A Call to Assist the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kigoma

SUPPORTING
MINISTRY TO ORPHANS
MINISTRY TO REFUGEES &
MINISTRY TO SEMINARIAN FORMATION

ABOUT THE DIOCESE OF KIGOMA
Catholic Diocese of Kigoma is one of 35 dioceses in Tanzania. It is located in the rural western part of Tanzania in East Africa. The diocese has a population of 2.2 million of whom 509,000 are Catholics. Rt. Rev. Joseph R Mlola, the ordinary of the diocese has 66 diocesan priests, about 20 religious priests, religious nuns and brothers and 620 catechists who minister in parishes, outstations, and special ministries throughout the diocese.
 
The Diocese of Kigoma is very poor due to the low income of her people who earn their livelihood through traditional agriculture which is un-mechanized, small-scale, and relying on weather. Bad weather leads to many people not having food to sustain families throughout the year. Poor earning of our people affects their ability to support the various ministries in the diocese.
 
The Diocese of Kigoma makes mission appeal this year to support:

1. Ministry to Orphans:  This ministry comprises 1000 orphan children in two orphanages. Our orphan children have been left behind after the deaths of their parents due to HIV pandemic and many other tropical deceases. The diocese is trying to provide these children with their educational, spiritual, medical and nutritional needs.  
2. Ministry to the Refugees: This ministry comprises 300,000 refugees in three refugee camps located in the Diocese. The refugees in our diocese are running away from their home countries due to existing civil wars. This population arrive in the camps wounded in so many ways and has lost almost everything with many of their families dead and displaced.  The Diocese needs to minister to them. Your generosity to our ministries will make great different in the lives of these suffering sisters and brothers.  
3. Ministry to the Seminarian Formation: This ministry comprises of 95 college level seminarians who study in different collage years for our diocese. Covering educational expenses for our seminarians is a challenge. Most of our seminarians come from the very financial humble families who are struggling to make ends meet. The diocese needs to find means to provide these young men with financial aid so that they may remain in formation.       

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