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| Rotary Dar Marathon 2017 committee chair Ms Catherinerose Barretto speaks to the press during the official MoU signing ceremony yesterday in Dar es Salaam, where by Bank M and Rotary Clubs will raise funds to support CCBRT hospital for construction of a larger clinic through Rotary Dar Marathon. Bank M has been the main sponsor of Rotary Dar Marathon since its inception in 2009. Others from her right are Bank M’s CEO Ms. Jacqueline Woiso, Rotary Dar Marathon board chair Ms Sharmila Bhatt and Rotary Club of Dsm Past President Nirmal Sheth. |
Speaking during the press conference in Dar es Salaam yesterday, the Rotary Dar Marathon 2017 Chairperson Catherinerose Barretto said “We are happy to launch and sign the MOU with Bank M as our Main Partner. I am even more excited to announce new activities planned for our participants this year. For the first time ever we are going to have a full marathon of 42.2 kms at this year’s event. We are also increasing the distance for cyclists from 21.1 kms to 42.2 kms. The 9kms walk will increase by 1 km to 10kms and only the 5km walk remains the same.”
The Rotary Dar Marathon event besides focusing on the primary goal of raising funds to support various causes to improve the quality of life in our communities is also geared towards creating the best experience for participants during the event. Each year Rotary Dar Marathon takes steps to ensure the event is well executed so that all participants who are professional athletes and the amateurs enjoy the experience and can use it as a standard for their athletic accomplishments.
“Each year we aim to produce a better event and include more exciting activities for our participants. Two years ago we introduced cycling and an automated system to record time for the athletes running the half marathon and cyclists. This year we have embarked on a full marathon and we would like to assure our supporters that we are working diligently to ensure we minimize all inconveniences before and during the event. We will continue to share updates on all changes that we will be making as the team continues finalizing plans for this year,” continued Baretto.
This year, Rotary Dar Marathon is raising funds to support the Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation (CCBRT) social enterprise project which aims to expand revenues to be able to support subsidised care in the Disability Hospital by constructing a larger clinic. All funds amassed by the Rotary Dar Marathon activities will be used to complete construction of this clinic and also support the equipping and outfitting of the facility.
Speaking on the plan of Rotarians supporting quality health care, Rotary Dar Marathon Board Chair Sharmila Bhatt said “For the last two years we have been raising funds with the aim of supporting the health sector and finally we have found a worthy project to support. We are pleased to be part of this initiative by CCBRT which aims at ensuring more people receive affordable high quality disability care.”
Bank M’s CEO Jacqueline Woiso commented that Bank M is committed to support the community based projects and has been able to achieve this through working together with Rotary since the introduction of the Marathon in 2009. She also added “We have been insisting that it is our policy to work together with other reputable organizations in making a difference to the needy communities of this land. We sincerely believe that together we will eventually make this a great success by building the healthcare facility at CCBRT which will service a larger part of the local community, we believe that investing in human health is a direct support to life improvement hence the economic growth in general.”
Since 2009, Rotary Dar Marathon has raised over 3 billion Tshs which has implemented various projects in Dar es Salaam, including a tree planting initiative, provision of clean drinking water for schools, building of a state of the art oncology paediatric ward at Muhimbili hospital, created a fully equipped and modern entrepreneurship center for the University of Dar es Salaam Business School.
About Rotary
Rotary is a service organization which started in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois with over 1.2 million members worldwide connected by a passion to serve.
With over 35,000 Rotary clubs all over the world, people from all continents and cultures come together to exchange ideas, and form friendships and professional connections while making a difference in their backyards and around the world.
Each day, our members pour their passion, integrity, and intelligence into completing projects that have a lasting impact. We focus to promote peace, provide clean water, fight diseases, save mothers and children, support education and help grow local economies.
In Tanzania, Rotary started in 1945, has over 30 clubs and over 500 members. In Dar es Salaam there are seven clubs namely, Rotary Clubs of Dar es Salaam, Mikocheni, Bahari, Mlimani, North, Mzizima and Oysterbay.
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