The Anglican Diocese of Mt. Kilimanjaro, established in 1982, encompasses more than 95,000 square kilometers. The area includes the major cities of Arusha and Moshi, Mt. Kilimanjaro, the Serengeti Plains and National Park, The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (home to the original Maasai), and the Odupai Gorge (possibly the birthplace of humankind). Amongst the population of 500,000 there are between 20,000 and 30,000 Anglicans in the Diocese, though it is difficult to count and this number is rapidly expanding. At least 20 new parishes are currently in the planting and development stages, with many more to follow.

The Development Department is concerned with the physical needs of the communities in the following areas
       Income generation:
             • Education e.g. on processing food
             • Better use of available resources for income
             • Targeted at women who are marginalised in the villages
             • Build capacity for animal husbandry by better care of chickens, rabbits etc
             • Aim for generation of sufficient protein for children

       Health and water:
             • Train community health-workers
             • Train birth attendants and provide equipment
             • Home-based care for AIDS victims
             • Health education and AIDS awareness
             • Child immunisation – mobile clinics
             • Provision of deep and shallow wells
             • Harvesting of rain water
             • Best management of water resources

       Agriculture:
             • Capacitate communities to get the best out of the of land whilst retaining its fertility
             • Training
             • Seed distribution especially in areas where the crop has previously failed
             • Use of animals in ploughing etc.
             • Training farmers as ‘paravets’ for routine veterinary care
             • Heifer project.  Give a heifer, let it calve, then pass on the calf.

       Environment:
             • Training in proper land use
             • Good use of soil to prevent erosion
             • Terracing on slopes
             • Educate those who will then educate others

       Gender issues:
             • Trying to bridge the gap between men and women
             • Awareness classes and seminars e.g. women were not allowed to speak at Masai meetings

       Literacy:
             • The Church supports the community's efforts to provide kindergarten and primary schools. 
             • It may roof a building and provide teaching materials. 
             • Also it supports the training of adult education teachers to enable adult literacy.