Dentist to tutor Tanzanians

From Bucks Free Press, London, UK
By James Nadal

A RETIRED dentist is hoping to save lives by passing on his expertise to nurses in Tanzania.

Stuart Cripps, 62, Winter Hill, Cookham, will be flying to Mwanza in the East African country in November to teach basic dentistry skills which are severely lacking in the region.

To fund the trip Mr Cripps and daughter Louise, 25, a junior doctor were tested to their peak.
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They took on the gruelling Three Peaks Challenge - a climb of nearly 3,500 metres up Britain's highest mountains over three days.

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Construction of Environment Centre Begins

From The Citizen, Dar es Salaam
By Felix Mwera in Musoma

The Musoma Municipal Council in Mara Region has begun building an institute to be used in offering environmental education in the region.

The Lake Victoria Regional Local Authorities Cooperation (LVRLAC) is financing the project that seeks to minimize environmental hazards caused by human activities in Lake Victoria.

"LVRLAC will provide Sh50 million, and we will contribute the remaining Sh6 million of the total sum needed for the project," municipal director Fredrick Ntakabanyula said during the project's launch ceremony.

The centre will be used to offer environmental education in the municipality and neighbouring districts in the region.

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Ailing Basamba needs help to undergo operation

From IPP Media, Dar es Salaam
By Rose Mwalongo

Basamba Mayoa (2), suffering from tounge ailment, is seeking financial assistance to undergo treatment outside the country after doctors have failed to find the cure for his ailment.

The two -year-old child has a protruding tongue that has now grown bigger, making him suffer from pain and eat with difficulties. Basamba was born at Maweni Hospital in Kigoma Region where doctors detected his defects and referred him to Bugando Hospital in Mwanza Region for further treatment.

He was born with a number of overgrowth skin on his tongue which have gradually grown and protruded outside his month.

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Access Clean Water, Bariadi Residents Told

From The Citizen, Dar es Salaam
By Patty Magubira in Mwanza

Residents of Bariadi district in Shinyanga Region have been asked to access safe and clean water from the multi-billion shillings pipeline that draw water from Lake Victoria. At the moment, only 2.3 per cent of the over 8,000 potential water consumers in the district are connected to the main water main supply lines.

The area district commissioner Baraka Konisaga has stressed that clean water is a key component to a healthy population, noting that with the completetion of the water project, the commodity was now readily available to the residents in the district.

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Self Project Plans to Cover All Regions

From The Citizen, Dar es Salaam
By Mpoki Bukuku

Small Entrepreneurs Loan Facility (Self) project plans to extend its services to the whole country.

According to Self project manager Abiah Kaaya, the scheme operates in Coast, Dodoma, Lindi, Morogoro, Mtwara, Singida, Mwanza, Mara, Kilimanjaro, Arusha, Tanga, Ruvuma, Mbeya and Iringa regions in the mainland and in Zanzibar.

In the coming financial year, it plans to extend services to Kigoma, Manyara, Rukwa, Kagera, Shinyanga, Dar es Salaam and Tabora.

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Saut Students Lament Lack of Equipment

From The Citizen, Dar es Salaam
By Patty Magubira in Mwanza

About 500 students studying journalism and mass communication share a single movie camera at the Saint Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT), it has been learnt.

Students were also skipping classes as a result of a shortage of computers and sports grounds, students told SAUT vice-chancellor Charles Kitima at the university's main campus in Mwanza.

The students complained of being half-baked as a result of the shortage of the facilities. They lamented that they had reported on the shortage of the working gears to the SAUT management several times, in vein.

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Orford school's African links

From Warrington Guardian, Orford, UK

PUPILS in Orford have more in common with African school children than they first thought thanks to an enlightening visit by their teacher.

Adam McMillan, head of RE at William Beaumont High School, visited a school in Mwanza in Tanzania with youth workers from the town with the aim of helping children form a link between the two cultures.

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