LIONS QUEST IN BAGAMOYO

Bagamoyo District Commissioner Hon. Ahmed Kipozi officially opening the three-day Lions Quest Seminar for 30 teachers of Bagamoyo. Others in the picture (R to L) Lion Mohammed Mulla, Convenor of the workshop; PDG/Coordinator Lion Abdul Majid Khan and extreme left Secretary of the Lions Quest Steering Committee and Blogger of the Governor's Blog Lion Abdul Hai.

LIONS QUEST PROGRAMME NEEDED IN TANZANIA

Some of the participants in the three-day Lions Quest Seminar at Bagamoyo which commenced today and will officially be closed by District Governor Lion Wilson N. Ndesanjo  on Saturday afternoon.

 

A set of Lions Quest Books being handed over to the Chief Guest, Bagamoyo District Commissioner Hon. Ahmed Kipozi by PDG and Coordinator of the LQP Lion Abdul Majid Khan.

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Lions Quest Programme which is an international educational campaign to discourage misuse of drugs and intoxicants, needs to be implemented in schools and in families in Tanzania. This opinion was conveyed by Bagamoyo District Commissioner Hon. Ahmed Kipozi when he officially opened a three-day seminar for thirty secondary school teachers at Bagamoyo today.

Speaking to the teachers and some senior Lion Members, he said: “Since our country achieved independence more than fifty years ago, we have been at war against illiteracy, disease and ignorance. While we have registered greater successes in those fields, a devil brings out his ugly head to destroy the good character of our youth.”

He said that “devil” comes in the form of harmful drugs, excessive use of liquor, smoking of bhangi and charas, chewing of harmful tobacco containing harmful intoxicants, cocaine, brown sugar, mandrax etc. He further pointed out that these harmful stuff were available in the underground markets!

He explained to the teachers that under such circumstances, youths, particularly school children easily fall into the trap and their lives end in miseries. He concluded: “This is where you teachers come into the picture to assist and  this is where you Lions come into the picture of trying to arrest the situation before it goes out of hand.”

The District Commissioner called on the teachers to make use of every minute of the three-day seminar, to study hard and to impart the knowledge to their fellow teachers and if possible to families.

Earlier, Past District Governor and Coordinator of the LQP, Lion Abdul Majid Khan explained the lengthy story about the Lions Quest which is being implemented throughout the world by Lions Clubs International. This was the 8^th workshop to be held in Bagamoyo after similar ones which were held in Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Dodoma, Morogoro, Tanga, Kilimanjaro, Mwanza and Arusha. 

 More information: In terms of all logistics and basic expenses of the three-days workshop, the Lions Clubs International incurs expenditure of approximately TShs. 13,680,000/= for thirty teachers.

The programme has so far recorded more than 15 million youths all over the world to have taken part in the LQ Workshops and more than 700,000 teachers and other adults have been trained to impart the knowledge in schools and community centres.

Story & Some Pix by Abdul Hai