Chama cha Biblia cha Tanzania kimeendelea na huduma yake ya kugawa Biblia kwa baadhi ya magereza hapa nchini.
Chama kimeendelea kutoa huduma hiyo kutokanana sadaka na michango ya wanachama wake, wadau mbali mbali na watu binafsi wenye mapenzi na neema ya kufanya kazi ya Mungu walioko ndani na nje ya nchi.
Picha zinaonesha baadhi ya magereza yaliyoko katika kanda ya Kaskazini waliofikiwa na kugawiwa Biblia kutoka katika Chama cha Biblia chanTanzania.
Tunamshukuru Mungu kwa neema hii. Tunaamini kupitia Biblia hizi watu watafikiwa na Neno la Mungu ambalo litabadilisha maisha yao, watazidi kumjua Mungu na kumtumikia. Tunaomba Mungu awabariki na aendelee kuwatumia ili kuwafikia walengwa wengi zaidi na kazi ya Mungu izidi kusonga mbele kwa ushindi mkuu.
Ugawaji wa Maandiko Matakatifu (Biblia)kwa wafungwa wa Gereza (W) Same Kilimanjaro
Ugawaji wa Maandiko Matakatifu (Biblia)kwa wafungwa wa Kateshi
Ugawaji wa Maandiko Matakatifu (Biblia)kwa wafungwa wa Gereza la Manyara Babati
Ugawaji wa Maandiko Matakatifu (Biblia)kwa wafungwa wa Gereza Arusha mjini
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KWA WANACHAMA WA CHAMA CHA BIBLIA CHA TANZANIA NA WATU WOTE WENYE MAPENZI MEMA.
Umoja wetu katika Kristo!
“Wote wawe na umoja; kama wewe, Baba, ulivyo ndani yangu, nami ndani yako; hao nao wawe ndani yetu; ili ulimwengu upate kusadiki ya kwamba wewe ndiwe uliyenituma. Nami utukufu ule ulionipa nimewapa wao; ili wawe na umoja kama sisi tulivyo umoja. Mimi ndani yao, nawe ndani yangu, ili wawe wamekamilika katika umoja; ili ulimwengu ujue ya kuwa ndiwe uliyenituma, ukawapenda wao kama ulivyonipenda mimi”. (Yohana 17:21-23).
Umoja wa Kanisa ndiyo ishara ya mwili wa Kristo katika Ulimwengu. Kanisa ni familia ya Mungu katika ulimwengu huu, ni jumuiya ya watu wa Mungu wamwaminio Yesu Kristo katika maisha yao wakimsifu na kumshangilia Mungu katika ushuhuda na kuwaleta wengine ili wamjue Mungu wa kweli katika maisha yao. Chama cha Biblia cha Tanzania kimeendelea kwa uaminifu wote kulihudumia kanisa la nchi yetu kwa umoja wake kwa kuwapatia Maandiko Matakatifu [Biblia] ili kuliwezesha kanisa kuwa na Biblia katika mifumo na tafsiri mbali mbali kwa ajili ya uinjilisti na utume wake.
Kwa unyenyekevu mkuu nawaalika Wakristo wa madhehebu yote katika nchi yetu kushiriki katika huduma hii.Nakuomba ukiombee na kukichangia Chama cha Biblia cha Tanzania ili kipate fedha kwa ajili ya kutafiti, kuchapisha na kusambaza neno la Mungu kwa watu wote. Ni maombi yangu kwamba asiwepo Mtanzania hata mmoja anayetamani kulisoma neno la Mungu akalikosa kwa sababu ya gharama kubwa. Mwaka huu tuna lengo la kuwapatia watoto, vijana na wafungwa Biblia. Kwa ushirikiano wa kanisa la Mungu hapa nchini, tunaweza kuwafikia watoto, vijana na wafungwa ili kujenga Taifa la wacha Mungu. Kwa sadaka yako na matoleo yako ya upendo utakuwa baraka kwa kumpatia mtoto, kijana na mfungwa kule gerezani neno la uzima.
Nakutumia barua hii ya upendo kukualika na kukukaribisha ili ushiriki pamoja nasi kulijenga Taifa letu kiroho ili liwe taifa lenye kumhofu na kumcha Mungu. Ombea Taifa letu ili watu wake walipende na kulisoma Neno la Mungu.
Ni kiu yangu kwamba kila mtoto, kijana na mfungwa awe na Biblia yake mkononi.
Neema na Amani ya Kristo iwe pamoja nawe.
Alfred E. Kimonge
Katibu Mkuu
HAMASA YA KUFUNGUA MATAWI MIKOANI
Hawa ni Wanachama wa Tawi la Kitivo cha Sayansi ya Jamii moja ya matawi matatu katika Chuo Kikuu cha Dodoma.
Tunamshukuru Mungu kwa kuanza mwaka huu kwa baraka zake na uamsho mpya wa Makanisa na Wakristo kujiunga kwa wingi kuwa wanachama wa Chama cha Biblia cha Tanzania. Hadi sasa tumefanikiwa kufungua matawi kama ifuatavyo;
1. Dodoma – Chuo Kikuu cha Dodoma [UDOM ]
i. Tawi la Kitivo cha Elimu – Wanachama 120
ii. Tawi la Kitivo cha Biashara na Utawala – Wanachama 78
iii. Tawi la Kitivo cha Sayansi ya Elimu ya Jamii – Wanachama 110
2. EAGT Buhemba Tarime – Wanachama 210
4. Umoja wa makanisa – Kilimanjaro
5. Marangu-Kilimanjaro
6. Umoja wa makanisa – jiji la Mwanza
Na bado hamasa inaendelea katika maeneo mengine likiwamo jiji la Dar es Salaam na Tabora.
Viongozi wa Makanisa ya Moshi ambao ni waanzilishi wa Tawi la Chama katika Mkoa wa Kilimanjaro
Mwenyekiti wa Tawi la EAGT Buhemba Tarime akimkabidhi mchango wake Askofu Muhagachi Balozi wa Chama cha Biblia cha Tanzania.
Tunakuomba ushiriki katika huduma hii kwa maombi yako,unaweza kuchangia kila mwezi Tsh 2000,______ Tsh 5000,______Tsh 10,000,_______au kuchangia kwa mwaka Tsh 25,000, ____Tsh 50,000,_____Tsh 100,000 au zaidi. Kwa sadaka yako ya upendo unaweza kumfanya/kumgusa mtoto, kijana na mfungwa kumjua na kumfuata Kristo.
Nakualika kushiriki pamoja na Wakristo wengine waaminifu kwa kuchangia na kutuma mchango wako kwa akaunti ya M-PESA ya Chama cha Biblia cha Tanzania namba 890890 kisha tuma ujumbe wa kuchangia katika namba hizi: 0762998819, 0754383636 na 0754479789.
Pia unaweza kuchangia kupitia akaunti za Benki za DTB na NBC zilizoonyeshwa hapa chini. Kwa DTB Akaunti Namba: 0901969001; SWIFT OR WIRING CODE DTKETZTZ
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Mungu na akubariki. Askofu Amos Muhagachi Mhariri.
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Mbeya is one of the biggest cities in Tanzania after Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, and Arusha. It is the region through which the Great North road passes (i.e Cairo to Cape Town). Also it is one of the main roads in Tanzania, which begins from Dar es Salaam to Tunduma (The city of Mbeya region). It is one of the busy road with many truck cargoes which go through the region to Malawi, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mbeya region is among three leading regions with high HIV infection rates at national level by 9% after Njombe 14.8% and Iringa 9.1%. The risk of HIV and AIDS is though high. (TACAIDS 2011-2012).
Mbarali District which is targeted program area has high HIV infection rate in the region, due to influx of visitors, fast local growing population, and cultural practices such as Polygamy, widow inheritance, multiple conjugal partners, cleansing widows, promiscuity among married men and married women and premarital sexual relationship. HIV/AIDS pandemic has claimed many lives and left many orphaned children in Mbarali District and some of them are HIV positive.
Joel
Joel is an orphan who has lost both parents. We visited his home and this is what he had to say to us: “My name is Joel and I am 14 years old. I used to live in Kawetere in Mbeya region with my parents and everything was fine. My parents had a farm and they used to grow all kinds of food and we could go to school. Unfortunately my father died in 2010 then my mother followed in 2013. Then our life changed. There was no one to take care of us. We were there alone in the house that our parents left. Our aunt felt disappointment for us and she brought us here to live with her family. Her husband left his home two years past, no one knows where he his. The only problem now is that our aunt is frequently sick and she cannot support us even though she is trying. She used to sell firewood but now due to her health she can not do it. So now I am responsible for earning money for us. I go to the hills to collect firewood but it is not easy for me. I frequently have chest pains but I guess it is because I carry very heavy logs. Unfortunately I have no way out. My younger brother has a job shepherding goats and he earns 2000 Tsh./month ($1). I have another sibling who is living with my grandmother but we are better off here than she is. Neither my brother nor I go to school.
Through a holistic value based approach,( spiritual, emotional, and psychological), orphans and vulnerable children will have been directly empowered to live a healthy life by 2020.
There was no one to take care of us. We were there alone in the house that our parents left. Our aunt felt disappointment for us and she brought us here to live with her family. Her husband left his home two years past, no one knows where he his. The only problem now is that our aunt is frequently sick and she cannot support us even though she is trying. She used to sell firewood but now due to her health she can not do it. So now I am responsible for earning money for us. I go to the hills to collect firewood but it is not easy for me. I frequently have chest pains but I guess it is because I carry very heavy logs. Unfortunately I have no way out. My younger brother has a job shepherding goats and he earns 2000 Tsh./month ($1). I have another sibling who is living with my grandmother but we are better off here than she is. Neither my brother nor I go to school.
People with visual impairment are stigmatized and discriminated by the community in Tanzania; and therefore their needs are given little attention.
According to the Population and Housing Census 2012; 8% of the population were people with disabilities (PWD’s). There were 150,000 disabled persons in Kagera region, Tanzania. According to the District Social Welfare Officer (DSWO) of Ngara district the number of disabled persons is 3,479 (District database 2017/18). However, according to personal survey that was conducted in May 2018 in five villages in Ngara district which form part of the intended project area, the number of disabled persons was 744 distributed as follows: Ntobeye village 253, Runzenze village 130, Chivu village 43, Kigina village 239 and Rwakalemera village 79.
Disabled persons face a number of challenges related to their disabilities; the main challenges being stigma, discrimination and condemnation. This societal attitude stems from cultural beliefs about disability which is looked at as a curse and misfortune.
In this project the Bible Society of Tanzania intends to address these challenges, through sensitization of the community members in Ngara district so as to change their attitude towards disability as disability is not inability. Also to empower the disabled persons through training and encouraging them to establish and run income generating activities; and for them to know and to demand their basic rights such as interaction with the Word of God and inclusion in societal affairs.
In implementing this project the Bible Society of Tanzania intends to sensitize the community, to train disabled persons on HIV and AIDS as well as equip them with social skills so as to raise their self-esteem and become proactive in the community.
In this project the Bible society of Tanzania shall implement the project in collaboration with the Disabled Persons Organizations (DPOs), potential trainers from different churches and church related organizations, the community leaders and people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in the project area. Disable persons organizations will identify beneficiaries, the church will select church representatives for training and carry out decentralized workshops, groups of PLWHA will select their representative for training and the community leaders too will select their representatives for training. The funding partners will provide the required funds for project implementation, and the Bible Society of Tanzania will coordinate, supervise, evaluate, follow up all the project activities during project implementation and write reports; whereas the church and the disabled persons’ organizations will own and sustain the project.
It is expected that at the end of the project the community in the project area will have positive attitude towards disabled persons and therefore there will be reduced stigma, discrimination and condemnation. The society will experience the love of God and all community members will live a fulfilled life regardless of ability or inability.
As Christians we must stand up and let every man, woman and child know that God condemns violence.
Reason for Ranking
Disabled people are stigmatized and discriminated, not respected, recognized and treated in a way that lower their dignity by the community and therefore are not well informed about HIV and AIDS. Due to this community attitude only a few have access to education, health services, equal employment opportunities and little participation in social affairs. In view of the above people with disabilities are the most marginalized and disadvantaged group living in poor environmental conditions.
Project Goal
To improve social welfare and increase economic power of the disabled people in Ngara district, Kagera region Tanzania by 2021
The specific objectives of the project are;
1. To provide Scripture based materials and appropriate knowledge on health and life skills among disabled people.
2. To sensitize and create awareness to the Community and Church leaders that persons with disabilities are equal participating partners in the society like able- bodied.
3. To empower disabled persons in the district through provision of support towards establishment of income generation activities in the Churches and the community.
Project goal’s relationship to overall bible society strategy
The Bible Society of Tanzania strategic objective is to make Scriptures available to all Tanzanian to help them to transform their lives. In the Bible Society of Tanzania strategic objective people with disabilities are among the targeted audiences; therefore, implementation of this project Scripture based empowerment of People With Disability (PWDs) through Inclusion approach is to achieve one of the strategic focus of the Bible Society of Tanzania . This program will be implemented as an extension of the Good Samaritan projects among other programs on Biblical perspective. In implementing the core Good Samaritan program; experience from the field showed that people with disabilities were not involved in economic empowerment and health related interventions.
Strategic Fit
Connecting your project to your Bible Society’s overall mission strategy
How does your project relate to the Philadelphia Promise?
This project targets disabled persons who are also one of the targeted audiences as is in the Philadelphia Promise commitment one; “helping all people have and engage with the Bible”.
About the beneficiaries
How did you arrive at your beneficiary impact number?
According to the Population and Housing Census 2012; 8% of the population were people with disabilities (PWD’s). There were 150,000 disabled persons in Kagera region, Tanzania. The region is divided into 8 administrative districts: Bukoba urban , Bukoba rural , Misenyi , Muleba , Biharamulo , Karagwe, Kyerwa and Ngara. However, according to the District Social Welfare Officer (DSWO) of Ngara district the number of disabled persons is 3,479.
According to personal survey that was conducted in May 2018 in five villages in Ngara district which form part of the intended project area, the number of disabled persons was 744 distributed as follows: Ntobeye village 253, Runzenze village 130, Chivu village 43, Kigina village 239 and Rwakalemera village 79.
Beneficiary focus
Our target audience is 3,479 disabled people in Ngara district Kagera region Tanzania
How have the needs and perspective of the beneficiaries helped shape the design of the project?
Disabled persons have been a marginalized and discriminated group in the community and therefore have experience quite a number of obstacles to full inclusion; such as education, health services, and equal employment opportunities and other social activities. Community intervention to address these challenges is still insignificant. Because of this situation, The Bible society of Tanzania wants to be one of the players in addressing these challenges.
National Context
According to Tanzania Federation of Disabled People’s Organization, there are 4.5 million Tanzanians living with a disability. The Population and Housing Census 2012 show that 8% of the population were people with disabilities (PWD’s). There were 150,000 disabled persons in Kagera region, Tanzania.
According to the District Social Welfare Officer (DSWO) of Ngara district the number of disabled persons is 3,479. However, according to personal survey that was conducted in May 2018 in five villages in Ngara district which is the intended project area, the number of disabled persons was 744 distributed as follows: Ntobeye village 253, Runzenze village 130, Chivu village 43, Kigina village 239 and Rwakalemera village 79.
People with disabilities are often overlooked in Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT), Care & Treatment programming, reproductive health and rights services and face increased barriers to accessing services, and therefore they are more vulnerable to health related infections including HIV and AIDS. People with disabilities are often among the poorest and most marginalized in the society living in severe poverty. Only 3.1% receive income from paid employment.
Need
The Bible Society of Tanzania learned that there are many disabled persons in Tanzania. People with disabilities needs attention to their challenges. In this project the Bible Society of Tanzania wants to address one of these challenges, which is to provide them with training on life skills, reproductive health and economic empowerment on income generation activities. The government and some of the Non-governmental organizations are taking different initiatives to address these challenges. The Bible Society of Tanzania is one of the few organizations taking these such initiatives.
How this project will help the beneficiaries
Taking in consideration the Disability Principle “Nothing about us without us” the project will help the beneficiaries to identify their respective Disabled Persons Organizations (DPOs) in collaboration with the church. Beneficiaries will be introduced to number of training sessions in which they will fully participate so as to acquire knowledge and understanding of the Word of God and receive Scripture materials. Through awareness programs and regular home visits the project will harmonize meaningful social interactions among Disabled persons, family members, church congregation and community members. Beneficiaries will also be economically empowered through income generating activities that are friendly and respective to their physical and psychological state.
Scripture & Prayer
Key Verse
Deuteronomy 15:11 “There will always be poor people in the land.Therefore I command you to be openhanded towards your fellow Israelite who are poor and needy in your land”Prayer points
Prayer points
Pray for funding of the project so that Disabled persons may be reached by the Word of God.
Pray for proper implementation of the project so that required impact may be achieved.
Pray for the needs of Disabled persons so that they may feel the love of God as their needs are covered.
Project Activities
Project activities
To translate Scripture materials from English to Swahili language (December 2018- February 2019)
To produce the training materials (February)
To sensitize project partners and stakeholders (January – February)
To identify project beneficiaries and their respective DPOs (February – March)
To conduct 4 facilitators training in two zones (March – August)
To visit and train Disabled persons on family and decentralized level (April – December)
To identify, initiate and facilitate Income Generating Activities (April – December)
To carry out 8 community awareness programs (Twice per quarter)
To conduct 4 follow up/review workshops (One per quarter)
Project partners
The Church, local government authority and Disabled Persons Organization (DPOs) will identify the beneficiaries.
Donors will provide funding for producing training and Scripture materials and other project activities.
The Bible Society of Tanzania will conduct training and distribute Scripture materials and carry out follow-ups and home visits.
Community Based Organizations (CBOs/DPOs) will collaborate with Bible Society of Tanzania in project implementation.
Bible Verse of the Day
For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
