Frater Deogratias Mwageni, OSB, of Hanga Abbey Dies

The sad news of the death of Frater Deogratias Mwageni, occured on Friday  11th of April 2014. Frater Deogratias died after his health dwindling for some time. He was born in  1950 on 30th of March. He joined Hanga Abbey and made his first profession on July 11, 1975.



Of the many responsibilities he held at the abbey Frater Degratias will be remembered by many people as a teacher and headmaster at St. Benedict school from 2000 until 2004. Because of his compassion and treating student as if he were a grandfather to his grandchildren, he earned a name "Babu Poa/Deo" meaning Cool Grandpa or Grandpa Deo. Indeed Frater Deogratias was a quiet monk who always lived by sticking to monastic discipline. He loved peace and did not like confrontation a quality that earned him many friends and great respect among the monks.

May he rest in peace.

Hanga Health Center March News

Hanga Health Center is happy to witness two special events this March, 2013. The first is the visit of two student doctors from Italy. They will be volunteering at the Center until May.

The second event is the acquisition of a driving license for a woman nurse at the dispensary, Bertha Mligo. She will be driving the ambulance of the Health Ceneter. It is a kind of uncommon in Tanzania especially in rural areas to have women drivers. As such it is a progress and pride that she can drive.