Social

Social activities

Education

Education is among of the basic needs of any socities,In Rungwe district this  services offered by government as well as private sector,The awareness in education of the people in rungwe was very high since back on days  to prove that there  many primary school,sendary school as well as colleges such as Msasani teachers college,Mpuguso teachers college,Tukuyu day secondary school,Ndembela,Mano,Kiwira,Bujinga and primary school are like Bulyaga,Madaraka,Katumba,Bagamoyo ,Magereza primary school

Kisondela secondary school

Rutengano secondary school

Mpugusu secondary school

Health

Also health is among of basic needs on any people.In rungwe district  health is very important things which provided by government as well as private sectors,Makandana hospital  is the government hospital which provide health care to the people of rungwe at the district level another  one are Igogwe hospital,this hospital owned by mission .This two hospital offered the services of the health care to the people of  rungwe at district level,  others medical care centre which appeared in different areas in rungwe are  like Katumba health care centre and Itete

Igogwe hospital

Igogwe and Itete Hospitals Signed Service Agreement with Rungwe District Council

The long waited Service Agreement between two Voluntary Agency Hospitals in Rungwe District Council namely: Igogwe and Itete hospitals was colourfully signed today with Local Government – Rungwe District Council at Youth Centre in Tukuyu.

The agreement was signed by: Bishop Evaristo Chengula- Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Mbeya and Otinel A. Mlimba on Behalf of Dr. Israel – Peter Mwakyolile- the   Bishop of ELCT Konde Diocese with District Executive Director for Rungwe District Council.  The event was witnessed by DMO Rungwe, Rungwe District Council Legal Advisor. From the side of the Church- the Health Secretaries for Konde Diocese and Catholic Diocese of Mbeya were present together with management teams from two hospitals.  Importantly, the CSSC Zonal Team- the Zonal Secretary and Technical Advisor participated in the signing of Service Agreement ceremony.

  Before signing the agreement, brief speeches were delivered.  The DMO for Rungwe District gave an overview of Service Agreement.  That, this Service agreement will be for two main services: Reproductive and Child Health (RCH)- that means, pregnant women and under five years children (Out Patients) will access free services for one year and second component is to Establish and Strengthen Organizational Structures and Institutional capacities for Improved Health service Management at all levels.  Through this agreement, the hospitals will benefit by having staff as they will be employed by the government and posted there.   

Based on that information, the Church leaders acknowledged the Government for agreeing to sign Service Agreement with these two hospitals.  Basically, the hospitals are providing services to the community of Rungwe without any segregation.  The Bishop argued the management team to work hard in ensuring the services is provided according to quality standards as expressed in the agreement for the betterment of the People they serve.

As a response to that, the District Executive Director commented the efforts of the two hospitals in Rungwe namely: Igogwe and Itete Hospitals.  He added that, the agreement would help in solving one of the challenging area- staff shortages, as the agreement would be used to employ staff to the hospitals.  Again, he noted that this agreement will definitely improve collaboration as both parties will have to discuss the progress of the agreement and that is in the spirit of Public Private Partnership.

Finally, one of Rungwe PBF Pilot Project outputs which is to harmonize PBF approach  between the State and the Church through Service Agreement Signing has been met today.  It is hoped that agreement will be successful and ultimately the health Care of the People in Rungwe get improved.

See the Group Photo after Signing the Service Agreement: Seated In front at the middle -Bishop Evaristo Chengula from Catholic Diocese of Mbeya, to the right side is District Executive Director, Rungwe District Council; Mr.N. Mahyenga and to the left side, General Secretary; Konde Diocese. Mr. Otinel  A. Mliba.

Religions

In any societies the believes people must be existed , in rungwe district there so many people who believe in presences of god that is why the religion  are presence in this area. The dominant religions  are  Moravian,KKKT church ,Roman catholic seventhy day and low mumbers of muslims

HISTORY OF MORAVIAN CHURCH IN RUNGWE

After a short stay, Meyer and Richard, together with their interpreter, travelled to the east of Kapugi where they met Chief Mwakanyamale and were friendly welcomed. It was the same with Chief Mwainyekule and Chief Mwakubombaki. But despite the good welcome from the chiefs, the missionaries could not decide on a place to settle. They finally headed back to Kapugi. As Martin and Haefner hadn't yet recovered, Meyer and Richard decided to continue by themselves to Rungwe Hills. This place was the one Dr. Kerr Cross had suggested the Moravians should settle. When they arrived they were well welcomed by a 13 year-old Chief named Mwakapalila, who gave them the permission to stay wherever they choose in his territory. Meyer and Richard found a convenient place on a small hill called Kigungubija, a place with plenty of water, near Mount Rungwe. On 21 August 1891, a service was held by Meyer and Richard to consecrate that place. The foundation of Rungwe Mission had been laid. The happiness of that moment was of short duration, for when Meyer and Richard reached Kapugi again, they arrived only to bury their friend and fellow missionary George Martin who had died of Malaria. It was a hard start for the remaining three. Nevertheless, Rungwe proved to be well chosen for to build the first mission station: it was fertile land, with lots of pure water and had, at 1450m above sea level, a pleasant climate. After they had well settled, the missionaries were joined by their wives. The first ten years, however, were to be very hard on the missionaries as they had to face several deaths. But the first three missionaries were, accordingly to a proved Moravian tradition, to stay many years in Tanzania: Br. Richard stayed until 1903, Br. Haefner until 1909 and Br. Meyer stayed as long as 1916.
The Moravian Church in Tanzania – Southern Province is an Ecumenical Christian Protestant church founded around 19th Century by the first missionary from Herrnhut, German who arrived in Tanzania and started work in Rungwe/ Mbeya Region in 1891. This was a result of a mission expansion of Protestants who started the church in Kunward, Bohemia in the current Czech Republic in 1457. The church spread to Moravia from where it got its mane over the years, to many parts of the world. Moravian Church in Tanzania – Southern Province is a member of Council for Churches in Tanzania (CCT) and fully recognized by the Moravian (Unitas Fratrum) Unity Board world wide. The church has structure that go down to the grassroots thence enabling it to be the most reliable institution to transform human kind holistically. The Moravian Church in Tanzania – Southern Province covers the area of southern Tanzania with geographical districs of Kyela, Tukuyu and Ileje. Also had missionary area like in Malawi country, Zanzibar, Dar – Es – Salaam, Costal region, Morogoro, Songea etc with an estimated number of more than 410,792 Christians in province.

Sport and entertainment

Sport is among of the social activities which are existed in rungwe,the dominant sport are football while others sport are basketball netball,Tukuyu sport club is among of famous club in history of Tanzania .this team come from rungwe district another one is presons sport club this team owned by preson military in rungwe area  other team are Masukuru sport club,Katumba stars ,Tandale sport club ,Mpuguso

Tukuyu star team

Hospitality

Hospitality services is very important in everywhere.in rungwe district  there so many hotel such as landmark hotel and DM motel this hotel offered the standard service to the travelers and for the people of rungwe in general

view of landmark hotel in Rungwe tukuyu

Tanzania social action fund(TASAF)
 
Tanzania Social Action Fund is a government of Tanzania funding facility organisation that provides a mechanism that will allow local and village governments to respond to community demands for interventions that will contribute to the attainments of specific Millennium Development Goals. Towards this endeavor, TASAF contribute to achieving the goals of Tanzania Poverty.
Reduction Strategy as stipulated in the National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty. The objective of TASAF is to empower communities to access opportunities so that they can request, implement and monitor subprojects that contribute to their livelihood linked to MDGs indicator targets in the Poverty Reduction Strategy.
TASAF is organized in a decentralized manner to facilitate greater autonomy and empowerment to local government structures and the community in conformity with the provisions for the Local Government Act No. 7 and 8 of 1982 for Mainland. TASAF II is set to operate within the three spheres of government i.e. national, LGA and village levels in mainland Tanzania.  Similarly, in Zanzibar the operational set up will be at national, island (Unguja and Pemba) and Shehia. Roles at the national, LGA/island and village/Shehia/Mtaa levels are defined in line with the main operational framework of community sub projects realization and management of created assets.

In Rungwe district the activities of tasaf  base on building of school ,health  care centre and empowerment of agriculture activities for the people of rungwe