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Written by Anneth Munga
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Monday, 13 November 2006 22:32 |
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Bishop and Mrs. Munga were recently invited to Germany where they attended 100 year Jubilee of Bethel Mission, took part in seminars, met with partners of the Diocese and visited some congregations and institutions. Wherever they went, they were received with warm hospitality.
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Informing about SEKUCo and finding partners to cooperate with was also
on the agenda and the efforts were successful. Universities,
congregations, institutions and groups showed great interest in the
project. We bring you some glimpses of the visit through these photos. |
| Bishop and Mrs. Munga were invited to Versmold by Rev.
Kirsten Potz and participated in a worship service which was attended
the Mayor of the town, Mr. Thorsten Klute. After the worship the Mungas
were given a very special honour: To sign their names in the Golden
Book of Versmold town. |
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The NED is part of the United Evangelical Mission (UEM). Naturally, we have been seeking to cooperate with UEM. During the visit, we had two meetings with several UEM officers working in Wuppertal and Bethel.
UEM has agreed to send the librarian serving at the headoffice in Wuppertal, Mr. Wolfgang Apelt, to Magamba for a short period in order to enable him to see the place where SEKUCo will be opened, give preliminary advice to us and plan how the libraries at both Campuses should be structured. After that, Mr. Apelt will plan a longer visit at a later period. The UEM office in Wuppertal will stand for all costs. BTW, Mr. Apelt used to work as librarian at the former Lutheran Theological College at Makumira (current MUCo) during the 1980s and 1990s.
We also expect UEM to send Mr. Manske as a consultant who will help us to set up the Financial Department of SEKUCo. Mr. Manske has served at the headquarters of UEM in Wuppertal for many years.
We are also glad that UEM has agreed to coordinate the handling of any funds and books that will come in from different parts in Germany for SEKUCo. Ms. Angelika Veddeler and Mr. Manske, both from the UEM office, will meet Prof. Dittmann of Bonn University in December this year in order to agree on how UEM can facilitate in this coordination. |
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A Memorandum of Understanding for future cooperation has been signed
between the Department of Geography of Bonn University and SEKUCo.
Prof. Andreas Dittmann and Dr. Anneth Munga signed for the respective
institutions. |
| Bishop Munga and his wife were warmly welcomed by pupils and
teachers at a special school in Minden, Wichernschule. Community and
Church leaders were also present. The pupils sang several songs in
Swahili, one of them being Mambo yetu sawasawa which means Things are
alright! |
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SEKUCO D: Prof. Johannes Weinig, Rev. Frieder Kueppers, Rev. Heike Koch
and Ms. Bernadette Dambacher in discussions with Bishop and Mrs. Munga
at the Bielefeld University of Applied Science. There was also a
meeting between the Mungas and the Dean of the Faculty of Civil
Engineering, Prof. Helmut Giestefeldt, with his delegation held in
Minden. It was agreed that this Faculty will assist in planning and
starting up a Department of Civil Engineering as part of the Faculty of
Technology and Engineering of SEKUCo.
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