THE KCMC DAY

When President Nyerere asked the Minister of Health to attend a graduation ceremony at Bombuli over forty years ago; it was to start a chain of events, which culminated in the establishment of Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in 1971 under the auspices of the Good Samaritan Foundation (G.S.F.).

Bishop Stephano Moshi, then President of the Foundation of Lutheran Churches in Tanganyika, took the proposal for a teaching hospital to the Commissions of World Missions in Berlin in 1961, knowing that to become a reality, huge sums of money would have to be found.

Before traveling to Berlin, Bishop Moshi stood over a large volcanic boulder on the chosen site for the hospital to ask for God's assistance to secure the money needed. Today, this boulder takes pride of place in the gardens at the front of the hospital and bears the words of Bishop Moshi's prayer.

The dream became a reality when on 6th March 1971; President Nyerere of Tanganyika officially opened KCMC. 25 years later the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania established Tumaini University, comprising Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre as a Medical College; other colleges being Makumira and Iringa.

PHOTO:
Bishop Moshi, President Nyerere and Prof. Dr. Otto Walter.

(Adapted from KCMC NEWS BULLETIN, KNB VOL.1 ISSUE 3 of NOVEMBER 2002).


ACTIVITIES ON THE KCMC DAY
Each year, various colorful events take place from 4th March to 6th March to mark the KCMC DAY.

The various events portray the activities of the Hospital to enable the community around to be educated and informed on the various activities within the hospital.

The KCMC DAY is also known as Exhibition Day since various departments in the hospital display their work and the event is graced by a guest of honor.

Awards are given to the first, second and third winners for the best exhibition displays.

Songs, Music and Sports are all part of this great day.

KCMC DAY 2006

Students, Staff and Management all get together to make this important day as colorful, informative and exciting as possible. This year, again all the various departments are KCMC took the initiative to exhibit and inform the visitors about their activities.

Each and every department at KCMC is given a stall where they can display some of their equipments they use, posters explaining what they do and in addition some students or staff explain the visitors of the activities in their department.

Various means including, TV shows and projector are used to disseminate the information. Each department tries its level best to make their stall as attractive and informative as possible, since there are prizes for the best three stalls.

PICTURES OF THE KCMC DAY 2006: