
29.07 | First funding disbursed
The funding is intended for construction of the chicken coop
09.08 | Second funding disbursed
The funding is intended to continue construction work on the chicken coop
2023
04.09 | Third funding disbursed
The funding is intended to complete work on the chicken coop
Project evaluations
All evaluations
- January 2022
The project that Sister Devotha wants to develop upon returning to her community in Tanzania concerns poultry farming - February 2022
Together with the Misericordia di Roccasecca, various training activities are planned - June 2022
Presentation of the budget - July 2022
Allocation of the budget - July 2022
Monitoring - September 2022
Update on the status of the work - February 2023
Monitoring - May 2023
spazio + spadoni technical visit in Tanzania - May 2023
Discussion of future strategies - August 2023
Monitoring - August 2023
Reorganisation of the management of the social enterprise - February 2024
Sister Devotha is in Dar es Salaam; consideration is given to what support she needs to spread the Works of Mercy
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