News! and letters to come
Someone at church this morning asked me what's new in Tungamalenga, and I proceeded to bend her ear for about ten minutes with a long list of updates that have come via various sources in recent weeks. Here's a few highlights. Microfinance co-op leaders from Tungamalenga attended a training session in Iringa this week. Iringa Hope (the diocese wide umbrella organization) and Tumaini University's Microfinance Institute staff hosted the sessions for 75 leaders, addressing issues of governance, organization, record keeping, assessing loan applications, and more. Three members of the Tungamalenga SACCOs (Savings and Credit Co Operative) attended. From the photo I saw, it looks like Nicholas Mvena, Absalum Kilipamwambu, and perhaps Lukimbililo Mkuye. More information here: http://iringahope2013.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-saccos-training-session-concludes.html . Iringa Hope members from Minnesota Tom and Sandy Hendrickson have been in Iringa for the past couple months, visi