Introducing Dakawa Mission

Dear friends,

Dakawa Mission in Tanzania is pleased to present this website to you. We will introduce you with the work, events and aims of our mission. This is just the beginning of the story. We'll update this website with a variety of information to have a complete picture of the Dakawa Mission.

Content pages will be presented in three languages: croatian, english and swahili. Swahili is a spoken language of Maasai tribe. For comments or queries please use our contact form.

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Best regards from Maasai tribe, don Nikola Saric and don Drazan Klapez.

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Sunday, 26. May 2013.

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Father Vjeko Center News

When your eyes swell with tears because of the goodness and joy of people who surround you When your eyes swell with tears because of the goodness and joy of people who surround you After our visit to Rushooka, a parish in Uganda not far from the Rwandan border, fra Ivica asked me to write something about our trip. My first idea was to put everything I had seen on paper, but then I[…]

Source: News
Created on: 17.5.2013.

News | 17.5.2013.
Speech for the blessing of 'St. Francis School' Speech for the blessing of 'St. Francis School' Once again we have proof that anything is possible when people join forces, unite their hands with even the smallest amount of goodwill. We all have to follow our dreams, and if there is will, the dreams will come true[…]

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Created on: 11.5.2013.

News | 11.5.2013.
Blessing of the First Phase of St. Francis Technical Secondary School Construction Blessing of the First Phase of St. Francis Technical Secondary School Construction That day has finally come! The blessing of the first building of the new Saint Francis Technical Secondary School has finally happened in the village of Kivumu in Rwanda, where our missionary, fra Ivica Perić, works. In just one year[…]

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Created on: 2.5.2013.

News | 2.5.2013.
Kivumu is like home to me Kivumu is like home to me I am so happy to be once again in my beloved Kivumu. It’s my fifth time, and I haven’t and never will grow tired of coming here! I recently commented on how all of us who come here pick up[…]

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Created on: 20.4.2013.

News | 20.4.2013.
Presents for Exemplary Students Presents for Exemplary Students Children in Rwanda don’t get presents very often, so even a thing as simple as a pencil for them is very precious. You should see the joy when our students get something! But even presents need to be earned. Now,[…]

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Created on: 17.4.2013.

News | 17.4.2013.
A small wall is a great victory! A small wall is a great victory! The construction of the first building of our future secondary school is nearing its completion. Every morning the first thing I do is go to the construction site and discuss with the workers what to do next. And so I[…]

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Created on: 15.4.2013.

News | 15.4.2013.
School Partnership School Partnership School Partnership between the Hönne-Berufskolleg (HBK), Menden, Germany and the Padri Vjeko School, Kivumu, Rwanda. For more than 10 years the Padri Vjeko Vocational Training Center in Rwanda has been made a subject of teaching at HBK. It began in[…]

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Created on: 13.4.2013.

News | 13.4.2013.
Tongue-Twisters and other Games – Teaching English in the College Tongue-Twisters and other Games – Teaching English in the College Unfortunately I came rather late during the term, so I could only teach for 5 weeks. I observed one period of an English class in order to get an idea of their level of English. I then began teaching all[…]

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Created on: 4.4.2013.

News | 4.4.2013.
Nobody understands each other, but we have a nice chat nonetheless! Nobody understands each other, but we have a nice chat nonetheless! To make the water drinkable, first you have to boil it and let it cool down to drinking temperature and then filtrate it. In the end, the water is potable and tastes good. Rwandan climate is Mediterranean. When it rains[…]

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Created on: 3.4.2013.

News | 3.4.2013.
Volunteering in Padri Vjeko Center Volunteering in Padri Vjeko Center With the first days of 2013, volunteers from different parts of Europe started to arrive at our parish. They have come to help us in different areas – from music, painting, computers, and administration to helping out with the lessons[…]

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Created on: 21.3.2013.

News | 21.3.2013.
Life in Rural Rwanda - part 2 Life in Rural Rwanda - part 2 VIDEO: Life in Rural Rwanda - part 2Author: Timothy CarlielleDuration: 1:01

Source: Video - Father Vjeko Center
Created on: 8.10.2011.

Video - Father Vjeko Center | 8.10.2011.
Life in Rural Rwanda Life in Rural Rwanda VIDEO: Life in Rural RwandaAuthor: Timothy CarlielleDuration: 2:08

Source: Video - Father Vjeko Center
Created on: 4.10.2011.

Video - Father Vjeko Center | 4.10.2011.