Tuuru Mission
Tuuru Mission
Tuuru Mission
COTTOLENGO TUURU MISSION is a centre of health, rehabilitation, educational, social, welfare and pastoral services aimed at the poor population of the entire Meru District, north east of Kenya.
The Cottolenghina presence began in 1972, with a group of 5 sisters who received from the hands of the consolatine Sisters the “torch” of service to children affected by poliomyelitis.
The “mission” of the Centre is to take care of all poor and abandoned people, especially children with disabilities and women, so that, by having an experience of love and attention, everyone feels loved children of God and shares in His family and in the whole human family.
Currently the Mission includes
The Parish “S. Teresa of the Child Jesus “
The Cottolenghino Monastery “Jesus Priest”
The Cottolenghini Sisters and Priests Communities
Two operational realities that integrate and complement each other: Tuuru Home for Children and Tuuru Cottolengo Health Center
Tuuru and Surroundings
Tuuru and Surroundings
Tuuru is a very extensive village on a large volcanic hilly area, at the edge of the Nyambeni forest, located at the foot of the Mount Kenya mountain range, at 1800 meters. in height.
It is part of the Meru district; from this city it is 66 km, while from the capital Nairobi it is 400 km. The Tuuru territory, exclusively rural, is arid and poor; only in the rainy season do they cultivate the soil, but the harvest is always scarce. The whole area has a low demographic density, the population, of about 50,000 inhabitants, is made up mainly of women and children who live in a situation of real poverty, not only economic but also cultural and social.
It is a population with few resources but eager for improvement and willing to collaborate for their development. The sanitary and hygienic situation is precarious; the widespread diseases: malaria, typhus, HIV, bronchopneumonia, intestinal infections, tuberculosis, anemia, skin infections… are the consequence of malnutrition, illiteracy and lack of adequate care.
Our services
Our services
Currently the “Cottolengo Tuuru Mission” includes:
The Parish “S. Teresa of the Child Jesus “
Tuuru Home for Children: home for psycho-physical disabled children, for undernourished children, kindergarten, special school, physiotherapy, orthopedic laboratory and workshop
Tuuru Cottolengo Health Center: maternity, dispensary, training, emergency assistance for malnourished children
Volunteering
Volunteers are a great resource, a gift that we always welcome with joy and gratitude, there are many possibilities of service.
Become a Volunteer
We welcome volunteers from all parts of the world. If you wish to be one of our volunteers, we request you to send us your details before for better arrangement. We work in education, social works, and healthy centres, children’s home and pastoral.