The monks of Hanga Abbey are happy to have one of theirs achieving high training in medical field. Br. Benedict Kaguti, OSB, graduated with diploma in Advanced Nursing at KCMC hospital at the northern health instituion in Moshi, Tanzania, this August 2011. This is a good news for St. Bernard’s dispensary: workers and patients. Yet he is like a drop of water in a bucket. We wish Br. Benedict success in his work. He will be joining two other Brothers who are nurses at the dispensary namely, Frater Lucius Matembo, OSB, and Frater Jesephat Haule, OSB, and also Frater Christopher Hunja, OSB, who is a laboratory technician.

In the photos Br. Benedict on his graduation day.

During the first week of Agust 2011 a total of 11 optomestrists of Vosh Mission from Holland led by Dr. Ella came to Hanga dispensary to help people with eye vision problems. They brought with them a stock of spectacles and diagnostic tools to diagnose people with problems to see. About 1,ooo people were served and glasses were given for free. We thank them wholeheartedly for serving the poor.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             In the photos: top is the group of the optomestrists Vosh Mision from Netherlands; bottom – one of the the Vosh Mission member examining a patient.