Ukoma Hutibika – leprosy is curable!

Yearly Archives: 2021

The Kindwitwi Kindergarten has 61 children at the moment, 33 boys and 28 girls. All children that attend the Kindergarten are children from Kindwitwi Leprosy patients and their families. They go to Kindergarten from 2 years old, and then join Primary school when they are 6 or 7 years old. […]

Kindwitwi Kindergarten and Village News

December 2021 in Uncategorized tagged children / education / Leprosy / Tanzania

The Kindwitwi Leprosy Patients Ward was founded when father Robin Lamburn, the Anglican Church Missionary from England came to Kindwitwi in 1963. During this time of 1960s and 1970s there were no proper drugs to cure leprosy, instead they used drug called ‘Dap Son’ just to calm down the situation […]

Update from the Leprosy Centre Manager – December 2021

December 2021 in News tagged antibiotic / cure / Disability / Kindwitwi / Leprosy / Stigma / Tanzania

The team on the ground have reported to us that over the summer, three new leprosy patients were detected. Two were detected from Nambunju Village, which is 58 kms from Utete Hospital. From first-hand experience (when your author visited Kindwitwi in 2009) I can tell you that it is a […]

Leprosy News from Kindwitwi – November 2021

November 2021 in News tagged #Rufiji / Disability / Kindwitwi / Leprosy / Leprosy update / Tanzania / Village news

Bob Laverton — Many of you will know or remember G.W.W. Laverton. Bob is one of the founding members of the Rufiji Leprosy Trust and was awarded an MBE in 2004 for his services to RLT in Tanzania. His dedication to the people of Kindwitwi has always been unwavering. We are happy to […]

G.W.W. Laverton’s 100th Birthday

May 2021 in News

Test — We have been going through our archives and came across a newsletter from Father Robin Lamburn in 1979 he wrote: ‘In six months’ time we hope to establish a really good Day Care Centre for the children who are under school age. Little babies are usually well cared for by […]

News from the Trustees- April 2021

May 2021 in News

Dr William Mapuga — Leprosy detection work continues, and five new Leprosy diagnoses have been made since our last newsletter. Community sensitisation work continues in schools and villages. The National TB and Leprosy Programme has held its annual meeting and resolved to try and eliminate Leprosy as a Public Health problem from all regions […]

Leprosy News- April 2020

May 2021 in News tagged Leprosy news