Mother’s Day is not celebrated in Tanzania but there are 56 mothers and grandmothers in our program we wish to honor. These women, in their old age, do not enjoy the comfort of their families’ presence. The Rwandan genocide in 1994 disrupted family life and many adult children scattered to other African nations for security, leaving their elderly behind. These are some of the people The Village Angels of Tanzania cares for.
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Sr. Dativa, the youths and several of the sisters from Sr. Dativa’s Community worked diligently to organize a Mass with the Bishop and a festive lunch under a tent for everyone. The grand finale of the day was the distribution of Christmas gifts to all the elders and youths in the program. The women received six yards of local fabric for their custom long wraparound skirts, the men received a new pair of trousers and a shirt, and the youths took home some food staples and meat to share with their families. All was given and received in the true spirit of Christmas – love.
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The Village Angels of Tanzania proudly boasts of its four generations of angels.
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This shopping season, you can buy your gifts and help The Village Angels of Tanzania, at no cost to you. Does it sound too good to be true? It’s not. We have identified two ways to do just that:
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Preparing the land for our tree farm, one of the projects designed to give long term viability to our program.
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Since we are living in a pandemic, we are not participating in any Christmas Markets this year. But the “elves of Kafua” (aka the youths working in our program) have been busy all year sewing their famous wine bottle bags from local fabrics. One thousand of them!