Training courses for women Since 1990, the Mwakaleli training center in southern Tanzania provides training for women. Bible courses are held for parish workers and for leaders of women's groups, and various professional training courses are also organized. In the East Lake of Victoria Diocese, great numbers of women participate in seminars and learn for instance how to prepare nourishing food or to guide children's play groups. In principle, every Tanzanian child is entitled to primary school education. The school attendance, however, is not controlled.
Many children leave school because they are needed for domestic work.
After the lower level, only five percent of the children have the opportunity of attending the upper level of a comprehensive school. In order to increase possibilities for education, the Church has also founded private secondary schools. The Kidugala Secondary School started in 1982 from almost nothing. There were no window glasses nor desks in the classrooms, no books available. FELM has helped the ELCT to develop the School by sending teachers, purchasing textbooks, and giving financial assistance to the school's building projects.