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Editorial
Dear friends and supporters
of wortundtat,
India, Athens, South Tanzania, Republic of Moldova, and
Dortmund – at first glance, the list of our aid projects does not
reveal a clear-cut course. But there is a strong common element:
wherever we are getting involved, we are working with partners,
who want more than just alleviate the visible needs. Of course,
our partners want to feed the hungry, build schools for the
poor and provide the sick with medical care, who otherwise
would not be able to afford it. This magazine will give you an
overview on how and where our partners and we are working
together.
But wortundtat wants MORE, because we know: all the money
in the world is not enough to make people happy.
It needs more than food and a safe place to put your head down.
That is why we and our partners want to ensure that the people
entrusted to us also feel that their inner needs are satisfied and
that they learn about the Good News of the Bible. This part of
our work is not a luxury in the midst of sheer hardship, great
poverty and sometimes even a terrible lack of prospects. On the
contrary: perhaps the message of God’s love will bring comfort
in particular to those who have no chance that their personnel
situation will improve, maybe because they are suffering from
an incurable disease. I am always touched when I get the
opportunity of meeting people like this in our projects.
Thank you for your continued financial support and for being
with us in prayer again this year.
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Yours,
Dr. Heinz-Horst Deichmann
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Over 130,000 aid
recipients in India,
Tanzania and Europe
Dr. Heinz-Horst Deichmann established
the Christian aid organisation wortundtat
in 1977. Since then, the organisation
has helped people in need in India,
Tanzania, the Republic of Moldova,
Greece and Germany. Over 130,000 people
in need are receiving individual
assistance.
Wortundtat – the name speaks
for itself: the non-profit and
charitable organisation helps
the poorest of the poor by providing them
with social and medical care. But not only
that, its members of staff also spread the
Good News of the Love of God and his offer
of reconciliation through Jesus Christ. That
way, people without hope can personally
experience the motto of the organisation:
“God loves the people. We show it to them
– in word and in deed.”
Help for 35 years
The work of wortundtat began when
Dr. Deichmann visited aid projects of a
Christian organisation in the Indian state
of Andhra Pradesh. The organisation
there looked after leprosy sufferers. These
people who were disfigured by the disease
and outcast by society deeply touched Dr.
Deichmann and he decided to provide permanent
help. Since then, he has been supporting
this organisation and often visits
the region to get a personal impression of
the work’s progress. And his support is not
only limited to India: meanwhile projects
exist on three continents. wortundtat is a
small organisation in Essen. All work is
carried out on a voluntary basis and includes
the administration of donations as
well as providing advice and training for
helpers. It is a matter of principle that the
organisation does not send any development
workers.
Concrete aid in India and the more recent
project locations in Tanzania, the Republic
of Moldova and Greece is predominantly
provided by local skilled personnel of the
partner organisations.
Dealing responsibly
with donations
All administrative costs of
the organisation are covered
by a special donation. That
way, every donor can be sure: his money
will definitely reach the people in need -
for whom it is intended.That wortundtat
deals with the donations entrusted to it in
a responsible manner, is also certified by
the seal of approval of the German Central
Institute for Social Issues (DZI). Since the
foundation of the DZI, wortundtat has
been awarded this seal in straight succession.
Das Deutsche
Zentralinstitut
für soziale
Fragen (DZI)
bescheinigt:
Ihre Spende
kommt an!

Arun Kumar Mohanty
(left) as the Director of
AMG has been working
closely with wortundtat
founder Dr. Heinz- Horst
Deichmann for many
years.
Help in the
country of
contrasts
Hardly any other country has experienced the level of growth as India
has done since 1990. In spite of this, the subcontinent remains one of
the world’s poorest regions: many people have not enough to eat, they
don’t receive a school education or medical care and are left to their
own devices. That is why wortundtat is active in the Federal State of
Andhra Pradesh.
AMG – Advancing the Ministries
of the Gospel - is the name of
our partner organisation in the
South Indian Federal State of Andhra
Pradesh. Since its foundation in 1977,
wortundtat has been cooperating with
AMG. In the past, its focus had been on
caring for leprosy sufferers. However today,
wortundtat has education facilities, clinics
with different medical priorities and social
projects for children, the elderly or sick
people in about 20 locations. If needed,
wortundtat in cooperation with its Indian
partner also supports infrastructure projects.
The region, where the organisation
operates, is quite a rural area, where the
Hindu caste system affects many people far
more than those living in the large cities
of the country. According to Hindu beliefs,
members of certain castes are “clean“.
They enjoy being held in higher regard,
whilst others who are regarded as “unclean”
are often ostracised. It is in particular the
latter group wortundtat is looking after.
The target: the people shall hear the Gospel
of Jesus Christ who loves all people the
same, and they shall personally experience
that all people have been given gifts which
can be developed under the right conditions.
Many former pupils emerging from
wortundtat facilities, who have followed
different and sometimes impressive career
paths are living proof.
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Health
– a rare commodity
In 2009, at US-Dollar 45, the per-head expenditure on
healthcare in India was a 100 times less than in Germany
(US-Dollar 4,629). In particular, Indians living in rural
areas are far away from national free healthcare for all.
Such people are supported by wortundtat.
General medical care
Malnutrition, illiteracy, cramped living
conditions and incredibly bad hygienic
conditions significantly increase health
risks, in particular for India’s poorer
population. And as there are no health
and safety regulations in place either at
work or at home, the risk of injury is
also very high. That is why wortundtat
has set up health stations for the rural
population in various locations. Mobile
ambulances also provide care for people
in remote regions. The city of Visakhapatnam
with a population of 1.7 million
has a clinic with several hundred beds in
A clean hospital und professional
medical care awaits the patients in
our wortundtat clinic in
Visakhapatnam. Normally, such a
facility is out of reach for India’s
population.
one of its poor districts. Far over 20,000
patients per year receive general medical
treatment by wortundtat in India.
cure for cataracts
Two eye clinics – in Kadiam and Rajavolu
– provide cataracts treatment. Eye specialists
have treated many thousands
of people by ambulatory surgery. The
plastic lenses used in the procedure,
restore the eyesight, which in many
cases, due to the unbalanced and insufficient
diet, had been lost when the
patients were still young. Several times
a year, the eye specialists also travel to

emote places, where they examine and
treat residents who otherwise would not
have any access to medical treatment.
Tuberculosis remains a big challenge
According to information by the World
Health Organisation, 256 out of 100,000
people in India are infected with tuberculosis
– double as many as the global
average. And: the situation in rural
areas is far worse than in the cities of
the subcontinent. wortundtat has been
running a clinic for many years, where
doctors are treating the debilitating and
prolonged disease. Special attention is
paid to out-patients and those who have
been released from hospital: discontinuing
the therapy might result in the development
of bacterial strains, which resist
common antibiotics. In order to prevent
this, wortundtat also offers intensive
treatment at the patient’s home. Trained
personnel regularly visit the patients,
supervise that they are taking their medication
and provide – if necessary -
their relatives with food. Hence, people
who are affected by the disease do not
need to rush back to work as soon as the
symptoms disappear, but can concen-
trate on being cured. This procedure goes
far beyond any measures taken in other
tuberculosis treatment regions and leads
to higher rates of success. However, over
the last years, the increasing number of
people who were infected with and HIV,
make the success of the therapy far more
difficult.
Supporting HIv victims
The Indian Federal State, where wortundtat
operates, ranks in second place in
the country’s HIV statistics. About one
in 100 inhabitants is infected with the
virus, and yet the knowledge of the paths
of infection and the risks of catching
the disease are shockingly low. A predominant
group of people transferring
the disease are long-distance drivers,
who after having had sex with prostitutes
bring the infection home to an area
where the population would otherwise
be hardly at risk. Hence, time and again
children lose their father or mother,
sometimes even both. wortundtat helps
infected people by providing them with
additional food that is rich in calories
and vitamins. A good diet can delay the
outbreak of AIDS or help to make coping
with the disease easier. The children of
AIDS victims receive material help - for
example for their school education or
vocational training.
care for leprosy sufferers
Leprosy too is a disease, which practically
only affects people with a weak immune
system: the most common cause is malnutrition.
Nowadays, in most cases the
disease is diagnosed earlier and treated
faster, but there are still many thousand
mutilated people who need constant
help. They are looked after in special accommodations
where they can live and
receive medical aid. Others are provided
with clothes, food or medication, which
is delivered to their home.
Polio cases are on the decrease
For many years, wortundtat has been
running a large treatment centre for polio
patients. Fortunately, increasingly more
beds remain empty: due to comprehensive
injection campaigns and better living
conditions, the disease is getting rarer,
which means that fewer treatments are
required.
An overview of the help we give
You too can help:
It doesn’t need more
than EUR 7,– per month
to provide a leprosy
sufferer with the basic
needs.
And it costs only
EUR 30,– to feed an
Indian family whose
breadwinner has died
of AIDS for a month.
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Where we help
India Health
Doctors regularly
examine the residents in
the wortundtat leprosy
villages. If necessary,
they treat any injuries,
because especially with
this disease, these are
easily inflamed.
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Education
The poor, people from lower castes, girls, children living
in rural areas - they all find it far more difficult to gain
access to education than the rest of India’s population.
Their chances are even worse if several of these factors are
combined - even later in life. wortundtat in India provides
education for the underprivileged.
education for marginalized groups
One can draw many conclusions from
statistical figures concerning the state
of education in India. For example,
according to the World Bank, the Indian
school system has made great progress:
between 2003 and 2009, the number of
children without school education had
fallen from 23 million to 8.1 million. In
contrast, the UNESCO 2010 Education
Report states: “In rural India, only 28 %
of grade 3 students could subtract twodigit
numbers and only a third could tell
the time.”
for the poor
And there are quite a few more – apparently
contradicting – statements.
A clear picture looks different. Hence,
during their daily work, social workers
of the wortundtat partner in India take
an individual approach to each situation
they are confronted with: if they meet a
family or a community, whose children
obviously have no or only insufficient
access to education, these will be offered
the opportunity to send their children to
a wortundtat school.
These facilities range from preschool to
primary school (lower and upper kindergarten)
via high school to vocational
training courses as well as junior and
degree courses. The latter enable access
to multiannual training courses (e. g.
engineers, medical staff) or they open up
the opportunity to embark on a scientific
career path. Numerous schools, many of
which are run as a boarding school, are
located in social hotspots. That way, the
poorest of the poor have comparatively
easy access.
The English Medium School for about
2,000 children and young people in
the fishing village of Kakinada is right
at the centre of the slum. And the
school in Yeleswaram was built in walking
distance of a stone quarry: in the
The education at the technical college of wortundtat
enjoys a very good reputation: companies in the region are
keen to employ young people who have been trained here.

meantime, almost 2,000 children are
attending the school. Without it, many
would probably be forced to help their
parents breaking stones. Many of the
schools have also integrated classes for
disabled children. In Chilakaluripet for
example, children with polio are special
getting support; in Rajavolu, blind
children, who otherwise would have no
chance of going to school, are taught in
special lessons. Overall, about 12,000
boys and girls attend the wortundtat
schools in Andhra Pradesh. Apart from
school dinners, they also receive free
school uniforms and course material.
vocational training for more independence
Tailoress, car mechanic, welder, lathe operator,
electrician or electrical engineer –
having trained for these jobs, graduates
of the ITC, the state recognised vocational
training centre of wortundtat, are later able
to look after their families, because the
graduates are very much sought after by
the country’s enterprises (see wortundtat
Magazine 2/2011).
Two nursing schools and a teacher training
college complete the wortundtat training
programme. About 2,500 teenagers
and young adults, with and without disabilities
benefit from these facilities.
wortundtat provides educational
facilities for the youngest as well as
for adults. About 12,000 pupils attend
the wortundtat schools in India.
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Thanks to the help of wortundtat,
these children have the opportunity
of learning instead of helping their
parents at the limekilns.
Emergency islands
for children
Children need special attention,
not least because they are the future
of a country. In India, however, many
children are forced to work, do not
have enough to eat, are cast out or
do not have any chance of getting an
education. wortundtat provides such
children with islands of refuge
and help.
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learning instead of burning limestone
In most cases, it is nothing but pure hardship
that makes parents urge their own
children to do hard physical work. This
had also been the norm at the limekilns
in Indian Piduguralla: a man working at
the limekiln by himself could not provide
for himself and his family. If, however, he
took his wife and children with him, the
situation instantly improved. Considering
the health of the child was a luxury he
could not afford: how would he and his
family survive? It took a lot of convincing
and the promise that the children would
be looked after to get them away from the
limekilns. Today, they go to the wortundtat
preschool in the colony of the limekiln
workers or to one of the wortundtat
boarding schools. We have been pressing
for the approval of building a school close
to the kilns - so far in vain. However, the
permission to build this school remains a
strong prayer request for our projects in
India.
From stone quarry to school bench
For many years, the situation in Yeleswaram
was similar to the one in Piduguralla
- only there, the children slaved away
in stone quarries instead of limekilns. A
school was built in 1995, which today
is attended by about 1,900 children and
young people. The first pupils have long
graduated, working in all kinds of professions
today. Without this school they
would have ended up in the stone
quarries. But thankfully times have
changed and there are no longer
any children working there.
refuge for runaways
It has little to do with looking
for an adventure when
the boys in India leave their
homes and travel the country
on or inside railway
wagons instead. Most of
them are no longer wanted
at home or their parents
are unable to feed
them. As a result they live
off begging, cleaning shoes,
One portion of milk per day and regular vitamins
can save children from the consequences of
malnutrition.
collecting empty bottles, cleaning compartments,
carrying suitcases or even stea l -
ing. Any child that has reached the end
of the line does hopefully find a home for
railway children before things get even
worse: here the boys get a roof over their
head, regular meals and people who look
after them. They learn to lead a normal
life again. Some even make it to school
or learn a simple trade. This house in the
small village of Chirala has about 120
places.
a good start in life
About a third of the Indian population
either goes hungry or is malnourished.
However, in particular during the first
years of a child’s life malnutrition has
devastating consequences for its development.
In order to reduce short or longterm
damage, wortundtat distributes half
a pint of milk a day among the children in
some of the slums. The children are regularly
examined by a doctor.
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Further information:
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Easing the suffering
The great hardship in India is particularly obvious
in rural areas: many people live in great poverty,
the caste system still prevails and being outcast
is often part of everyday life. wortundtat and many
social workers visit those who need special help.
Bridging emergencies
When the breadwinner of the family – in
most cases the father – is no longer able
to work, food, rent, school fees, and much
more can no longer be paid. The causes
for this situation greatly vary in India:
time and again, highly indebted farmers
are taking their own life because they are
unable to cope with the pressure of ruthless
lenders. But AIDS too is widespread in
the region where wortundtat operates and
turns many children into orphans.
Or: relatives of long-term prisoners and
people without a fixed place of abode have
to fend for themselves and do not receive
any state benefit. Such people in need are
registered by the wortundtat helpers and
receive food, clothing and assistance with
school and vocational training expenses -
Many pupils volunteer
in the distribution. That
way, about 3,000 to 4,000
people can be supplied
each day.
until they are able to stand on their own
two feet again.
Supporting the weak
Children, the elderly, sick people - the
weak in society, have no lobby in India.
Often they are left to their own devices.
wortundtat looks after about 8,500 people
in day-care centres or residential homes.
And over 12,000 disabled people receive
food and aids, such as special shoes, prostheses,
walking aids, spectacles and sometimes
wheelchairs.

Help
in times
of crisis
Accommodation in India can hardly
be compared to the housing and
living situation in Europe: inferior
building material, mouldy walls, the
lack of sanitary facilities is the
norm. wortundtat tries to find a
solution where help is most needed.
Homes for those who have nothing
In some locations in India, socially underprivileged
families are able to build a
proper house partly funded by the state
– provided they are able to make a small
financial contribution of their own. However,
in many cases this is not possible.
wortundtat has therefore provided this
own share, either in full or in part, for
many thousand families, enabling them
to have a roof of their own over their
head. Other infrastructure measures, in
which wortundtat participated, include
for example supplying a district with electricity,
or developing the canalisation or
building paved roads.
Improved water supply
Contaminated water – for example from
open waters – can easily result in infections.
To enable access to groundwater,
which in most cases is much cleaner,
wortundtat has drilled several hundred
wells. About 10,000 people benefit from
this. Please also note our donation project
on page 16.
Disaster aid
Following the 2004 Tsunami, after devastating
fires in the slums, when nature
inflicts storms or floods – the wortundtat
helpers were and still are among the first
to help. They distribute drinking water or
food rations, they hand out food parcels,
clothing and household supplies or they
help with reconstruction.
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wortundtat has tried for years, to support the
limekiln workers who would like to build their
own houses; however, the government has
still not provided its share of the promised
help. As a result, many families are still living
in appalling conditions, exposed to the fumes
of the Limekilns.
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Picture on the right
The residential home
for street children
that wortundtat has
taken over in 2011, is
right at the centre of
Vijayawada. Now the
work that had been
started can continue.
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A quiet year
Last year, thanks God, the Federal State of Andhra Pradesh
was mainly spared from natural disasters. Hence, our local
partner, the AMG India, has been able to fully concentrate
on its daily work.
Three new Projects
An outstanding event was the takeover of
three new projects: the previous developers
had no longer been able to guarantee fund-
ing. In order to keep the projects going,
wortundtat was asked for assistance.
As a result we have a new project – the
English Medium High School in Vadarevu:
it is in the immediate proximity of the huts
of the fishermen, who send their children
there. But children from the neighbouring
villages are also coming to learn at
the school – overall about 1,400 boys and
girls, from pre-school age to graduating
from grade ten. The second new school
that wortundtat has taken over provides
room for about 950 children. It is close to
the stone quarry school, in the little town
of Parimithadaka, which is mainly inhabited
by natives - the so-called tribals. The
third new project is a residential home for
street children in the city of Vijayawada,
Thank you for your help!
In edition 4/2011 of our magazine and in a
separate Newsletter we asked for donations to
provide the school in Kakinada with materials
for running the school. We would like to take
the opportunity to say “Thank you!” for your
generous support: we needed EUR 18.50 per
pupil, a total of EUR 37,000. The money will
be used to buy text and exercise books, school
uniforms, food, pots and pans and crockery for
the canteen, school furniture and some other
essential items. Thanks to you, we managed to
collect the entire sum.
which has a million strong population.
The house, which is near the city centre,
accommodates young people who would
otherwise live in the street. Here, they experience
a daily routine and learn a variety
of technical skills. That way, there are
able to learn how to stand on their own
two feet when they are adults.
We – and the children in Kakinada (photo) –
are very grateful, that we manage to interest
so many people in our work. And we thank
for the willingness to assume responsibility.
By the way: the new donation project is on
page 16.

Being part of a family
Thirupathi Rao is the leading nutritionist at the Olive Hospital,
a well-equipped private hospital in Hyderabad. Thirupathi, who is 32,
attended wortundtat’s education facilities in India for 15 years:
from third term to Degree College. He tells us of his experiences.
Icome from a very poor family. My
father was a farmer, my mother a
housewife. Both could neither read
nor write. Hence, I grew up under very
simple conditions. One day, we heard that
there was this wortundtat school, which
especially focussed on poor people. I was
lucky to be admitted.
I learned so much when I was at school:
how to communicate with other people.
How to behave within a group. That one
should show respect when dealing with
others. I learned what humanity and
mutual considerateness mean. I started
to adopt a completely new attitude to life
and today I am a very happy and content
person. That was possible because
the teachers treated us in the same way
children are treated by their parents. It
felt like being part of a large family.
To this day, the staff at the schools is
interested in what became of us.
For me personally, it is a matter of course
that I return something of what I was
given by the school and the teachers. I
want people to benefit from their work.
I would not be sitting here without
wortundtat, but herding buffalos – as did
my father. The same applies to my brother
and my wife. Just like me, they attended
wortundtat schools for many years.
I am particular grateful for one thing:
when John David, who was in charge of
many wortundtat projects in India, had
to stay in hospital at Hyderabad because
of serious health problems, I was able
to look after him. I am so grateful that
I have been given the chance to return
something of the good and positive I
experienced in my life, also in my capacity
as a professional.
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Staying healthy with
clean water
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Your donation gets to where it’s needed!
Diarrhoeal diseases are the most
direct and obvious consequence
of drinking water contaminated
with bacteria. In 2002, diarrhoea
claimed about 1,600 lives in India – per
day. Today, ten years later, this figure
might have decreased slightly; nevertheless,
access to clean water is still not a
matter of course for many Indian people.
This is particularly true in rural areas,
where water is still brought to consumers
by equipment or from areas, which
favour the transmission of diseases:
for example from simple tank lorries or
even open waters. Affected are above
all people with a weakened immune
system: children under five, the elderly,
the under nourished.
A manual pump, which enables drawing
groundwater from a depth of several
metres, is a first step towards better
access to clean drinking water. Hence,
the wortundtat partner in India, the
AMG, provides smaller towns in some
rural areas of the Federal State of Andhra
Pradesh with such pumps and drills the
necessary wells. Our aim is to fund about
100 of such wells this year.
Help a small village
community to gain
access to clean water!
If you would like to help us to
achieve this goal, the people in the
Indian villages will be grateful for
any amount you donate. about
Euro 630,–
are needed for each well. Please make your
donation quoting “Wells for India”. each
donation will reach the people in need in full.
Donation account for Great Britain
Word & Deed / 18 Main Street / Lubenham
Market Harborough / LE16 9TF
Barclays Bank plc - Sort Code: 20-48-42
Account: 60720224
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Change is on its way
Compared to her neighbours, Tanzania is not particularly
different. However, compared to the rest of the world,
the Republic remains one of the poorest countries in the
world: on the Human Development Index (HDI)* of the United
Nations - the so-called wealth indicator - Tanzania occupied
rank 152 of 187 (Germany: rank 9) in 2011.
By the side of the “main road
of the South” a bumpy sand
piste leading through the
Tunduru District these boys
hope that progress will also
come to this remote swathe
of land.
* Apart from the Gross Domestic Product per inhabitant of a country,
the HDI also takes life expectancy and the degree of education of the
population into account. It is calculated by the United Nations.
The people in the southern Tunduru
District are not familiar with such
comparisons. Hardly any adult is
able to read or write. Only a minority has
attended a proper school. The people there
are educated by life experiences; their life
is mainly taking place outside – normally
without electricity, without any machinery,
without running water. The people eat
what their small farms provide. If a harvest
is bad, it is not uncommon that people
go hungry until the next, hopefully better,
harvest arrives. They sleep in huts made
from mud, which was tried in the sun.
Instead of tiles, the roofs are covered with
grass. Anybody with a lot of money might
be able to afford corrugated sheet iron. But
who would be so lucky in an area where
work is scarce and things to buy are few
and far between?
The region is slowly developing - slowly
but fundamentally: in 1996, the Kanisa la
Upendo wa Christo Masihi, in short KIUMA
came to this remote piece of land. The
Church of the Love of Christ is supported by
wortundtat. Hence, a hospital was built, a
secondary school was set up, several training
facilities and a large number of further
projects were implemented. And: the development
is increasingly successful in also
reaching the surrounding villages.
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Many lives are saved on the maternity ward at the
KIUMA Hospital - women are mainly coming to the
clinic for a high-risk delivery, provided they can get
there in time. Here, wortundtat founder
Dr. Heinz-Horst Deichmann is visiting a young mother.
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Only EUR 8,– enables
us to examine a patent
at the KIUMA Hospital
or to treat him on an
outpatient basis.
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Health is precious
Health is essential in South Tanzania: only a healthy person
is able to work his small piece of land or to fetch water.
Nobody in this remote area can afford to be ill, because
that means being a burden to others. Without medical care,
comparatively harmless illnesses can become dangerous.
Since the hospital in KIUMA was
opened, healthcare in this region
has significantly improved. Previously,
the nearest hospital was far
away in Tunduru, the capital of the
district, making it almost impossible to
get there. Now medical care is within
reach of almost everybody. The hospital,
which was completed in 2002 comprises
100 beds, and its various specialists are
able to provide good medical care for
most patients. Operating theatre, X-ray
department, laboratory - everything is at
a standard, which compared to other hospitals
in Tanzania is quite impressive.
The list of frequent diseases is completely
different from the one Germany: Malaria
is by far the greatest health problem in
the region. Most than half of all patients
who come for treatment, suffer from the
tropical disease – mainly because they,
unlike tourists, do not have access to any
preventative drugs. Far behind are respiratory
diseases, in particular tuberculosis,
followed by diarrhoea, pneumonia
and other complaints, which only play
a subordinate role in the health statistics
of most European countries.

Opportunities in
Until only a few years ago, anybody looking for good educational
facilities was hard pressed to find anything in the Tunduru District:
primary schools - provided one was lucky enough to find one - suffered
from a lack of teachers and inadequate furnishings and teaching
materials. Equal opportunities for boys and girls was unheard of.
Secondary schools outside the capital of the district - if they
existed at all - were in a desolate condition and there were no
vocational training facilities at all.
First secondary school
This only changed when wortundtat
built a secondary school with the help
of the BONITA Foundation. Since then,
the young people are able graduate at
their homeland, which gives them the
chance to further their education. Meanwhile,
this opportunity is being used by
about 800 pupils, who achieve aboveaverage
results, compared to the rest of
the country. wortundtat has supported
the construction of nine further schools
in the villages around KIUMA.
creating training facilities
Until recently, anybody wanting to learn
a profession had no chance in the re gion.
However, in the meantime young people
have the opportunity to train as tailor,
joiner, locksmith, bricklayer or car
mechanic on the KIUMA premises. The
training provides the young apprentices
education
with a good chance to ensure a small
income outside small-farm agriculture.
And the nursing school with about 200
pupils ensures that not only the KIUMA
Hospital, but also the health stations in
the surrounding villages are gradually
staffed with qualify medical personnel.
Teachers Training centre under
construction
The Tunduru District is lacking several
hundred teachers: a fact, which is above all
the result of the remoteness of the region.
This problem is now being addressed by
setting up a teaching college in the KIUMA
grounds. Teaching natives close to their
homes, raises the probability that they will
stay once they have graduated. So far, the
teachers of the schools in the district –
including KIUMA – come from everywhere
– apart from Tunduru.
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On average, male adults
in Tanzania went to
school for slightly longer
than five years. This
figure is significantly
lower in the south of the
country - KIUMA can
help to change this and
also provides women
with a chance to get an
education.
You can help:
Only EUR 17,– per
month is needed for
school fees, clothing,
learning material,
accommodation and
board – a lot of money
for parents in south of
Tanzania.
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For the daily bread
The people in the Tunduru District almost exclusively live off
the crop they manage to produce with their own hands on small
fields. They fetch their drinking water from far away ponds or
brooks.
learning agricultural skills
Unfortunately, the inhabitants have little
knowledge of agriculture. There is also not
enough money and opportunity to buy
seeds or agricultural tools or machinery.
But someone who doesn’t harvest enough
can’t feed himself properly. That is why
the people have the chance to buy seeds
and tools at low prices at the Agricultural
Centre of KIUMA, where they also get tips
for farming and breeding cattle. The pupils
of the secondary school can also develop
their respective skills at the Agricultural
Centre and benefit from them later.
Wells and tanks to supply water
Normally the women in the region fetch
water from ponds or brooks. The unpurified
water is a cause for the large number
of bowel diseases in the population. By
building wells and installing water tanks
in the villages, wortundtat is gradually
eas ing the problem. Not only do the people
get clean water, but the women also
save a lot of time by no longer needing to
fetch the water from a large distance.
In the meantime, wortundtat has installed water
pumps or tanks in five villages of the region.
Others are to follow.

Historical event
In 2011, KIUMA celebrated its 15 th anniversary.
This was of course a reason to celebrate: with the
locals and with official representatives from the
region. One of the highlights was the meeting of
about 600 representatives of the people. They had
followed the invitation of KIUMA to talk about the
past, but above all to debate the future of the
region. A view of the events.
After the initial hesitation of the
very restrained population concer-
ning the offers of wortundtat in the
region around KIUMA, all sides
are happy today to engage in a
cooperative partnership.
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Declaration
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the full text of the
Declaration, please
send an email to
info@wortundtat.de
15 years of KIUMa
You can also order a
DVD about the work
in KIUMA by sending
an email to
info@wortundtat.de
The DVD is free.
However, a small
donation is welcome.
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„W tional chieftains and village
e have organised this meeting
of 600 participants – tradi-
elders as well as representatives from all
villages and government representatives
from Tunduru and the bordering districts
– with the aim to once again debate problems
and possible solutions”, said Fred
Heimbach, who significantly supports
KIUMA from Germany, both relating to
content and structure. “The predominantly
Muslim population lives under
extremely poor conditions. The region is
far less developed than the rest of Tanzania.
However, as a Christian Organisation
we cannot and we do not want to present
these people with a patent remedy. Only
by talking to each other, it will be possible
to find a way forward. This is why we
are so very pleased about the willingness
of those responsible, to take part in the
meeting.”
By the end of the event, participants
had adopted a Declaration, which they
pre sented to the guests attending the
ceremony on the occasion of the 15th
anniversary, but in particular to the representatives
of the Tanzanian Government.
Fred Heimbach later comment ed: “That
was clearly a highlight of the event. The
Declaration impressively shows again to
which extent KIUMA has been able to
change that attitude of the local population
in the past 15 years.” Their willingness
alone, to cooperate with the
Christians of KIUMA shows that the
people from the district have understood:
“KIUMA takes a holistic approach to our
lives and respects our traditions and our
religion.”
“We have to change our mental attitude “
The Declaration says among other: “The
Conference has helped us to understand
the obstacles that slowed down our social
and economic development and what we
have to change to benefit from the opportunities,
provided to us by KIUMA and
our government. We ask our government
to give more credit to the contribution of
KIUMA and to create a more favourable
environment for KIUMA to make a greater
impact. – We appeal to the people in
There was a lot of singing and dancing at the
festivities celebrating the 15 th anniversary of
KIUMA. However, the most significant part was
the presentation of the Declaration.
this remote area to understand that the
services KIUMA provides are not used as an
incentive to convert people to Christianity.
The people living here shall recog nize that
each person has the freedom of choosing
his own religion. They shall also recognize
the importance and the scope of schools
and contemporary education, as well as the
dignity and the rights of women.”
In order to understand the historical significance
of these statements, one has to
go back a long way and understand the
background of the Wayao tribe, which
about 80 if the region’s inhabitants belong
to. At the time of the slave and ivory
trade, the Wayao were well-off influential
middlemen. However, when the trade in
human beings and later in elephant tusks
ceased to exist, the Wayao lost their key
role. For a long time, their tribal leaders
withstood all efforts from the outside to
develop this corner of the country. During
the colonial period, this hostile attitude
sometimes resulted in schools being burnt
down on the orders of the tribal leaders.
As a result, the region around Tunduru
sank into oblivion. Today, it lies between
two large nature parks. There is still no
asphalted road to take people there, but
only a bumpy, seve ral hundred kilometre
long sand piste, which can hardly be used
during the rainy season. The Declaration –
at least this is what the project managers
at KIUMA hope – might result in another
boost for the region’s development.

Support
for Europe’s poorhouse
Most people in the Republic of Moldova, in contrast to in India
or Tanzania, have a roof over their head. But to name just one
problem: in the winter, when permanent frost settles in, they
are not able to buy fuel to heat their homes. The Republic of
Moldova is not called “Europe’s poorhouse” for nothing.
The country ekes out a miserable
existence. Left behind by the rest
of the continent, the economic
significance of the republic is approaching
zero. Based on economic measures, the 3.5
million inhabitants – roughly equalling
Berlin’s population – have hardly anything
to offer. But can this really be: a developing
country in Europe? Experts reply to
this question with a clear “yes!” And that is
exactly how the staff of wortundtat in the
town of Ceadîr Lunga with its population
of about 20,000 sees it. There are hardly
any jobs that pay enough to live on.
As a result, many young people at employable
age have long emigrated, leaving
children and the elderly behind. The
money, which they earn abroad, represents
a large proportion of the Moldovan
Gross Domestic Product. Almost a third of
the Republic’s population and two out of
five children in rural areas live below the
international poverty line. A major share
of the budgets for school and other public
buildings is spent on energy costs. No wonder
that the school equipment is in such a
desolate state. Elderly people have to live
on pensions, which are not even ade quate
to feed themselves properly during the
summer. They live in dilapidated houses
and are often too weak to work their own
garden.
A huge problem is the water supply: in
2011, out of about 1,700 municipalities of
the country, only about 200 had a working
system to provide drinking water and deal
with wastewater disposal. Most people get
their supply from wells, whose water is
contaminated with pollutants, nitrates and
heavy metals. In Ceadîr Lunga, wortundtat
supports the medical-diaconal centre
Gloria, helping above all the elderly, the
sick, the disabled, the homeless and the
children – in fact those people who belong
to the weakest in this poverty stricken
country.
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Dilapidated buildings,
abandoned children, elderly
people who are helpless
- there is so much room
for improvement in the
Republic of Moldova, the
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The conditions the care
personnel are confronted
with when they visits
patients at home, time and
again confirm how absolutely
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charity appears to be a foreign word
Ceadîr Lunga lies in the south of the
Republic of Moldova. About half of the
population of working age is without
a job; the social system of the country
is practically ineffective: pensioners,
unemployed or disabled people are hardly
getting any benefit. And even the children,
the future of the country, are missing
out as kindergartens, primary and
secondary schools are in desolate condition:
heating systems don’t work, the
roofs are leaking, glass panes are falling
out of their frames, and the rooms are
moist. There is a lack of everything and
politicians and administrators don’t know
where to start. Everybody is fighting for
his survival. The willingness to help and
charity are features, which are currently
not very popular in the der Republic of
Moldova.
However, this does not apply to Tamara
und Vitaly Paunow. The married couple
– supported by two Christian congregations
- had started a private under taking
to help people in need. Since 2006, they
are being helped by wortundtat. A first
step was to buy and renovate an empty
bank building. Since then, various general
practitioners and specialists are providing
free medical care. Those, whose income
or pensions are not enough to feed themselves
are also given a free lunch each
day. And anybody in need of clothing
can go to the clothing store, which is
regularly replenished with good second
hand clothing from Germany. Marion
und Dr. Gert Maichel from Dortmund
support the further development of the
project from Germany.
Doctors are actively committed
The practice at the Gloria Centre is
equipped with an ECG device, ultrasound,
an endoscope (to carry out a colonoscopy)
and other necessary devices. At
the helm of the practice is the retired GP
Vera Trakalova, who is very committed
to the wellbeing of her patients. She is
supported by several specialists, among
them an internist, a family doctor, an
ultrasound specialist and a dentist.

Medical care for outpatients
Outpatient care is also an essential part
of the service. Sister Olga and a number
of care personnel visit patients who are
too weak to come to the ward. That
way, these people in need receive their
medica tion and food, they are examined
and they get the feeling that they are
not alone.
Way out of addiction and homelessness
Alcoholism is a big problem in the
region. Instead of trying to take charge
of their admittedly hard life, many men
try to drown their sorrows in alcohol. The
shelter for the homeless and alcoho lics
provides some of them with the chance
of starting a new life. They learn and get
used to a regular rhythm of life, they
are given clear tasks and of course they
have to stay away from alcohol and
drugs. Anybody who is physically fit is
set small tasks, such as working in the
vegetable garden or looking after the
henhouse. Sometimes there is work outside
the home, such as maintaining the
municipal clinic grounds.
emergency shelter for women
A flat, which was donated to Gloria, provides
nine places where women can sleep
who have no money to heat their own
flats. This offer is very popular. However,
the demand has risen significantly, as
also the energy costs have increased
sharply in the past years.
commitment to the town
Apart from these projects, wortundtat
is also involved in improving the infrastructure
for the town: several kindergartens
were thoroughly renovated. In
return, the town has set up additional
care places. The municipal clinic also
benefited from the aid provided. A highlight
in 2011 was handing over the fully
renovated children’s ward of the county
hospital in Ceadîr Lunga. To mark the
occasion, the Moldovan Minister President
Vald Filat, the German Ambassador
Dr. Berthold Johannes and Heinrich
Deichmann, who is particularly involved
in this wortundtat project, had come to
Ceadîr Lunga.
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At the homeless shelter,
men who are suffering
from alcohol abuse, can
regain their strength and
learn that they too are
appreciated.
You can help:
A warm lunch for
about for about
45 people at the
Gloria Centre costs
ca. EUR 30,– a day.
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