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"Good News and a Better Life for All Without Discrimination of any Kind"
- Mission Statement of the Konde Diocese




Our synod, the Lower Susquehanna Synod, is companions with the Konde Diocese, a diocese in Souhtwest Tanzania. The diocese borders Mbeya and Lake Nyasa.  The center of the Konde Diocese is the town of Tukuyu, and it is where the headquarters are located. The current Bishop is Dr. Israel-Peter Mwakyolile. The General Secretary is Mr. Otinel Mlimba. The Konde Diocese is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, the ELCT.

Our companion Congregation is Isuba. Please see our Isuba page for more information.

Manow Lutheran Secondary School is a private secondary school run by the Konde Diocese. It was founded in 1993 by the ELCT. About 300 students currently attend Manow.

In Tanzania, all students are required to go to Primary school for seven years. At the end of Standard 7, students are required to take an exam before going on to Secondary school. If students do well, then they can go to public secondary school, but if they don�t do as well, they either are left to find a private school or start to work.

Manow provides education to students who do not make it into Public School and to students who would rather go to a Private School. Public Schools are overcrowded and have unqualified teachers, so Private Schools are a good alternative for families who can afford it. Manow costs about $550 per year, which is pretty expensive considering families usually make about a dollar per day.

Therefore, one of our outreach missions is to help provide scholarships to the students. We want to raise enough money for four scholarships every year. Our main fundraiser for Manow is the monthly noisy offering. We take a collection for Manow the first Sunday of every month.