Department of Youth

Head of Youth Department
The Youth Department is part of the Department for Women, Children and Social Welfare. Its main purpose is to stay in contact with and care about Karagwe’s Youth. Therefore, the department visits the Youth all over the diocese in their parishes or at schools and arranges seminars. Meleksedeck Iromba leads the department.

Most of the parishes at Karagwe offer meetings and events for the Youth: At choir sessions or bible studies can children and teenagers come together and share their time. The meetings are conducted by Youth leaders or pastors in the parishes or districts.

Activities

  • Visiting Youth at the parishes to encourage the diocesan Youth work and the Youth’s participation in the church
  • Conducting Youth Seminars concerning the Youth’s responsibility in church or leading bible studies
  • Preparing concerts and festivals for Youths
  • Mobilizing and introducing teenagers to arrange their own small projects, like chicken keeping
  • Representing the Youth and their needs in meetings and various conferences

Activities supporting HIV/AIDS Project

The department conducts HIV/AIDS seminars especially to the Youth in the parishes, which are funded by UEM, concerning:
  • HIV/AIDS awareness
  • Test and counselling
  • Behaviour’s change
  • HIV/AIDS prevention and the way of transmission


Besides the department conduct seminars, supported by the Church of Sweden, at Secondary Schools to empower girls and boys:
  • Breaking the silence about the themes
  • Making them aware of HIV/AIDS
  • Talking with them about the effects of early pregnancies and life skills

Contact

Further information about the Department for Youth through Meleksedeck Iromba by telephone +255 755 04 30 60 or by Email youth@kad.or.tz.


Text: Meleksedeck Iromba