Vulnerable adults and children are a primary concern at Rosminian schools, parishes and projects. In Tanzania and Kenya we have two designated priests who work in the East Africa Province, to ensure the Safeguarding policy is in place, and procedures followed. Fr. Anthony Marandu (standing in photo) and Fr. Ambrose Chuwa (seated in photo) have many years of experience in the area of Safeguarding training.
At the end of August they ran two staff workshops for Rosminian centres in Tanga district, Tanzania. One in St. Patrick’s Vocational Training Centre, Lushoto; and the other in Kwalukonge Health Centre, Korogwe.
The Safeguarding workshops covered the following topics: the rights of the child; Tanzania and international law and standards of protection; behaviour protocols and how to respond to a complaint.
Skills in how to prevent and respond to abuse are very important, especially for the staff at the two centres (pictured below).
• St. Patrick’s Vocational Training Centre runs a range of practical training courses to equip students with work skills.
• Kwalukonge Health Centre provides in and out patient care and a range of health services, serving the local Maasai population.
We are delighted that both of these projects have recently received funding from Misean Cara to expand and develop their programmes.