Sarepta Women Group

In Afrikan communities women seem to be vulnerable persons whom were not valued in terms of bringing development strategies. In the year of 1960’s the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania in the North-western Unit diocese took an advantage of mobilizing and sensitizing women existing to establish their Women Unit (Bethania) . It was established with the purpose of building the capacity of Christian women to have activities to bring them together and build their capacities and competences to improve them spiritually and psychologically. Since then the women groups started gaining competence and were recognized at the church parishes and to the community until to date. Our main objectives: Building the capacity of Vulnerable women to have activities to bring them together and build their capacities and competences to improve them spiritually and psychologically. These activities include bible studies, singing, prayers, and social life that include non-stigmatization and value of a woman in the society as well as economic improvement at their household level. In addition to the above the groups had additional activities of teaching the elder women and young ones whom did not know how to read and write. Primary activities: Improving day by day and the added components of entrepreneurships, human rights and advocacy, hand crafts arts, making of energy saver stoves, cooking oil, soaps, water collection jugs and clothes. Participating in different exhibitions and local trade shows. The group contributes and loans support to members to improve their economic livelihood including paying for school fees for their children and selected vulnerable orphans. Since July 2015 we have worked with building our capacity with economically support from CISU. Because of covid19 we started In 2020 including supporting the community on how to build the tippy tap and learned community members about hygiene. The board visits each group each quarter in stead of annual meeting in 2021.