Africa-Press – Tanzania. BUKOBA District Commissioner (DC), Mr Moses Machali has expressed gratitude to the World Vision (T), and the people of Germany and Austria for their support in various sectors that has helped to improve people’s lives.
The trio have been supporting the district in various areas among others health, education and water.
Equally, the district commission appealed to Tanzanians where such projects were being implemented to ensure that they are maintained for their own benefit and the future generations.
Mr Machali extended his appreciations on Thursday during the handing over of projects including classrooms, toilets, water tanks and IT equipment all worth 518.2m/-, implemented by World Vision Tanzania through Rukoma Area Programme with support from Germany and Austria.
“On behalf of the government I cordially express our sincere gratitude to the World Vision (T) and the people of Germany and Austria for their support in implementing various projects which have helped to improve provision of social services such as health, education, infrastructure and water to our people,” he said.
The DC also highlighted the importance of providing meals to students to improve their performance. “Parents should contribute maize and sugar to enable pupils to get meals during class hours. This will have positive results in their academic performance,” he said.
Ruzila Primary School Headteacher Chrispin Kaijage informed the DC that the school was founded in 2008 and has a total of 522 pupils including 236 girls. “We thank the World Vision which constructed eight classrooms,” he said.
World Vision Tanzania’s Zonal Manager, Mr Victor Nsiima said that the Rukoma Area Programme started in 2019 and was being implemented in various villages in two wards of Rubale and Rukoma.
He named the villages where the project was implemented as Bituntu, Nsheshe, Migara, Rukoma, Kabirizi and Rubale. Four classrooms were constructed at Ruzila Primary School and two others at Bituntu Primary School at a cost of 168.1m/-.
Through the Rukoma Area Programme, the district also managed to implement a water project using solar power, enabling residents of Nsheshe Village to access clean and safe water, a project that cost 178.9m/- until its completion.
Residents of Kabirizi Village were also enjoying clean water service through a deep water borehole constructed by World Vision-Tanzania at cost of 35.5m/- while pupils at Karama Primary School could access library and internet services provided by a German-based donor identified as Mr Arnd Aweil.
According to the 2012 Population and Housing Census, the six villages had a population of 27,332.
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