BARCLAYS BANK TANZANIA STEP AHEAD CHARITY WALK & CONCERT: TANZANIAN MUSIC ARTISTS TO PERFORM

Bongo fleva artist, Cpwaa (L) speaking to journalists in Dar es Salaam yesterday on his participation in the Barclays Step Ahead fundraising music concert to be staged at Leaders Club in Dar es Salaam on Saturday this week. On his left are; Vanessa Mdee's Manager, Michele Baldini, Barclays Tanzania Head of Products, Segments & Retail Banking, Musa Kitoi and other artists, Farid Kubanda ‘Fid Q’ and Barnaba Elias who will also perform at the same concert.

Dar es Saalam residents will this Saturday be treated to a thrilling entertainment feast as four popular artists take the stage at the Leaders Club in the city to colour Barclays Bank Tanzania's Step Ahead Walk, Bazaar and Concert, organized to raise funds to support maternal and child health.

The artists,  Mwana Fa, Barnaba, Cpwaa, Fid Q  and Venessa Mdee were officially introduced at press conference at Serena Hotel in city yesterday, during which they promised to give fans a rare flavor of entertainment.    

“We shall come up with one of the most thrilling show to make the event one of the most entertaining, said CPWAA, who termed the concert a ‘full-package’ never-miss event.

A fellow artist, Barnabas, said : “We expect to give a super performance and people should come up in large numbers and join us.

Speaking at the hotel, Musa Kitoi, the Barclays Tanzania Head of Products, Segments & Retail Strategy said Barclays considered tackling maternal and infant health as its flagship initiative.

Describing the concert as a ‘family day’ due to its assortment of events,  he said there is a greater need in the community to play this role in addressing a progressive march towards achieving the 2015 MDG goals in maternal and infant health.

“Together we can transform communities from within by improving the health of women and children, creating communities with the knowledge, skills and means to maintain their good health and break the cycle of poor health and poverty."

Barclays has been organizing the event over the past years, and this year the bank targets to raise some Tsh 200 million. In the years 2011 & 2013, the bank and its supporters contributed a combined Tshs 337 million towards this sponsorship

Money raised from the Saturday concert will  be used by the Bank’s two partners in the initiative, AMREF and CCBRT, to train nurse midwives.

The  concert, which is expected to kick off in the afternoon, will be preceded by a charity walk in the morning. Tickets are available throughout all 11 branches of Barclays bank in the city, selling for Tsh 25,000 for adults and Tsh 10,000 for children.