Nkile - Father Silverius

Welcome to Nkile, Tanzania. Nkile is a small village located on Lake Nyasa aka. Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa on Tanzanian side and Lake Malawi on Malawian side). The village is filled with joyous faces, hospitable and kind locals and an amazing community working to create a better environment for everyone.

Father Silverius, Nkile's pastor, came to town in 2012. Back then they didn't have any proper infrastructure for neither him, guests nor the locals themselves. Silverius also spent a few months in Germany in 2009 to 2010 where he learned to speak German and gave services there.

Together with the whole community he was able to change the village life over the past few years. Listening to him and people talk about how things have improved for everyone is just beautiful to hear. The happiness, gratitude and kindness coming off these stories is very inspiring.

Here are some projects they have already accomplished or are working on in Nkile:

• Silverius located a freshwater source in the hills, 7km away and they came together and laid a water pipe - by hand! Carrying up the pipes the whole 7km! Before that, the locals used to get water from the rivers and streams. Kids would suffer from stomach aches, diarrhoea, diseases and occasionally die from the dirty water they would drink!

• The rectory was rebuild with the necessary sanitary facilities

• They renovated the whole church

• A bell tower was built, integrated with strong lights to serve as a lighthouse for the fishermen at night

• Upon the community's request, they built a guest house for the town's visitors, including all the sanitary facilities like flushing toilets and running water - This required them to fill a huge water tank by bucket after bucket

• They built a tailor shop, led by locals and teaching others to tailor. They are also building a carpenter's workshop with the same concept. This allows locals to buy their clothes and furniture in their close surroundings. The goal with those project is to also provide efficient education skills to young people, create self-employment and increase the income of individual households. This helps to raise the living standards of the community.

• Opening a shop run by women only. At the moment they are selling fabrics to tailor new clothes but the goal is to expand the shop to sell more products and daily supplies for the local communities. This helps women to be more independent and bring home an extra income to take care of their family

• Preparing huge amounts of rice to feed the school kids

• Building a restaurant on the rocks looking over Lake Nyasa with its profits going to the community

• Construct guest houses directly on the lake for future guests - The view is absolutely stunning!

How can YOU help Silverius and the whole community in Nkile?

Donations can be made through bank transfers to the following account:

Bank

CRDB Bank PLC Code 4656

P.O. Box 2

Mbinga, Tanzania

Swift code: CORUTZTZ

Account

Silverius Mwingira

P.O. Box 514

Mbinga, Tanzania

Account Number: 1952085664100

Important Please write Silverius a short message over email at silveriusmwingira@yahoo.com to let him know about your support. He will love to thank you personally. ✨

You're also most welcome to visit Nkile personally and meet the people there yourself! 😃

If you have any questions for Silverius, don't hesitate to contact him directly via email or shoot me a message and I'll get back to you as soon as possible! 🤗

Sabbu ❤️