Our Neighborhood

We live in a home on the Mwanza compound of the Africa Inland Church of Tanzania (AICT). On the many acres of the compound are located a large church building, the offices of the Mwanza Diocese of AICT, and the national headquarters of AICT (where Gordon volunteers). Only a few steps away from the national headquarters is the AICT Makongoro Health Center. There Peggy volunteers alongside the Tanzanian staff and another CRWRC volunteer, Erin Carter from Canada. Occupying several buildings, the health center includes an outpatient clinic, a 30 bed short-term inpatient unit, an HIV/AIDS counseling and volunteer testing clinic, and a mother and baby clinic. There is also a guest house where short term visitors can get lodging and a restaurant for simple Tanzanian fare. Other buildings on the compound house a computer support and training center, the technical support department for maintaining clinic and hospital equipment, the Christian education department, missionary support, development, and other AICT church offices. And finally there are several residences. Most of the homes are used by AIC pastors and staff members, but two houses off in one corner are homes to us and our friend Erin. From there our commute to work is about 2 minutes on foot.