Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre · Moshi, Tanzania

Kila Mapigo ya Moyo
Yanastahili Nafasi

Every Heartbeat
Deserves a Chance

Kaskazini mwa Tanzania kuna watu milioni 15 na hakuna kituo cha kibobezi cha matibabu ya moyo. Tunajenga kimoja. Ujenzi umeanza. Wataalamu wamepewa mafunzo. Tunahitaji msaada wako kuziba pengo la mwisho.

Northern Tanzania is home to 15 million people and has no specialist cardiovascular centre. We are building one. Construction has begun. Specialists are trained. We need your help to close the final gap.

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Mahitaji kwa Muhtasari Needs at a Glance

15M+

Watu Kaskazini mwa Tanzania wasio na huduma ya kibobezi ya moyo

People in Northern Tanzania without specialist cardiac care

10K

Watoto wanaozaliwa kila mwaka wakiwa na matatizo ya moyo katika kanda hii

Children born annually with congenital heart defects in the region

600km

Safari ndefu ya kuchosha kwenda Dar es Salaam — njia mbadala pekee

Exhausting journey to Dar es Salaam — the only alternative

18%

Wako hatarini kupata magonjwa ya moyo kutokana na kiwango kikubwa cha kolesto katika mkoa wa Kilimanjaro

At risk of heart disease due to high cholesterol levels in Kilimanjaro region

"Tumefanya mafunzo. Tumesubiri. Sasa tunahitaji jengo — na ulimwengu unapaswa kujua nini kiko hatarini hapa."

"We have trained. We have waited. Now we need a building — and the world should know what is at stake here."

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TSh 50B Gharama Zote za Mradi Total Project Cost

90% Ufadhili wa Kimataifa International Funding

24,585 Wagonjwa wa Moyo 2020–2025 Cardiac Patients 2020–2025

102 Vitanda vya Wagonjwa Patient Beds

The Crisis Janga Linaloikabili Kanda

A Crisis Hidden
in Plain Sight Janga Lililofichika
Hatarini

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in Tanzania. Yet Northern Tanzania — home to 15 million people — has no specialist cardiac centre of its own. Magonjwa ya moyo ndio chanzo kikuu cha vifo nchini Tanzania. Hata hivyo, Kanda ya Kaskazini — yenye watu milioni 15 — haina kituo chochote maalum cha kibobezi cha matibabu ya moyo.

For Local Patients Kwa Wagonjwa wa Ndani

600 km

Moshi → Dar es Salaam

This is the journey a patient in Northern Tanzania must face to reach the nearest specialist cardiac centre. An exhausting, often unaffordable trip — or no care at all.

Hii ndiyo safari anayolazimika kufanya mgonjwa wa Kaskazini mwa Tanzania kufikia kituo kikuu cha moyo. Safari ndefu ya kuchosha, mara nyingi isiyomudu kifedha — au kukosa matibabu kabisa.

Only route to cardiac care Njia pekee ya matibabu ya moyo

Moshi

Dar es Salaam

For International Visitors Kwa Wageni wa Kimataifa

50,000⁺

Trekkers scale Kilimanjaro every year

Wapanda mlima huja Kilimanjaro kila mwaka

Kilimanjaro draws visitors from every corner of the world. But altitude — rising rapidly to 5,895m — places immense cardiovascular stress on the body, and undiagnosed conditions can surface without warning. A world-class cardiac centre at the foot of the mountain would give every trekker the reassurance that emergency cardiovascular care is close at hand.

Mlima Kilimanjaro huvutia wageni toka pande zote za dunia. Lakini mwinuko wake—hadi mita 5,895—huweka shinikizo kubwa kwenye mfumo wa moyo, na kusababisha magonjwa yasiyotabirika kujitokeza ghafla. Kituo cha kimataifa cha moyo chini ya mlima kitawapa wageni usalama na matibabu ya dharura yaliyo karibu.

"My son was born with a hole in his heart. We were told to go to Dar es Salaam — 600 kilometres away. We could not afford the journey. For two years we watched him struggle, not knowing if he would survive. A centre like this, here in Moshi, would have changed everything for our family."

"Mwanangu alizaliwa na tundu kwenye moyo. Tuliambiwa twende Dar es Salaam — umbali wa kilomita 600. Hatukuwa na uwezo huo. Kwa miaka miwili tulimwangalia akiteseka. Kituo kama hiki hapa Moshi kingebadilisha kila kitu kwa familia yetu."

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Mother of a child with congenital heart disease, Kilimanjaro Region

Mama wa mtoto mwenye tatizo la moyo tangu kuzaliwa, Mkoa wa Kilimanjaro

The Solution Utatuzi Wa Janga

The People Are Ready.
They Are Waiting for a Building. Watu Wako Tayari.
Wanasubiri Jengo Likamilike.

KCMC has already trained the specialists. The building has begun. Your gift completes the final chapter. KCMC tayari imeandaa na kutoa mafunzo kwa wataalamu. Ujenzi umeanza. Mchango wako unakamilisha hatua ya mwisho.

Architectural render of the completed KCMC Cardiovascular Centre

Architectural render — the KCMC Cardiovascular Centre as it will look upon completion

Muonekano wa Kituo cha Matibabu ya Moyo KCMC kitakapokamilika

Specialists Already Trained

Wataalamu Waliokwisha Pata Mafunzo

Cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, intensivists, cardiac anaesthesiologists, perfusionists, and technicians — trained and employed, ready to work.

Madaktari bingwa, wapasuaji wa moyo, wataalamu wa ICU, na mafundi mbalimbali — tayari wamepewa mafunzo na kuajiriwa kuanza kazi.

Nurses Certified

Wauguzi Waliothibitishwa

Nurses holding a Masters in Cardiovascular Nursing — fully certified and already deployed. They have a team. They need a building.

Wauguzi wenye Shahada ya Uzamili katika Uuguzi wa Moyo — wanayo timu. Kinachokosekana sasa ni jengo hili.

In Advanced Training

Walio Katika Mafunzo ya Juu

Additional nurses, surgeons, doctors, and biomedical engineers currently completing specialized training programmes — building future capacity.

Wauguzi na madaktari wanaokamilisha mafunzo yao maalum kwa sasa — wakijenga uwezo kwa ajili ya mahitaji ya baadaye.

"I completed my Masters in Cardiovascular Nursing. I am certified, I am ready, and I am proud. But every morning I come to work and there is no cardiac unit to work in. We are a team without a home. This building is our home."

"Nimekamilisha Shahada yangu ya Uzamili ya Uuguzi wa Moyo. Niko tayari. Lakini kila asubuhi ninapokuja kazini, nakosa kitengo cha moyo cha kufanyia kazi. Sisi ni timu isiyo na nyumba. Jengo hili litakuwa nyumba yetu."

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Certified Cardiovascular Nurse, KCMC

Muuguzi wa Moyo, KCMC

The Funding Gap Pengo La Kifedha

Close the Gap.
Open the Doors. Ziba Pengo Hili.
Fungua Milango.

Construction began in 2023. TZS 22 billion has been secured and committed. The final TZS 3 billion is all that stands between this building and the first heartbeat it saves.

Ujenzi ulianza 2023. Bilioni 22 za Kitanzania zimeshapatikana. Bilioni 3 ndio kiasi pekee kilichobaki kukamilisha jengo hili muhimu.

TZS 3.0B

≈ USD 1,000,000

Final gap to open the doors

Pengo la mwisho kufungua milango

TZS 0 TZS 25B Total

TZS 22B Secured TZS 22B Zimepatikana

TZS 22B — Secured TZS 22B — Zimepatikana

TZS 3B — Final gap TZS 3B — Kiasi kilichobaki

What Your Gift Unlocks

Nini Kinafanikishwa na Mchango Wako

Construction reaches 100% completion.

Ujenzi kukamilika kwa 100%.

Medical equipment procurement begins.

Ununuzi wa vifaa tiba unaanza mara moja.

15 million people — cardiac care close to home.

Matibabu ya moyo kuwafikia watu milioni 15.

Project Timeline Muda wa Mradi

Where We Are Today Hatua Tuliyofikia Leo

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2020–2022

Planning & Specialist Training

Mipango na Mafunzo kwa Wataalamu

Centre conceived, architectural plans drawn, and specialist training programmes launched.

Kituo kubuniwa, michoro ya jengo kuchorwa, na mafunzo kwa wataalamu kuanza.

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2023

Construction Begins

Ujenzi Kuanza

Building work commenced. Foundation and structural work underway at KCMC campus.

Kazi za ujenzi na uwekwaji wa msingi umeanza katika eneo la KCMC.

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2026 — NowSasa

Final Funding Drive

Uchangiaji wa Mwisho

Building at 35% completion. TZS 3B gap remains. Your donation completes the building envelope.

Jengo lipo 35%. Kuna pengo la Bilioni 3 TZS. Mchango wako unakamilisha jengo letu.

2026–2027

Fit-Out & Equipment

Ufungaji wa Vifaa

Medical equipment procurement, installation, and staff deployment across departments.

Ununuzi na ufungaji wa vifaa vya kisasa, pamoja na uwekwaji wa wafanyakazi.

2027

Commissioning & Opening

Kufunguliwa kwa Kituo

The KCMC Cardiovascular Centre opens — Northern Tanzania's first specialist cardiac facility.

Kituo cha Moyo KCMC kinafunguliwa rasmi kwa ajili ya wananchi wa Kaskazini mwa Tanzania.

Who We Are Sisi ni Nani

A Pillar of East African
Healthcare Since 1971

Nguzo ya Afya Afrika Mashariki
Tokea Mwaka 1971

The Cardiovascular Centre is the next chapter in a story that began over six decades ago — a story of faith, community, and the relentless pursuit of better care for Northern Tanzania.

Kituo hiki cha Moyo ni mwendelezo wa hadithi iliyoanza zaidi ya miongo sita iliyopita — hadithi ya imani, ushirikiano, na juhudi za kutoa huduma bora zaidi kwa Kanda ya Kaskazini.

In the early 1960s, the government of newly independent Tanganyika called on the Christian churches to establish a referral and teaching hospital for the Northern Zone. The Lutheran, Anglican, and Moravian churches responded by founding the Good Samaritan Foundation — raising funds locally and from international partners including Lutherhjälpen of Sweden and Bread for the World in Germany.

On 8 June 1965, Tanzania's founding president Mwalimu Julius Nyerere laid the first cornerstone — an act that bound the nation's ambition to the hospital's purpose. Construction was completed and KCMC opened in March 1971.

Today, KCMC is one of just seven zonal consultant hospitals in all of Tanzania — and the undisputed centre of specialist care for 15 million people across six regions. Its 480-acre campus in Moshi encompasses a 721-bed hospital, a world-class clinical research institute, and a medical university college that trains the next generation of East African health professionals.

The Cardiovascular Centre is not a departure from this mission. It is its continuation — the latest frontier in a half-century of expanding what is possible for patients in Northern Tanzania.

Katika miaka ya 1960, serikali ya Tanganyika iliyokuwa imepata uhuru hivi karibuni ilizitaka kanisa za kikristo kuanzisha hospitali ya rufaa na mafunzo kwa ajili ya Kanda ya Kaskazini. Makanisa ya Kilutheri, Anglikana, na Moravian yaliungana na kuanzisha Good Samaritan Foundation.

Tarehe 8 Juni 1965, Rais wa kwanza wa Tanzania Mwalimu Julius Nyerere aliweka jiwe la msingi. Ujenzi ulikamilika na KCMC ilifunguliwa mnamo Machi 1971.

Leo, KCMC ni mojawapo ya hospitali saba za rufaa za kanda nchini Tanzania, na kituo kikuu cha huduma bingwa kwa watu milioni 15 katika mikoa sita. Kampasi yake ya ekari 480 mjini Moshi ina hospitali yenye vitanda 721, taasisi ya utafiti wa kliniki, na chuo kikuu cha tiba kinachoandaa kizazi kijacho cha wataalamu wa afya Afrika Mashariki.

Kituo cha Moyo si kuondoka kwenye dhamira hii. Ni mwendelezo wake — hatua mpya katika kupanua huduma bora kwa wagonjwa wa Kanda ya Kaskazini.

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Clinical Care

Huduma za Afya

720+ beds, 1,200+ outpatients daily, serving medicine, surgery, paediatrics, oncology, and more.

Vitanda 720+, wagonjwa 1,200+ wa nje kila siku.

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Education

Elimu

KCMUCo — the University College — trains doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and allied health professionals.

Chuo Kikuu cha KCMUCo hutoa mafunzo kwa madaktari, wauguzi na wataalamu wengine wa afya.

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Research

Utafiti

The Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (KCRI), est. 2009, leads global research in NCDs, infectious disease, and cancer.

Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (KCRI), iliyoanzishwa 2009, inaongoza utafiti wa NCDs, magonjwa ya kuambukiza, na saratani.

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Partnership

Ushirikiano

Long-standing collaborations with Radboudumc, Erasmus+, EDCTP, and partners across Europe and North America.

Ushirikiano wa muda mrefu na Radboudumc, Erasmus+, EDCTP, na washirika kutoka Ulaya na Amerika Kaskazini.

721

Official beds on campus

Vitanda rasmi katika kampasi

1,600

Staff members employed

Wafanyakazi walioajiriwa

3,990+

Students in training annually

Wanafunzi wanaofundishwa kila mwaka

Key Milestones

Matukio Muhimu

1961

Good Samaritan Foundation Founded

Kuanzishwa kwa Good Samaritan Foundation

Lutheran, Anglican, and Moravian churches unite to plan and fund a zonal referral hospital for Northern Tanzania.

Makanisa ya Kilutheri, Anglikana, na Moravian yanaungana kupanga na kufadhili hospitali ya rufaa ya kanda kwa Kaskazini mwa Tanzania.

1965

President Nyerere Lays the Cornerstone

Rais Nyerere Anaweka Jiwe la Msingi

Tanzania's founding president breaks ground on 8 June, cementing KCMC as a national priority.

Rais wa kwanza wa Tanzania anaweka jiwe la msingi tarehe 8 Juni, akiimarisha KCMC kama kipaumbele cha kitaifa.

1971

KCMC Opens Its Doors

KCMC Inafungua Milango

The hospital opens in March, immediately serving as the Northern Zone's primary referral institution.

Hospitali inafunguliwa mwezi Machi na kuanza kuhudumu mara moja kama taasisi kuu ya rufaa Kanda ya Kaskazini.

1992

Returned to Good Samaritan Foundation

Kurejeshwa kwa Good Samaritan Foundation

Following Tanzania's economic liberalisation, KCMC is handed back to GSF, renewing its ecumenical mission.

Baada ya mageuzi ya kiuchumi nchini Tanzania, KCMC inarejeshwa kwa GSF na kuhuisha dhamira yake ya kiekumeni.

1997

University College Established

Chuo Kikuu Kinaanzishwa

KCMUCo opens, beginning with the Faculty of Medicine and expanding to nursing, pharmacy, and allied health.

KCMUCo kinafunguliwa kikianza na Kitivo cha Tiba na baadaye kupanuka hadi uuguzi, famasia, na taaluma nyingine za afya.

2009

Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute

KCRI is established as a dedicated research arm — today home to a BSL-3 laboratory rated Tanzania's first 4-star biosafety facility.

KCRI inaanzishwa kama kitengo maalumu cha utafiti, na leo ni nyumbani kwa maabara ya BSL-3 yenye hadhi ya kwanza ya nyota 4 ya usalama wa kibaiolojia nchini Tanzania.

2023

Cardiovascular Centre Construction Begins

Ujenzi wa Kituo cha Moyo Unaanza

The next frontier: Northern Tanzania's first specialist cardiac centre breaks ground at KCMC campus.

Hatua inayofuata: kituo cha kwanza bingwa cha moyo Kaskazini mwa Tanzania kinaanza ujenzi katika kampasi ya KCMC.

Our Network Mtandao Wetu

Partners & Affiliated Institutions

Washirika na Taasisi Shirikishi

KCMC operates as part of a wider ecosystem of institutions — united under the Good Samaritan Foundation and supported by an international network of academic, clinical, and development partners.

KCMC hufanya kazi kama sehemu ya mfumo mpana wa taasisi zilizounganishwa chini ya Good Samaritan Foundation na kuungwa mkono na mtandao wa kimataifa wa washirika wa taaluma, tiba, na maendeleo.

GSF Family Institutions

Taasisi za Familia ya GSF

KCMC Hospital

The 721-bed zonal referral hospital at the heart of the complex.

Hospitali ya rufaa ya kanda yenye vitanda 721 iliyo kitovu cha mfumo huu.

KCMUCo — KCMC University College

Training the next generation of East African medical professionals since 1997.

Kinaandaa kizazi kijacho cha wataalamu wa tiba Afrika Mashariki tangu 1997.

Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (KCRI)

World-class research in NCDs, infectious disease, cancer, and maternal health — home to Tanzania's first BSL-3 4-star biosafety lab.

Utafiti wa kiwango cha kimataifa katika NCDs, magonjwa ya kuambukiza, saratani, na afya ya mama.

Saint Luke Foundation

Faith-based charitable arm supporting community health and social welfare.

Kitengo cha hisani cha kiimani kinachosaidia afya ya jamii na ustawi wa kijamii.

ISM International School Moshi

International school serving the KCMC community and the wider Moshi area.

Shule ya kimataifa inayohudumia jamii ya KCMC na eneo pana la Moshi.

Kilimanjaro International Cancer Conference

Annual forum convening regional and global oncology expertise.

Jukwaa la kila mwaka linalokutanisha wataalamu wa saratani wa kikanda na kimataifa.

Clinical & Academic Partners

Washirika wa Tiba na Taaluma

Radboudumc — Netherlands

Over 25 years of collaboration spanning ENT, infectious disease, global health research, and clinical training exchanges.

Zaidi ya miaka 25 ya ushirikiano katika ENT, magonjwa ya kuambukiza, utafiti wa afya ya dunia, na mafunzo ya kliniki.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust — UK

Clinical partnership supporting capacity building and specialist service development.

Ushirikiano wa kliniki unaosaidia kujenga uwezo na kuendeleza huduma bingwa.

Foundation for Cancer Care in Tanzania

Collaborative partner advancing oncology services and cancer care access across Tanzania.

Mshirika anayesaidia kuendeleza huduma za saratani na upatikanaji wake nchini Tanzania.

MWIKA

Community-level collaborator supporting health outreach in the Kilimanjaro region.

Mshirika wa ngazi ya jamii anayesaidia huduma za afya katika mkoa wa Kilimanjaro.

Research & Funding Partners

Washirika wa Utafiti na Ufadhili

EDCTP — European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership

Joint research programmes on infectious and non-communicable diseases.

Programu za pamoja za utafiti kuhusu magonjwa ya kuambukiza na yasiyoambukiza.

Erasmus+ / NUFFIC — European Union

International mobility grants supporting staff and student exchange with European universities.

Ruzuku za ubadilishanaji wa kimataifa kwa wafanyakazi na wanafunzi na vyuo vikuu vya Ulaya.

JPI-AMR — Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance

Collaborative research on diagnostics and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance.

Utafiti wa pamoja kuhusu uchunguzi na ufuatiliaji wa usugu wa vimelea dhidi ya dawa.

Ministry of Health — United Republic of Tanzania

Joint operation and funding of KCMC as one of Tanzania's seven zonal referral hospitals.

Uendeshaji na ufadhili wa pamoja wa KCMC kama mojawapo ya hospitali saba za rufaa za kanda nchini.

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania (ELCT)

Founding owner through the Good Samaritan Foundation — the spiritual and institutional anchor of KCMC since 1961.

Mmiliki mwanzilishi kupitia Good Samaritan Foundation, nguzo ya kiroho na kitaasisi ya KCMC tangu 1961.

The Team

The People Behind the Project

The KCMC Cardiovascular Centre is driven by a dedicated team of clinicians, administrators, and fundraisers who have committed their careers to making this a reality.

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Hospital Leadership

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Prof. Gileard Masenga

Executive Director, KCMC

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A word of thanks

"The vision for this centre did not begin with a building — it began with a conviction that the people of Northern Tanzania deserve the same standard of cardiac care as anyone else in the world. We are grateful to every donor, partner, and supporter who has chosen to share in that conviction. Your generosity makes this possible."

— Prof. Gileard Masenga, Executive Director, KCMC

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Mrs. Brenda Kitali

Director of Nursing Services