John and Christine’s visit to Tanzania had a somewhat different focus this year. There was the usual staff development work and training but Busega Scotland trustees asked that the following be inspected.

The administration of the Family Support Project (women’s groups)

At Mayega Children’s Centre:

Record keeping

Implementation of new job descriptions and working practices

Financial administration

Reports have been prepared and will be presented at the next meeting of Busega Scotland trustees. Inspection is part of the Future Shape plan to increase operational responsibility at the Centre, and for this to be monitored and scrutinised by John and Christine, on behalf of trustees..

There will be full article on the 2025 inspection in the next edition of our newsletter, Nyumba Moja.

One of the recent changes at the Mayega is to make working practices more flexible. The photos show Caregiver Michael, who has special responsibility for security at the Centre, also working in the garden with one of the boys. All staff have welcomed this flexible approach and it has been backed-up by training to emphasise it’s importance.