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Day: 16/02/2025

A girls’ school opens in Africa – and Aussies made a difference

Posted on 16/02/2025 by John Sandeman
Bishop Mwita says that the effects of educating girls at Tarime will be felt beyond the school and into the future. “Education creates champions of change. If you train people, you educate them well, they know Jesus Christ,” said Bishop Mwita. “They then go to become messengers of the good news of Jesus Christ, people who can live their lives to the full, knowing Jesus Christ but also influencing others in society . . . Just imagine unleashing 800 girls into the community after some years to go and become agents of change.”

A new Christian school for girls has opened in Tarime, a town close to the Kenyan border in the far northwest of Tanzania. The local Anglican Bishop, Mwita Akiri, visited Australia last year and shared what was needed to finish… Continue Reading →

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