Mbuma Mission Hospital
Mbuma Mission Hospital is a community hospital in Mbuma, which is a remote village within Nkayi District, Matabeleland North (province), Zimbabwe. It is owned and operated by the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland and largely funded by the Dutch 'Mbuma Mission Foundation' (Mbuma-Zending). The hospital compound is close to the Shangani river, about 1157 metres above sea level. Mission history The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland has been working in Matabeleland for over a hundred years. The first missionary was John Boyana Radasi, originally from Transkei, South Africa. He arrived in Bulawayo on December 21, 1904. After retaining permission of the local Ndebele chief Ngege, he founded the Ingwenya Mission: a church, a school and a home. In 1923, due to government resettlement policies, the new chief Bitisani and his people were moved about eighty miles northwards, to the Nkayi District. The chief asked for a preacher, so John Mpofu and his son Alexander went there. In 1 ...
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Nkayi District, Zimbabwe
This category is for articles listed under "Districts of Matabeleland North Matabeleland North is a province in western Zimbabwe. With a population of 749,017 as of the 2012 census, it is the country's second-least populous province, after Matabeleland South, and is the country's least densely populated province. Matab ...". Geography of Matabeleland North Province Matabeleland North ...
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