 Sr. Arnolda Kury, from the Franciscan Baldegg congregation of the “"Schwestern" von "der Göttlichen Vorsehung"" built a small dispensary in 1927.This facility developed over the years and grew considerably when the St. Annaheim maternity hospital was added in 1944.In 1953 Dr Karl Schöpf designed and built a modern and new hospital, now called St. Francis Hospital, with support from Sr. Arnolda, the powerful parish priest and not least the Capuchin Bishop of the Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam.