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All together now - singing to help raise cash in Feckenham

Redditch Editorial 18th Oct, 2017   0

RENOWNED choir Tarantara are to hold a fund raising concert for the ‘Water of Life’ project run by local charity Mission Morogoro.

The charity has built a bond of friendship and trust with a poor rural community in Tanzania and recently welcomed Godfrey Sehaba, the Bishop of Morogoro, who visited the group after attending a church conference in Worcester.

Mission Morogoro works with partners in Tanzania to improve lives of people in Tunguli, an area of subsistence farming.

Money raised from the Tarantara concert will support a new project to provide a clean and reliable water supply for the region so people don’t have to walk long distances to fill buckets with frequently contaminated water.




“You can do an awful lot for not much money and the aim is to improve sanitation, hygiene and water supplies which is a core issue affecting all aspects of life there,” said Tricia Mortimer from the charity.

Mission Morogoro was established five years ago following a talk given to the congregation of St John the Baptist in Feckenham by a visiting vicar, the Rev’d Isaac where he explained the challenges people facing in his part of the world.


“Much to his surprise we went out there and it was obvious what we could do,” said Tricia.

And so the charity was born.

Since then parishioners have formed a bond of friendship and trust with villagers, raising money for medical supplies, a motorcycle ambulance, and even a refurbished tractor.

“Health, education and agriculture, those are the building blocks and over the five years we have done a tremendous amount but beyond that is the friendships we have formed with the local people,” said Tricia.

Tarantara are in concert at St John the Baptist Church in Feckenham on Saturday, October 28 and tickets are £10 from Tricia at [email protected] or on 07814 939123.

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