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Tanzania: Bank Eager to Support Society
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The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)
14 May 2008
Posted to the web 14 May 2008
Samuel Kamndaya
Exim Bank will spend Sh250 million on community-based activities this year.
The bank yesterday offered $10,000 (Sh12million) to the Rotary Club of Dar es Salaam to help facilite its three-day conference which starts tomorrow in the city.
The amount given to the club is part of the bank's Sh250 million earmarked for social activities this year.
"We have a very strong record of cooperation with the Rotary Club of Dar es Salaam.
Understanding the importance of the conference, we decided to take our part with something to help them,"
Exim managing director Sabetha Mwambenja said.
She was speaking at the presentation of the cheque to Dar es Salaam District Rotary conference chairman Raju Dave.
The conference brings together Rotarians from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania which form District 9200 of the Rotary administration.
Tanzania has 16 Rotary clubs which have more than 400 members.
Rotarians undertake various community services such as promoting literacy, helping the elderly or disabled, combating urban violence and providing opportunities for young people.
The Dar es Salaam meeting will be the 83rd district conference.
Rotarians will, among other things, review their last year's achievements, set goals for community services to be done in the coming year, and train and select future leaders.
Immediate former President Benjamin Mkapa, United Nations special envoy to Darfur Salim Ahmed Salim and East African Community secretary-general Juma Mwapachu are scheduled to be chief speakers at the event.
Mr Mkapa's topic will be on 'Poverty Alleviation through Rural Development and Dr Salim will dwell on 'Africa belongs to tomorrow'.
Mr Mwapachu's will be on 'Africa's future through regional cooperation'.
Ms Mwambenja said the bank and Rotarians cooperated to turn Minazimirefu Primary School in Dar es Salaam into a model school two years ago.
At an international level, Rotarians' biggest job has been the immunisation programme to eradicate polio globally.
To date, Rotary has helped immunise nearly two billion children and contributed $650million.
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The amount is expected to reach $850 million by the time the world is declared polio-free.
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