FOOTBALLS FOR THE FUTURE SOCCER STARS!

Bagamoyo, Tanzania: Lions Club of Dar es Salaam Mzizima held the club's Installation Ceremony of new office-bearers for the Lionistic Year 2014/2015 under Installing Officer, 1st Vice District Governor Lion Hayderali Gangji at Bagamoyo, 65 kms away from Dar es Salaam.

The club carried out a project on the second day, just before the entire big team of not less than seventy members left Bagamoyo for Dar es Salaam. The photographs were supplied by the club Secretary Lion Bhavin Sonigra and the information in the story below supplied by the same club Secretary.

LIONS GIVE FOOTBALLS

Soccer-lovers throughout the world are focusing their attention on the 20^th FIFA World Cup competitions in Brazil. Keeping up with the pace of people’s interest, Lions Club of Dar es Salaam Mzizima donated footballs costing TShs. 500,000/= (US$ 300:00) in Bagamoyo, Tanzania.

The good quality thirty foot balls donated by a Lion Member of the club, Jayesh Raichura was part of the donated items costing a Total of TShs. 1,600,000/= ( approximately US$1000:00) to Baobab Home for children and Nguvu Mpya women’s group. The items raised through club and voluntary donations, included biscuit boxes, choclates, canned variety of juice, milk packets, solar torch, stationary for school pupils and playing foot balls for 120 under privileged children and football teams.

One Sheazina Kitwana who  has been suffering from  psychic problems for almost a decade, will now get an opportunity to get full psychiatric attention at a hospital in Dodoma. Mzizima Club and Sai Gerard Stores 2013 Ltd jointly donated cash Shs. 500,000/= for this purpose.

Lions Club of Mzizima had a day earlier conducted a ceremony to install new leadership of the club for the Lion’s Fiscal Year 2014/2015. The contingent of the club numbering almost 70 members who included families of the Lion Members were received by Counsellor of Magomeni (Bagamoyo) Mwanaharusi Jarufu and the Director of the Baobab Home Teresa Place popularly called “Terry”.

Lions Club of Dar es Salaam Mzizima has been rated as the Best Club in District 411B ie: among 43 clubs  in Tanzania and Uganda by District Governor Lion Wilson N. Ndesanjo.

Nutshell information: Bagamoyo, located 35 kms south of Zanzibar and 65 kms north of Dar es Salaam is an ancient historical town on the coast of Tanzania. Under German colonialism, it was the first Capital under ” Deutch Ostafrica” and sometimes during the 9^th Century the  slave and ivory export port was better known as “Bwagamoyo” meaning  “abandon your heart” mainly referring to the disheartened Africans for sale. Today Bagamoyo is a fast growing town and attracts tourists to see or study the historical town and visit Saadani National Park, the only wild game park bordering with the Indian Ocean coast.

Story by Abdul Hai

Source: Secretary of the club Lion Bhavin Sonigra

 The current President of Lions Club of Dar es Salaam Mzizima explaining about the good works of his club to Councillor of Magomeni Mwanaharusi Jarufu (orange attire with scarf) and also listening is Director of Baobab Home for children Teresa Place, "Mama Terry".

Incoming President Lion Mushtaq Waliji handing over part of the consignment, including soccer balls to Director of Baobab Teresa Place. Second on the left is Lion Jayesh Raichura who donated thirty balls, all costing TShs. 500,000/=. The cost of the entire consignment was reported to be TShs. 1,600,000/=.