Kindwitwi

Sad news regarding Mzee Nguogani

June 2024 in Uncategorized tagged Kindwitwi / Leprosy / Tanzania

Maintaining strong connections with the team in Kindwitwi is vital for the effective stewardship of the donations you make to RLT. It is also an important way of making sure that we, as a trust, understand the continued and evolving needs of the community in Kindwitwi when it comes to […]

Next trustee visit

September 2023 in News / Uncategorized tagged Governance / Kindwitwi / Trustee

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

Renovations to the administration office

May 2019 in News tagged Kindwitwi / Leprosy update

New cases of leprosy diagnosed

May 2019 in News tagged Kindwitwi / Leprosy update

We are always encouraging Kindwitwi to develop relationships with different donors and individuals that want to support Kindwitwi in other areas of village life and development besides leprosy related aspects. So we were really pleased when Salum, our specially trained shoemaker told us the following: “One of our supporters is […]

Strengthening local support

April 2019 in News tagged Kindwitwi / Village news

Rufiji Leprosy Trust would like to inform RLT donors of some changes affecting the status of our partner organisation. Our long-term donors may remember that back in 2006, the RLT Trustees resident in Tanzania worked very hard with the staff in Kindwitwi to facilitate the formation of a Not for […]

Our partner organisation in Kindwitwi

March 2019 in News tagged Kindwitwi

Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, and this year’s theme is “Empowering persons with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”. Empowering, inclusiveness and equality is something we continually strive for. The stigma of leprosy has long been attributed to the physical deformities associated with leprosy. As a place […]

Empowering persons with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and equality

December 2018 in News tagged Disability / Kindwitwi / shoes / Stigma

Kindwitwi’s surrounding landscape appears to be pretty unremarkable at first glance; the flat land is prone to flooding in the wet season from the Rufiji river, making the surrounding flood plains very fertile. But on closer inspection, there is a little interesting geological phenomenon near to Kindwitwi. Situated just outside […]

Chem Chem – an interesting geological phenomenon near Kindiwtiwi

July 2018 in News tagged Kindwitwi

Our Trustee Sarah Feather writes In October 2017 I had an enjoyable, self-funded, trip to Kindwitwi Village, together with two family members. We met members of KLCCDA and beneficiaries to ensure that the funds RLT sends to Tanzania are put to the best possible use. But we also found […]

Trustee Dr Sarah’s visit to Kindwitwi

December 2017 in News tagged Disability / education / fundraising / Kindwitwi / Leprosy update / Trustee / volunteers

As part of #GivingTuesday, Tuesday 28 November 2017, we are launching an exciting appeal to raise £5,000, which will be used to support amazing children for the next three years from Kindergarten through to Higher Education. Our William Powell Education Fund for Kindwitwi’s Children is in honour of Bill Powell, […]

Launch of William Powell Education Fund

November 2017 in News tagged education / fundraising / Kindwitwi / Leprosy / Primary School / sponsor / Stigma

Jenny training for the New York marathon in Mexico On the 6th of November 2016, our trustee and newsletter editor Jenny Cosgrave will be running the New York Marathon – her first marathon – and we are delighted she has decided to use this opportunity to raise funds for us […]

Trustee runs her first marathon for Rufiji Leprosy trust

October 2016 in Uncategorized tagged donate / fundraising / Kindwitwi / Leprosy

Helping children attain the education necessary to break the cycle of poverty is high on our agenda which is why we not only fund schooling, but also help make life a bit easier for students to complete their studies. Studying in the evenings can be difficult in Kindwitwi because it […]

Solar power gives light for study

October 2016 in News tagged children / education / Kindwitwi / Leprosy

Mzee Mkambakamba shows his weaving talents to our Treasurer Richard Luxmore We were very sad to hear the passing of one of Kindwitwi’s much loved and oldest residents, Mzee Mkambakamba last month. Mkambakamba was 80 years old (we think) when he died, and had been living in Kindwitwi for over […]

Vale Mzee Mkambakamba – a life well lived

April 2016 in News tagged bao / baskets / Disability / Kindwitwi / Leprosy / Tanzania / weaving

Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, and this year’s theme is ‘Inclusion matters: access and empowerment for people of all abilities’. Even though leprosy is curable, because of the stigma associated with the disease, many people delay seeking medical treatment. If left untreated leprosy can cause permanent damage to […]