With your help during 2022, Missio Malta supported 120 projects worldwide in farming, health, education amongst many others areas.

These projects helped many communities and individuals to regain their dignity through meeting their basic present needs of nutrition, shelter, employment and education which increase the chance of sustainable future lives.

This year’s Marathon will showcase a number of projects that you have helped us to build and others that Missio Malta will implement in the coming years.

You can follow the marathon on 11th March on one of the Maltese TV stations starting from 11am to 11pm.

In the meantime, below are 2 missionary stories to be updated on missionary projects that will be showcased on #Hope MissioFest

Eliza is one of the victims of Leprosy and due to the disease stigma, she has suffered isolation, discrimination which led her, 30 years ago, to lose her full active life and role of motherhood to living a life of poverty on so many levels, including lack of food, lack of emotional and mental support whilst observing her body parts decaying and dying slowly.

Since the disease is highly infectious, she resigned to leave her children, family and community and go live in the outskirts of her village, depending on the little food people give her.

Eliza’s body started to itch profusely, and initially no one could tell what was wrong with her, however it didn’t take long before the first wounds associated with leprosy started to show up.

Eliza suffered greatly, and needlessly, especially since her disease could have been healed by antibiotics, which was not available.

Sister Rita found Eliza in very bad state and through healing she required surgical interventions, mainly to remove parts of her body that had reached an advanced stage of decay. Unfortunately, Eliza even lost sight in one eye.

FACTS ABOUT TANZANIA:

• The largest and most populous country in East Africa with a population of 62 million

• Around two thirds of the population are under 25 years, hence mortality rate is high and life expectancy is low.

• Malaria is a leading killer of children under 5, while HIV is the main source of adult mortality.

• In terms of per capita income, Tanzania is one the world’s poorest countries.
• Tanzania cities such as the capital of Dar El Salaam has experienced economic growth in the past 10 years, however for many Tanzania’s they depend on agriculture, leaving Tanzanians particularly vulnerable to drought that effect the availability of food.
• The government got support from the World Bank and created a social safety net by injecting funds for the education of children and health of the population which has helped in reducing extreme poverty. However, there are many others who are not yet reached..and for this ……