During our visit to Denmark we told about Mama Hannah. She was a tailor and very competent. She told us briefly before going to Denmark that she wanted to start a small sowing school for young girls who had not finished their schooling yet.
Young girls who do not have a job often end as prostitutes or get into abuse. She has a great burden to help such young girls get an education as a seamstress.
During our stay in Denmark several agreed that was a good idea and we received money to buy sowing machines. As we returned to Tanzania we got in touch with Hannah and gave her money so she could buy sowing machines and a good overlocker. I, Tabitha went to inspect the sowing room. She has now taken two young girls under her wings to teach them to sow. The girls seem to be proud to take this sowing course. It gives them self-confidence and they can now develop and show their skills.
One of the girls is Adolphine of 15 years. She has been through 6th grade and is from a home with seven children. She is number four.
Her parents had divorced and the mother had to take care of the children. The oldest girl is now married and has a job. She gave her mother, Adolphina and her younger siblings permission to live at her place. Recently the mother remarried and now lives with her husband but left Adolphina and her younger siblings with the big sister. Adolphina is taking care of her younger siblings and cooking the food. While the little ones are in school Adolphina has time to learn to sow. She is happy and proud that she takes the sowing course.
The other girl is Upendo, which means “Loving”. She is 23 years old and a single mother of a one-year-old child. She has nine younger siblings and has completed 9th grade. But Upendo’s mother who is also a single mother was unable to help her on in school. The mother has not a steady job and she was fighting hard just to get food on the table. It meant that there was no money to let her continue at the school.
Instead, Upendo was sent to live with her grandparents to look after the goats. The grandfather wanted her married so he could get a pride price. She refused and fled to Arusha where she got a job as a maid in a family. The man of the house wanted sex with her but she refused so she had to run away again.
Then she met a young man and they decided to live together. When she got pregnant the man ran off. She is therefore alone with a one-year-old child. She is struggling as she cannot find a job. Mama Hannah has taken care of her and is teaching her to sow so that one day she will be able to sow for others and have her own little business.
We want to thank those of you so much, who supported this project so we got money to buy the sowing machines and was able to give Hannah the possibility to help young girls have a life of their own
Mama Hannah and the sowing school
Written 03.09.2024 10:28 under Archive
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In accordance with Tabitha’s wishes, we asked for monetary “flower gifts” to support the work in Tanzania instead of physical flowers. It was truly overwhelming to receive the list from the mission treasurer showing how many people had sent “flowers” in this way. That money will go toward new faith-based projects that Tabitha felt we should undertake before we return to Denmark in February 2026. These include, among other things, children in 6th and 7th grade whose mothers are single parents and have lost their jobs. As a result, they can no longer afford to pay for their children’s schooling. This would mean that these children would not receive the graduation certificate necessary to continue in the education system. Here, Tabitha made a promise of faith to help, so that so many years of schooling would not be wasted. This is now in place. Tabitha would be overjoyed if she could witness it.
After the burial, we returned to a memorial service in Betania, where good friends in the congregation had prepared a lovely coffee table, providing a warm setting for us to talk together and remember Tabitha as a community.
I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude. Thank you to everyone who helped with all the practical arrangements and made sure that, despite our grief, it turned out to be a good day after all. Thank you to everyone who attended. Thank you to all of you who sent flowers. You should all know that it meant an incredible amount to me. I’d also like to look back a bit and thank family, friends, and the congregation for your tremendous support while we’ve been in Denmark. Thank you for all the meals you brought by and all the other practical help you provided.
Farewell in Arusha
Our staff has been completely devastated by Tabitha’s illness and death. As a team, they have come together and been praying and fasting for her. And they are now continuing to pray for us and our work.
On the day of Tabitha’s funeral, our staff followed the service on a large screen and was thus able to participate in the ceremony. They had printed a beautiful banner to represent Tabitha’s coffin, and there, with roses and tears, they were able to say goodbye to her.
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