Lake Victoria First Medical Ship to care for the surrounding Islands

Geita Gold Mine (GGM) has signed a five-year contract worth over TZ 680million to support Lake Victoria’s first medical boat, which is an initiative of The Jubilee Hope Medical and Dental Programme - a partnership between the African Inland Church of Tanzania and the Vine Trust.
As part of the contract, GGM will cover all fuel and maintenance costs for the boat until 2019, thereby ensuring that the 450,000 residents of the Lake Victoria islands have access to the much needed primary...

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Oct

UK Royal ship saves lives in Lake Victoria

>After years of contending with little or no access to healthcare facilities, thousands of residents living on about 170 islands in Lake Victoria will now have a reason to smile—thanks to the Royal Navy Ship that has been deployed to serve as a floating hospital.   The “saviour” ship has landed at Lake Victoria after six months at sea and over 850km (500 miles) overland.

 

10 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Lake Victoria hospital ship launched

A mobile hospital ship is been launched on Lake Victoria, bringing medical care to the residents of the area's 3,000 islands.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Jul

L. ZONE: Hospital ship promises ‘mobile’ healthcare for Lake Victoria islanders

Islanders should expect regular healthcare services from November, 'Hospital Ship' project coordinators say.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Feb

Discipline vital in medical care

>Much debate on how to make Tanzanian hospitals more efficient  has always centred on increasing  the number of health workers and medical supplies but that doesn’t have to be the case, at least according to results of a programme supported by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Aug

Why give medical care in orphanages

The strength of any society is very much reflected in the state of its children. The number of orphanages in Tanzania is increasing.

 

9 years ago

Vijimambo

Change the name ‘Lake Victoria’

By Mboneko MunyagaEast African News Agency
As East Africa inches towards integration, there is great need, as in the words of Professor Ngugi wa Thiong’o, for the region to also ‘re-member’ its broken past. One of the tragedies of colonialism was to treat the people in colonized lands as if they had no past or meaningful pre-existence.
Thus in the name of religion, the people were given new names or local names were Anglicized in order for them to appear ‘civilized.’ It is not uncommon that...

 

10 years ago

BBC

Boat capsizes on Lake Victoria

A boat said to have been carrying more than 200 people capsizes on Lake Victoria, with reports saying lives have been lost.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Aug

KAYOKA: The endangered Lake Victoria

>It always astounds me when I hear politicians using the same worn-out tactics to address an almost perennial situation. I am talking of the problem of over-fishing, use of dynamites, poison and nets with very small ‘eyes’.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

28 Dec

Taps by Lake Victoria not running for seven days

Severe water shortage has hit many parts of Mwanza City, compelling residents to walk long distances in search for the precious liquid.

 

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