Karagwe
Karagwe - the people
About 96 percent of the inhabitants are peasants and depend on the products of their farms for their livelihood. The food crops include banana, potatoes, bones, cassava, corns and millet. In most cases production is for domestic consumption.
Coffee is the major cash crop. But due to poor trade policies, the coffee price has been steadily declining for the last years. This influences the farmer’s income and the development of the region unfavourably.
A woman is cooking
As a matter of fact, most of the children finish school after primary grade and attend a simple and hard-working life. Electricity and water tanks are not a living standard at Karagwe. In average seven persons live together in one household.
More information
Internet: You will get more information about the land and its people through the official website of the Karagwe District of the Tanzanian government (http://www.tanzania.go.tz/districts/karagwe), through the website of the TCCIA Kagera (http://www.kagera.org/) (Tanzania Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture) and through wikipedia.
Video Links
If you have FLASH PLAYER and a sound system, you may see and hear video clips by YOUTUBE about the ELCT Karagwe Diocese in special and about Karagwe and Kagera region in general.
Note: In Tanzania it can happen that the speed of the internet is not enough to play it well.
Changing Climate in Kagera Region, February 2009
A YOUTUBE video was published by DANMISSION on the current environmental changes in Tanzania (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_pGyvGjnPM), from the perspective of Bukoba and the Kagera region.
Video on Karagwe roads, October 2008
A short video shows the difficulties of travelling in Karagwe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utQCXHb1lYE). And imagine how one would go on such a road in rainy season. »Travelling to Karagwe is a commitment«, says Bishop Bagonza. Karibu sana!
Video on a Karagwe Choir, August 2008
A video Upendo wake Yesu (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwGkL9-d3Vw). which gives an impression about the choirs in Karagwe.
Workshop on Human Rights, July 2008
A DANMISSION video was published on the Y.O.U. workcamp (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-XKHul5vsI)
Karagwe Community Radio station, October 2007
Here you can watch a video about the upstart and importance of Radio Karagwe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWxUFUkEUb8), a community radio which was planned. The video gives a good information about the issue of media in Karagwe.
