ILVTC Fitting School Ilembula

P.O.Box 122, Ilembula
Principal: John Sanga
Mobile: +255 784 551 957
E-mail: sangajohn422@gmail.com

The Ilembula Lutheran Vocational Training Center “Fittingschool Ilembula” is today located in Kiginga, a district of Ilembula. It was finally relocated there in 2019 when the previous location in Ilembula, in the immediate vicinity of the market and hospital, proved to be no longer suitable.

ILVTC offers apprenticeships in automotive technology, metalworking and woodworking for young Tanzanians who have completed school …. in 1 and 3 year apprenticeships. There are currently 48 trainees in the 3-year training course, spread over 3 grades, and a further 35 trainees in a 1-year training course. In addition, the ILVTC provides training in the field of driving safety.

Applications for training at the ILVTC should be sent to …. In any case, please also contact the head of ILVTC John Sanga directly. Contact information can be found here:
E-Mail: sangajohn422@gmail.com
Mobile:+255 784 551 957

The ILVTC was founded by the two district churches in Makambako and Ilembula of the ELCT SD Njombe with the support of the partner congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Munich East and Southeast (Munich Est/Southeast) back in 2004. You can find more about the history and development of the school on the following pages. …

The partners of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Munich East and Southeast – “Partnerschaft Tansania-Muenchen“ – continue to support the Fitting School and the education of the young Tanzanians today.

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SUMMARY

ILEMBULA LUTHERAN VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTER – ILVTC FITTING SCHOOL

Address: ILEMBULA – NJOMBE, P.O.Box: 122; situated at Ilembula Village, Wanging’ombe District District at Njombe Region in Southern Highlands of Tanzania.
Located at Kiginga Village, near Main road A104 from Dar-es-Salaam to Zambia, Halali Bus Station, about 3,5 km distance to Ilembula centre.

Belonging to Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT), Southern Diocese (SD) Njombe, Planning and Development Department, Secretary Geofrey Kidodelo.

Under local responsibility of Makambako and Ilembula District, District Pastor Yohana Mwambenengo.

Principal / Head teacher:
John Sanga
Mobile: +255 784 551 957

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HISTORY

Fitting School as vocational training center for car repair shop and locksmithery was founded in 2004 by the former District Pastor Mathias Ngilangwa.

It was located in the centre of Ilembula Village, near to Ilembula Lutheran Hospital.

Here you can see photos from 2004 up to 2017: Fitting School ILEMBULA

Due to noise and pollution of car repair and locksmith’s shop near to the hospital, troubles from the nearby market and missing possibilities for further development the responsible District Pastors of Makambako and Ilembula in 2007 / 2008 decided to move the Fitting School to Kiginga Village, distance about 3,5 km.

Training at Ilembula Fitting School ended in December 2018.

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CONSTRUCTION OF KIGINGA SCHOOL

Construction of the new School buildings at Kiginga started in 2008 and the first step was finished in 2010. But absolutely needed transformer was installed not before September 2013. Due to the available financial resources not till summer 2018 it was possible to finish the buildings and to reactivate for “ready to use”.

Here you can see photos from this phase: Constructions

Another important condition for the use of the new Fitting School was a well, who was supported by the German Partnership Organisation HA-ILE e.V. – Partnership Haar – Ilembula; https://www.ilembula.de

In 2019 management of Fitting School started another buildings for classrooms.

2021 starts with preparing the roofs of the new classroom-buildings.
Next step is to renovate and to prepare buildings near to school buildings as dormitories.

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SCHOOLING AND WORKING AT KIGINGA SCHOOL

On 27.2.2019 the former District Pastor Dr. Gabriel Nguye from Makambako informed the Munich Partnership groups that teachers and students had moved to the new buildings at Kiginga. In these buildings they have one classroom, one store for materials, one for tools and two rooms for teacher.
Since November 2020 they are constructing new classrooms besides the main building.
Actual – January 2021 – Fitting School 40 students are learning at Kiginga.

Since 27.02.2019 students are learning and working in new rooms of Fitting School in Kiginga village.

Students are also trained in agriculture by Pastors Ursula Kronenberg and Wallace Lupenza:

They were also trained in agriculture by planting different fruits and they made special key-hole gardens for planting vegetables, teached by Mchg. Ursula Kronenberg and Wallace Lupenza.

Thanks to good training of the students Fitting School could get many orders for metal products like grids and even chairs for schools.
Photos you can see here:

Students were training in metal and wood working.
In the meantime Fitting School had a lot of orders and the students produced different products.

Since 2017 many students trained at Fitting School:

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GRADUATIONS

Since reopening as part of the training schools of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, Southern Diocese of Njombe, in 2017, the Fittingschool has now entered its fourth year.

The first year of training in 2017 was successfully completed in December 2019 with 16 trainees. The graduates are back in their villages, where they are putting the skills they have learned to use in various ways, some independently and some employed in local roadside workshops.

In December 2020 second group of 16 trainees finished their three-years-training with big graduation ceremony.

On 30th of November 2024, 13 students finished their training at Fitting School and celebrated their graduation, lead by Ass. Bishop Dr. John Gudaga, District-Pastor Nuru Kahwili and Pastor Saul Mpimbi from Ilembula Parish.

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