Gundersen Lutheran's Global Partner's Tanzania team will work with staff at the Nyakato Health Center (near Mwanza) to provide much needed health care for the people of Nyakato and the surrounding community. With sparse health care, the high incidence of HIV/AIDS, malnutrition and tropical disease, our assistance is greatly needed.
The Tanzania team partners with
International Health Partners, TZ, a 501C3 NGO providing medical and surgical care for patients as well as educational sessions with the local staff. Our primary objective is to provide continuing sustainable health care, education and supplies therefore enhancing health care needs long-term.
Click here to follow the stories of the 2011 Global Partners-Tanzania team on their blog. Future goals include community health education, prenatal evaluation assessment and education, hygiene, and water purification.
Gundersen Lutheran's partnership with Nyakato Health Center will focus on offering general medical care, general surgery and OB/Gyn care by sending medical teams twice a year. The medical trip will typically be 16 days in length which includes travel time, daily work at the clinic (closed on Sunday) and an optional concluding three-day safari.
Learn more about volunteering on a Global Partners-Tanzania trip!
The 2011 Tanzania team presented information, stories and photos from their trip during a noon conference in April 2011.
Click here to watch the 2011 Tanzania team presentation! Presentation is 1 hour in length.
Also, an informational meeting for anyone wanting to volunteer was held on September 28, 2011. This meeting shared details about dates for the 2012 trips, cost, purpose of the trips, roles needed, travel details, preparations (such as immunizations), and more.
Click here to watch the 2012 Tanzania volunteering presentation! Presentation is 53 minutes in length.
