Project Personnel: Four mentors from the U.S. reside in the village of
Tisinye and mentor national believers in their community.
History: The Kuria team began their ministry in Tanzania in 1993. When the first
Kuria team began their work in Tanzania, they were referred to as the
Mugumu Team. The team was named after the town where they lived. In
January 2003 the team moved to Tisinye, Kenya and continued to work
with the Kuria people. The Kuria tribe is a people group of 1 million
people. They are located in North Western Tanzania, and Western Kenya.
Community meetings in Tisinye and Ihore were begun, meeting weekly for
training in Biblical understanding and practical application in
development. Numerous physical interventions in areas of preventive
health, agriculture, livestock management, appropriate technology, and
economic development were and continue to be done. Nationals did
chicken vaccinations, dug contours as groups of neighbors, and began to
teach others what they had already done themselves. They also helped
facilitate meetings and begun translating lessons into the Kuria
language. Small discipleship groups were a key component of the
process. Groups of men or women meet weekly to discuss and apply these
teachings personally and learn how to multiply themselves to lead
others. A group of approximately 20 are being trained intensively in
leadership, adult learning methods, problem solving and ministry to
their community. The team expects to be phasing out of the community
over the next two years.
Impact Story: In
the spring of 2006 Tisinye Ihore Christian Farmers' Association, the
self named group of Kuria people that the team is working with, made a
list of the interventions they had done. This included:
Building 13 movable chicken coops
Digging and planting grass on 13 contours
Buying and using 117 mosquito nets
Building and using 8 drying racks
Vaccinating over 1,400 chickens
Implementing teaching on Oral Rehydration Solution, treatment of worms and amoeba, and prevention of diarrhea.
These
interventions are evidence of the people working together to change
their situation for the good of their families and their community.
There is a new sense of hope that they can deal with their problems and
have a better future. These Kuria men and women are praising God for
the positive changes He has enabled them to make. other residential projects
History:
Building 13 movable chicken coops