Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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Over 750 students in Singida District will receive desks from Hassan Maajar Trust in partnership with the National Housing Corporation (NHC).
Hassan Maajar Trust and National Housing Corporation are donating
264 desks at Munisa Primary School in Singida District.
Mr. Shariff
Maajar on behalf of the Hassan Maajar Trust chairperson, together with
Mr. Nehemiah Mchechu of National Housing Corporation presented the desks
to the Regional Commissioner, Dr. Parseko V Kone.
“I would like to thank Hassan Maajar Trust and NHC for their
immense support in the education sector, in Singida,” said Dr. Parseko V
Kone, Singida RC. “Students in
Singida particularly those in the rural settings are often faced with
many challenges and the number one is that of poor learning environments
and so we really appreciate partners who assist to create better
learning conditions for our children. Overcoming some of these
challenges and have a conducive learning environment, set standards and
encourage better results,” he added.
This donation is the second of five that are facilitated from funds
raised by the Hassan Maajar Trust in December 2011 during its
Fundraising Gala Dinner. For this particular donation a total of
22.5m Tsh of which National Housing contributed 10m Tsh.
“One of our aims is to ensure that no child in Tanzania is learning
seating on the floor, ” said Zena M Tenga Executive Director of the
Hassan Maajar Trust, “we want to make sure that our campaign ‘A Desk For
Every Child’ reaches as many children as we possibly can and build a
nation of educated citizens”.
“We thank the National Housing Corporation supporting our mission. We
will continue to rally the support of all wishing to see our children
sitting on desks rather on the floor,” she added.
“We are very pleased to see our contribution transform into these
practical desks which the students will now enjoy and be comfortable
studying from,” said Mr. Mchechu, Director General NHC. “ NHC and the
Hassan Maajar Trust have worked well together to fulfil our mission of
contributing to something very vital for these schools and their
students,” he added.
Hassan Maajar Trust is a non-profit organization, dedicated towards
improving the learning environment in schools by addressing and tackling
the national school desk deficit across Tanzania through its “A Desk
for Every Child” campaign. Its mission is to provide school desks and
other furniture and learning equipment for schools in Tanzania.
