Newly-converted Datooga believers expressed a strong desire for their children to receive a Christian primary level education. The Nyamakombu Primary School was established in 2002.
Tanzania (MNN) ― To fellow Tanzanians and outsiders, the Datooga are primitive. They resist education and development and live in low hygienic standards. Formerly the Datooga were semi-nomadic herders but presently have settled down and supplement their income by farming. This gives missionaries with Africa Inland Mission an opportunity to share the Gospel with the Datooga.
Sometimes this ministry requires missionaries to serve in remote and difficult locations. You can help by praying for the missionaries' protection as they share the Gospel with the Datooga people.
This people group historically relied on milk products for their diet, moving whenever new pasture was needed for their cattle. Now they keep livestock, and many farm a plot of maize; cattle are still their most important domestic animal.
A neighborhood council of elders generally holds power over the Datooga people, with group pressure being the most effective social control. Pray for new believers facing demands to return to traditional practices. Pray also for training and discipleship opportunities for new believers.
The Africa Inland Church recently celebrated 100 years of ministry in Tanzania. Tanzania is one of the world's poorest countries, despite attracting tourists to sites such as Kilimanjaro and the Serengeti. Read about their outreach to prostitutes in Lake Victoria.
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