Preparations for a new building, Nyasa, Tanzania, ca.1935

"Die ersten Spatenstiche von Lusubilo. Die Arbeiter beim Ausschachten des Grundes." ("The first cuts with a spade in Lusubilo. The workers excavating the basement."). In the distance: African men at work and a shelter. On the right: a young man leaning against a tree is watching the scene. Behind him: a bicycle. Werner Hauffe (1909-1982) was a carpenter and later a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. From 1933 to 1939, he served in Rungwe, Utengule and Isoko. In Utengule, he was an assistant to Brother Gemuseus. In 1937 he married Irmgard Wolff.