On International Women's Day, the team from our learning centre visited a total of 1,560 girls and women. First, they went to the secondary school and handed out parcels containing school supplies and feminine hygiene products to over 700 schoolgirls. In the afternoon, they visited more than 800 women in the streets of the poor district and brought them food parcels.

In the days leading up to the event, the team prepared for the day in workshops with many other women: How do we encourage women? How can we connect the women in a network so that they can go shopping together and find a better way to earn money?

Alphonce Leonard, the coordinator of our branch in Dar es Salaam, has sent us the annual report for 2023, highlighting the many activities and achievements we had in Tanzania.

→ Download the full report from here (PDF)

In 2023, another group from Europe, including six young adults, visited Tanzania. They described their encounters and experiences in a blog.

Unfortunately, many governments in Africa still do not manage to ensure the supply and education of the population. As a result, millions of children go hungry and millions more are unable to attend school or receive vocational training.

In Tanzania, our learning center is located in the poorest part of Dar es Salaam, a city of 8 million people. The local team makes sure that as many children as possible have enough to eat and get an education.

Would you like to support this vital work? It is very easy to help:

Our foundation organized a benefit concert in favor of children in Ethiopia and Tanzania in the Rudolfsheim church. The reason was a topical one: The war in Ukraine and the Corona crisis had made us forget the need in Africa. But there, too, everything has become more expensive: by a factor of two to three! Families, who were doing quite well until now, have to go hungry. Children can no longer go to school because they are needed for work in the fields, or their parents cannot provide food.

The evening offered a musical mixture of countries in which the foundation was active. In between, there were contributions from children from Ethiopia and Tanzania.

The Wiener Bezirkszeitung wrote an excellent article about this. Here you can read it and watch video clips of the work.

Thanks to all donors!

Father Moses Mgimiloko came to Vienna for doctoral studies. He is chaplain in the parish of St. Mother Teresa in Vienna. During his home leave, he practiced the song "God's Love is So Wonderful" with the children of his parish in Iringa, Tanzania.

"The children were enthusiastic about the German lyrics. Within one day they had learned the song by heart. With their voices we greet our parishes in Vienna and all friends worldwide!"

With our branch in Tanzania, we have already planted trees this spring. Every scholarship holder should plant a tree in front of his or her house. Now we want to expand this and have talked to the local government: they will provide the land. We are looking for sponsors, plant trees and take care of the watering and further maintenance. We want to motivate the children of the poor district to do something they can do without money.

We are looking for sponsors for trees. Everywhere. As many as possible.

You can also donate via

Stiftung „Jugend fördern – Grenzen überspringen“

LIGA Bank Regensburg
IBAN: DE43750903000001342800
BIC: GENODEF1M05

Fr Martin Rupprecht