Images from ACT Tanzania forum

Thursday, October 21, 2010

  • baby.jpgA newborn baby in the Lutheran Hospital of Nkwaranga near Arusha. The ACT forum in Tanzania is hosting the ACT Assembly.
  • HIVtest1.jpgWitness Zablon, laboratory technician at Nkwaranga Lutheran Hospital, prepares HIV and malaria tests.
  • HIVtest2.jpgWitness Zablon, laboratory technician at Nkwaranga Lutheran Hospital, prepares HIV and malaria tests.
  • HIVtest3.jpgWitness Zablon, laboratory technician at Nkwaranga Lutheran Hospital, prepares HIV and malaria tests.
  • solar.jpgIn Papa village, a solar energy project is run by Elisapti Ngoye for ACT member TCRS.
  • terrace.jpgTerracing is used for increasing production on mountains, stopping erosion and preventing landslides.
  • terrace2.jpgTerracing is promoted by ACT member TCRS as a means of preventing soil erosion and landslides.
  • terrace3.jpgGladness Gerald tends her beans on a terrace.
  • water-nomads.jpgYoung maasai shepherds on the plains near Moshi that is affected by drought.
  • water.jpgA young woman near Meru who spends two full days a week collecting water in this drought-stricken area.
  • watering.jpgCecilia Salvator tends her vegetable plot in Same.

The first ACT Assembly, that will be held every four years, is being hosted in Arusha, Tanzania by the ACT forum in Tanzania. Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania are national members of the forum. This gallery gives a short overview of some of the work that the forum does.