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Compassion Child of the Week - May 5, 2008
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Sheet (341k - PDF) Personal and Family Information In her home, Ukende helps by carrying water, gathering firewood and teaching others. She lives with her father and her mother. Her father is sometimes employed as a farmer and her mother is sometimes employed as a farmer. There are 4 children in the family. For fun, Ukende enjoys ping pong, singing and telling stories. She attends church activities, Bible class and choir regularly and is in primary school where her performance is average. Because of your sponsorship, Ukende will have new opportunities to learn and grow physically, mentally, and spiritually. Thank you for your concern and prayers. Community and Project Information Ukende lives in the hills of Qedang’onyi, home to approximately 18,000 residents. Typical houses are constructed of dirt floors, mud walls and thatch roofs. The primary ethnic groups and languages are Barbaig and Iraqw. The regional diet consists of maize and beans. Common health problems in this area include malaria, typhoid fever and rheumatism. Most adults in Qedang’onyi are unemployed but some work as subsistence farmers and earn the equivalent of $10 per month. This community needs employment opportunities, potable water and vocational training centers. Your sponsorship allows the staff of FPCT Katesh Student Center to provide Ukende with Bible teaching, medical care, hygiene education, field trips, social events, recreational activities, scholastic materials, uniforms and delinquency prevention programs. The center staff will also provide meetings and opportunities for project involvement for the parents or guardians of Ukende. Country Information
Tanzania, formed in 1964 when Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged, is East Africa’s largest country. Tanzania displays great diversity, including a low-lying coastal belt, a highland plateau with rich wildlife reserves, and the island of Zanzibar. It is also home to Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain at 19,335 feet. The climate ranges from tropical to nearly temperate in the highlands.
Little is known about the earliest history of Tanzania. Few artifacts before the Christian era have been found. Tanzania’s vast resources have helped create industries in tobacco, sugar, diamond and gold mining, cement and tourism. Yet Tanzania remains one of the poorest countries in the world. The economy depends heavily on agriculture, but topography and climatic conditions limit cultivated crops to only 4 percent of the land area. Swahili and English are the official languages for Tanzania’s 130 ethnic groups. About 30 percent of the population is Christian and one-third is Muslim. An estimated 1.6 million people, or 8 percent of adults in Tanzania, have HIV/AIDS. Compassion works in the country’s northern zone, where residents farm and raise livestock.
European explorers, including the Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone, penetrated the country in the 19th century, and it was colonized by Germany and later Great Britain, from which it gained freedom in 1961. From independence until the mid-1980s, Tanzania was a one-party socialist state. In the mid-80s, under President Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Tanzania undertook a number of political and economic reforms. Two parliamentary by-elections in 1994 were the first-ever multiparty elections. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete was elected president in 2005.
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Ukende Lameck Lyeme