During Tanganyika's first year of independence, its government focused largely on domestic problems. Under a government self-help programme, villagers were encouraged to devote a day's work a week to a community project, such as constructing roads, wells, schools, and clinics
M’chaka choyamba cha ufulu wa Tanganyika, boma lake linaika maganizo ake pa mavuto a m’banja. Pansi pa ndondomeko yodzithandiza m’boma, anthu akumudzi adalimbikitsidwa kuti azigwira ntchito yatsiku limodzi pamlungu pa ntchito yomanga misewu, zitsime, sukulu ndi zipatala