Peramiho

one of the biggest Catholic Missions and monasteries in Africa, only 50 kms from the village

founded in 1897 has had and still has a big impact on the whole of Southwestern Tanzania,
has also one of the best hospitals in Tanzania

 the Abbey Church

 Mwajabu at the entrance of the Abbey Church

 the Peramiho Hospital

 at the hospital, visiting a villager,
 the late Octavian Kihwili, alias Kuchukia

 the Peramiho Major Seminar, where you can
 get a University degree in Theology and Philosophy
 - and finally become ordained as a priest

 the anthropology section at the library at the Seminar

 Peramiho has also a good guesthouse
 - with German food

 A nice place to come and shop!

 Peramiho Bookshop

 a Father, a Brother and hospital staff
 at New Year's Eve party

 Peramiho also has a big workshop, meaning more tools than I had in the village,
 a nice place to come with a small problem with the bike. Notice, in the foreground, an old BMW

for more pictures from the Peramiho Abbey Church