MSANDAKA ARE SOCCER CHAMPS

Moshi, Tanzania: The special school for disabled pupils, Msandaka Lions Deaf School, has surprised everyone in Kilimanjaro Region by becoming the Regional Soccer Champions in the Primary School Sports Competitions.

The Msandaka Football Team has thus qualified as Zonal Champions, ready to compete in soccer competitions for regional champions in Dar es Salaam.

Msandaka Lions Deaf Centre has more than sixty boys and girls who have been receiving special educational attention by qualified teachers. Despite a set-back of disability, Msandaka has come up with the best results in the last primary school annual examinations. 

Through the efforts of founding fathers, Lions Club of Moshi Kibo, the school has been recognized not only at regional level but at international level. Through the efforts of Lions Club of Ijsedal Tervuren, from Belgium, material and financial aid uplifted the school's image. The pupils capability of learning and playing with the specially made computer programmes has earned them a good name among the local schools.

And now with the recent achievement of becoming regional soccer champions for primary schools has catapulted their name even much higher.

Msandaka Lions Deaf Centre, the Regional Champs of Primary Schools in Kilimanjaro Region will now compete in the National Soccer Championship for Primary Schools in Dar es Salaam.

Story by Abdul Hai