Missions

 Upendo Na Tumaini Village: Hope and Love

St Thomas Anglican partners with the Upendo Na Tumaini Village (“UNT Village” / Hope and Love), a ministry to impoverished children in the Ikali (Ebusiekwe Esibila) village of western Kenya. UNT Village aims to reach out to address the physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs of such orphans and destitute and/ or vulnerable children in order to empower them in the society for poverty eradication. Upendo Na Tumaini Village is registered with the Societies of Kenya as a charitable organisation with no political interest pending the certificate of registration. It is operating under the encouragement of the Kenyan Church of God and the directorship of Pastor Caleb Osore, the associate pastor of Mariakani Christian Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. UNT Village began with weekly meetings with children identified to have substantial need. Each week, the children are fed, tutored in academic subjects and have a Bible lesson. Local Kenyans and overseas friends help pay the salary of a certified teacher and purchase food and teaching supplies. The ministry is growing in incremental steps, increasing its reach to more children and meeting twice a week. Future steps include starting a community school that will partly be funded by student tuitions while at the same time offering scholarships to needy students. UNT Village dreams of the day when land can be purchased and a real "village" orphanage will be built.

Anglican Diocese of Kondoa - Tanzania

St Thomas Anglican partners with the Anglican Diocese of Kondoa. Our church has supported the Rt. Rev. Given Gaula for many years because of his commitment to the gospel in his home of Tanzania. Bishop Given has his own parish Church known as the 'Mother Church' or Cathedral where he invites all his clergy and many of the lay faithful to celebrate services or listen to him teach and preach. The Diocese of Kondoa covers the district areas of Kondoa and Chemba under the region of Dodoma. The Cathedral is currently the only parish in the diocese which is is self sustaining financially and all others are unable to contribute much by way of a parish share to support the Diocesan structure. Some churches meet in good buildings, some have no roofs, several have thatched roofs, two worship in school classrooms and two worship under trees. The Cathedral community is strong and has three services every Sunday. Bishop Given is working to build ecumenical partnerships based on friendship in Christ and mutual respect with other local denominations such as the Roman Catholic and Lutheran churches. He is also building relationships with the Muslim community, which has shown its support, especially during the recent times with fundamentalist action against Christian leaders elsewhere in Tanzania.