Catholic Churches of Our Lady of Sorrows,
Effingham and The Holy Spirit, Fetcham

In the last edition of “The Lychgate” [May 2010] we reported on progress at the Mtandika Trade School during 2009. As many of you will know, Mary and I visited Tanzania again this September for several weeks, during which time we spent a week with Sister Barberina. (more…)

Mtandika is a large village in the dry Ruaha river valley, 400km west of Dar es Salaam, the business capital of Tanzania and 100km east of the District Capital of Iringa.  It is a very poor village, depending on the sale of onions to traffic passing through on the main highway from Dar es Salaam to Zambia, 500km to the west. (more…)