MY TAKE ON THIS: With beliefs like these, forget development

1. Once, all villagers decided to pray for rain,  On the day of prayer all the People gathered but  only one boy came with an umbrella.

THAT’S FAITH!

 2. When you throw a baby in the air,  She laughs because she knows you will catch her.

THAT’S TRUST!

 3. Every night we go to bed, without any assurance of being  Alive the next morning but still we set the alarms to wake us up.

THAT’S HOPE!

 4. We plan big things for tomorrow in spite  Having zero knowledge of the future.

THAT’S...

A report presented recently at a workshop in Moshi shows that we have people who link autism – a mental condition in which a person finds it very difficult to communicate or form relationships with others – to witchcraft.

Extreme superstitious beliefs upheld by central regions residents have been cited as an obstacle constraining education sector development.

Superstitious l beliefs among target beneficiaries have been reported to make the work of the Tanzania Social Action Fund (Tasaf)-III project difficult, according to Tasaf officials.

If there’s anything like someone becoming a fanatic of a particular football club by dramatic circumstances other than sincere love, I may be included in that category.

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LHRC: More people been killed on witchcraft beliefs
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LHRC executive director Dr Helen Kijo-Bisimba (L), gives clarifications to journalists in Dsm yesterday as she released the centre's bi annual report on human rights for the year 2014. The number of people killed due to superstitious beliefs has increased from ...

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Charcoal is the primary source of energy for more than 80 per cent of urban dwellers in Tanzania. The charcoal business is worth some $650 million (Sh1.05 trillion), according to a World Bank Report released two years ago.