EMERGENCY
RELIEF REACH KILOSA
Relief
supply to the flood stricken areas in Morogoro Region of Tanzania was delivered
by a team of thirteen Lions from Dar es Salaam and Morogoro. The Relief Supply
comprising consumable items and some utensils weighing 7.5 tons worth TShs.
17,872,500/= or just above US$ 10,000:00 was an emergency grant from Lions
Clubs International headquarters in Oak Brook, USA.
Un-expected
heavy rains for three days consecutively end of January resulted in one death,
many suffered minor and major injuries during the fracas, nearly 2,000 houses
were totally damaged and over 9000 people, mostly women and children were
displaced. The affected areas or villages included Mateteni, Magole, Mbigiri,
Mabana, Dumida and Barega.
A
twenty- six- sitter bus accompanied by a
truck reached Morogoro Regional Commissioner’s Office where the Disaster Risk
Reduction expert, Mr. Gilbert Mkindi received them for the necessary
introduction and procedural delivery of the relief package. The Lions Team led
by Regional Chairperson Lion Happiness Nkya, Lions of Senior Status Cabinet
Secretary Lion Kishore Simzia, Cabinet Treasurer Lion Mohamed Lalji, Asst.
Cabinet Treasurer (T) Lion Yusuf Dalala, District Officer for LCIF Grant Lion
Rizwan Qadri were among the prominent people.
The
activity was carried out jointly by the Lion Team and Officials from the
Government of Tanzania including District Commissioner Mr. Elias Tarimo at Mateteni in Dakawa
approximately 205 kms from Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital of the
country.
More Info: Morogoro
Region is among the regions considered
to be the food basket of the country and
gifted with natural mineral resources and tourist attraction spots. The region
is equally famous for producing top quality rice and sugar. While we are
working on this story, the seasonal heavy rains popularly called “masika” has
just started in many regions of the country.
Two
prominent Lions, Grant Administrator (T)
PDG Lion Abdul Majid Khan and LCIF Grant District Convenor Lion Rizwan Qadri played
their respective important roles in securing and managing the Emergency Grant
of US$ 10,000:00. PDG A.M. Khan was unable to accompany the group because of
his ill health.
Some
inland patches affected by the flood
obstructed the relief team to reach other affected areas. However, the
recipients some of them in temporary tents provided by the Government and Red
Cross were given cutleries, plastic utensils, buckets, detergent soaps, cooking
oil in jerry cans, maize flour, rice, beans, sugar and salt.
After
a good humanitarian project, the team returned to Dar es Salaam.
Story by Abdul Hai
Source of information and
pictures Lion Sayed Rizwan Qadri
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