Caritas Veritate Mwanbani Maternity Waiting Home Fundraiser
Caritas Veritate Missions and the sisters of Mwanbani, Tanzania.
Meet our partners, the sisters of Mwanbani, Tanzania, and the Mwanbani Catholic mission hospital where they serve one of the poorest regions in Tanzania, Africa.
The sisters of Mwanbani Mission Hosptial
Learn how the cause of life will be promoted in Africa and what your gift will mean to the women, infants, and children of the Mbeya region of Tanzania.
Maternity Waiting Home (MWH) and Chapel Project Background
Maternity Waiting Homes are residential facilities, located near a qualified medical facility, where women defined as"High risk" can await their delivery and be transferred to a nearby medical facility shortly before delivery, or earlier should complications arise.
Caritas Veritate Missions seeks to partner with the sisters in Mwanbani, Tanzania who operate a Catholic hospital in the Mbeya Diocese.
With the full approval of the Bishop of Mbeya Diocese, Caritas Veritate Missions Missions will raise funds and help operate a 300-person capacity (MWH) and Maternity Ward. Maternity waiting homes are proven to lower the rates of infant, child, and maternal mortality.
Women watching over their newborns in the neonatal area of the hospital.
Mwambani Mission Hospital is owned by the Catholic Archdiocese of Mbeya, functioning under the supervision of Archbishop, Rev. Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga. It is located in Songwe District Council. Songwe District is one of the four districts in the Region of Songwe. (See Letter From Archbishop, Rev. Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga.)
Mwambani Mission Hospital was founded by the Missionaries of the Franciscan Sisters of Denekamp (The Netherlands) in 1968.
The hospital health services cover the entire district of Songwe but the service area extends beyond district boundaries to Chunya and Mbeya Rural Districts (Mbeya Region), Momba, and Mbozi Districts (Songwe region).
The hospital provides health services to a population of 174,709 people (87,500 males and 87,209 females) as per the 2012 National Population Census. It is the only referral Hospital in Songwe.
ARCHITECTURAL PLAN FOR THE MATERNITY WAITING HOME
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