News
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
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
Last year, with the support of the Simon Cumbers Media Fund, journalist Eleanor Brennan travelled to Tanzania to find out more about leprosy, its social stigma and impacts for a newstalk radio in Ireland. Here are the reflections of her visit: Leprosy: the Last Relic of the Old World In […]
The stigma of leprosy – reflections of a visitor to ...
Over the past thirty years the Rufiji Leprosy Trust funding has provided many educational opportunities for people living in Kindwitwi and villages nearby.
Winter news from the Trustees
Salum, the village shoemaker shares with us the latest leprosy updates and news from Kindwitwi.
News from the village
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
Leprosy is one of the oldest diseases in the world. The ancient Egyptians wrote about a disease similar to leprosy and it is referred to in the bible. It has been a long-held belief of many cultures across the world as being a punishment from God. For instance, in India, […]
Strange treatments for leprosy throughout the ages
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
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
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
In the early 1980s, Dr Ian Quidgley spent around eight months in Kindwitwi, staying with Father Lamburn before starting his medical training in London. He forwarded us some great pictures of his time there, and our co-chair, Dr Feather took these with her when she recently visited. There’s nothing like […]
Kindwitwi locals – then and now
In late October our co-chair Dr Sarah Feather is visiting Kindwitwi to meet with members of the Kindwitwi Leprosy Care Centre. While other trustees have been over recently, it has been several years since Sarah has been to Kindwitwi and we’ll updating you on her trip through on our social […]
Trustees’ update – Autumn 2017
Salum Kipoloya, our shoemaker in Kindwitwi explains how the new ferry has made a difference to village life and gives an update on the latest harvest. As the village is next to the Rufiji river, the villagers’ fields (or shambas) have a top of fertile soil after the annual floods. […]
A new ferry and good harvest this year for Kindwitwi
It’s National Volunteers week in the UK. Volunteers’ Week is an annual celebration of the fantastic contribution millions of volunteers make across the UK. It takes place from 1st-7th June every year. From people who organise fundraising initiatives to our trustees who give their time voluntarily, we’d like to thank all […]
Thank you to our volunteers
Hear our Co-chair, Dr Sarah Feather talk about Leprosy in Rural Tanzania: Detection, Treatment and Overcoming the Stigma at a seminar hosted by the Britain Tanzania Society. Dr Feather visited Kindwitwi in 1983 with a group of young people from the Diocese of Hereford, then did her medical student elective […]
Presentation hosted by the Britain Tanzania Society
This year World Leprosy Day falls on Sunday 29 January 2017. The day was established by Raoul Follereau in 1954 as a way to raise global awareness of this deadly ancient disease and call attention to the fact that it can now be prevented, treated and cured. World Leprosy Day […]
World Leprosy Day 2017
Figures in from last year show just important our outreach work is. In July funds from the BMA grant were used to support a team to visit five villages and screen for cases of leprosy. The District TB and Leprosy Co-ordinator (DTLC), our shoe maker and two clinicians from local […]
Over 250 people screened in the Rufiji area
We’re delighted to hear our trustee Jenny Crosgrove finished the New York marathon yesterday. Jenny says she thinks it was possibly one of the slowest marathons ever recorded but it was still an incredible achievement given the number of injuries both she and her dad had trained through. “Also I […]
Congratulations Jenny
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
We were all deeply saddened to hear of the death of our trustee Bill Powell on 11th July and the Rufiji Leprosy Trust sends its condolences to his wife Ochan and her family. In 1983, while working at the International School in Dar, Bill first led a group of […]
Vale trustee Bill Powell
Families affected by leprosy often remain trapped in a cycle of economic disadvantage as their children are kept at home to look after their parents. In an effort to break this cycle, Rufiji Leprosy Trust sponsors the children of people affected by leprosy to board at the local secondary school. […]