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| The Rotary Dar Marathon Chair of the Board, Ms. Sharmila Bhatt (right) speaks at a press conference held in Dar es Salaam today (02 Oct 2018) to premiere the Rotary Dar Marathon event scheduled to take place on the 14th of October (The Nyerere Day). From left is The Rotary Dar Marathon 2018 committee chair, Ms. Catherinerose Barretto, CCBRT’s Chief of Operations, Ms. Brenda Msangi and The Rotary Dar Marathon 2018 brand ambassador, Vanessa Mdee alias Vee-Money. |
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| Tanzania’s Top female artist Vanessa Mdee alias Vee-Money (centre) also the brand ambassador for the Rotary Dar Marathon this year, speaks during a press conference held in Dar es Salaam today (02 Oct 2018) to premiere the Rotary Dar Marathon event scheduled to take place on the 14th of October (The Nyerere Day). Vanessa will be taking part in the Rotary Dar Marathon this year but as well use her influence to encourage more people to participate. She is flanked by The Chair of the Board of the Rotary Dar Marathon, Mrs Sharmila Bhatt (right) and CCBRT’s Chief of Operations, Ms. Brenda Msangi (left). |
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| CCBRT’s Chief of Operations, Ms. Brenda Msangi (left) displays a brochure to reporters (not in the picture) to illustrate some of the specialized services that are offered at their Hospital during a press conference held in Dar es Salaam today (02 Oct 2018) to premiere the Rotary Dar Marathon event scheduled to take place on the 14th of October (The Nyerere Day). She is flanked by Vanessa Mdee alias Vee-Money (centre) who is the brand ambassador for the Rotary Dar Marathon this year and RDM Chair of the Board, Ms. Sharmila Bhatt (right). |
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| The Rotary Dar Marathon Chair of the Board, Ms. Sharmila Bhatt (right) shares a light moment with CCBRT’s Chief of Operations, Ms. Brenda Msangi at a press conference held in Dar es Salaam today (02 Oct 2018) to premiere the Rotary Dar Marathon event scheduled to take place on the 14th of October (The Nyerere Day). CCBRT is the highest beneficiary from the Rotary Dar Marathon whereby this year funds raised will be directed towards the construction of a specialized clinic that will enable high-quality services for paying patients which in turn will help provide for highly subsidized services at the CCBRT disability hospital. |
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| The Rotary Dar Marathon Chair of the Board, Ms. Sharmila Bhatt (centre) and The Rotary Dar Marathon 2018 committee chair, Ms. Catherinerose Barretto (left) share a light moment with Vanessa Mdee alias Vee-Money (right) who is the brand ambassador for the Rotary Dar Marathon this year after a press conference held in Dar es Salaam today (02 Oct 2018). The objective of the conference was to premiere the Rotary Dar Marathon event scheduled to take place on the 14th of October (The Nyerere Day). |
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| A representative from SBC Tanzania Rashid Chenja (centre) speaks at a Press conference held in Dar es Salaam today (October 02, 2018) to premiere the Rotary Dar Marathon event scheduled to take place on the 14th of October (The Nyerere Day). SBC Tanzania through its flag bearer drink Pepsi has gone one step further to promote sports in Tanzania by offering full sponsorship for top Tanzanian male and female performers in the 42.2km full marathon event, to participate in the Beirut Marathon in Lebanon. Left is The Rotary Dar Marathon Chair of the Board, Ms. Sharmila Bhatt and Athletics Tanzania (AT) Deputy Secretary-General, Ombeni Zavara(right). |
Various community service projects have been executed over the past nine years through the funds raised and include planting over 26,000 trees, provision of clean drinking water in schools, construction of a pediatric oncology ward at the Muhimbili Hospital and development of an entrepreneurship centre at the University of Dar es Salaam.
This year’s Rotary Dar Marathon is being held with the objective of raising funds for CCBRT for the construction of a specialized clinic that will enable high-quality services for paying patients which in turn will help provide for highly subsidized services at the CCBRT disability hospital.
The Rotary Dar Marathon is an initiative of the 8 Rotary Clubs in Dar es Salaam and has been generously supported by key sponsors like Bank M and Pepsi.
Speaking at the event, the Chair of the Board of the Rotary Dar Marathon, Mrs Sharmila Bhatt said - “We believe the strategic partnership we had with Bank M has developed the right conditions that have led to other exemplary sponsors coming on board”.
She further elaborated that “this year, Pepsi has gone one step further to promote sports in Tanzania by offering full sponsorship for the top Tanzanian male and female performers in the 42.2km full marathon event, to participate in the Beirut Marathon.
This is a major development for the Rotary Dar Marathon being recognized as a qualifying event for Tanzanian athletes to receive sponsorship for international marathon events”. She also mentioned and thanked some of the key sponsors of the Rotary Dar Marathon including Ashton Media, Toyota, ALAF, Zoom Tanzania, Resolution Insurance, Clouds Media Group, Azam Media, Plasco Limited, Insignia, Knight Support, Ashers and Soft Tech.
Mrs Bhatt also used the opportunity to introduce the Rotary Dar Marathon brand ambassador for 2018, Tanzania’s top female artist Vanessa Mdee alias Vee- Money who will be involved in the races as well as help in creating awareness about the event.
Speaking to journalists, Vanessa shared her appreciation for the nomination and promised to support the cause. “I’m grateful for this great opportunity of being recognized as someone who can drive this cause to the public. I promise to use my influence to attract a lot more participants, knowing that through every extra participant coming on board, the event and funds raised will go a long way in helping others”.
On her part, The Rotary Dar Marathon Chair for 2018, Rotarian Catherinerose Barretto assured Tanzanians that everything is on course as planned, adding that Oct 14, 2018, will be a memorable sporting and family event day in Tanzania’s history. According to her, the 10th edition of the Rotary Dar Marathon expects to attract more than 16,000 participants.
The event will include a 5km family walk, a 9km walk, a half marathon 21.1km run, a full marathon of the 42.2km run, cycling as well as lots of other fun activities.
She said the marathon would have several runners from all over Africa. “We expect to have participants from Kenya, Rwanda, Malawi, South Africa and Ethiopia.”
Again, Ms Barretto reminded that the event’s theme continues to be “Healing Lives, Transforming Communities” and it is in its third year of raising funds to support the Comprehensive Community-Based Rehabilitation (CCBRT) social enterprise project.
According to CCBRT’s Chief of Operations, Ms Brenda Msangi, the new clinic will help the hospital to enhance its quality services as they hope to serve a larger number of Tanzanians in the coming years.
“We’re extremely grateful that The Rotary Dar Marathon has always been thinking about our hospital in their endeavours, and now the entire Tanzanian community is benefitting from their generosity,” she said.
About Rotary
Rotary is a service organization which started in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois and currently has 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 on promoting peace, providing clean water, fighting diseases, saving mothers and children, supporting education and helping grow local economies.
In Tanzania, Rotary started in 1945, and currently has 38 clubs and over 600 members. In Dar es Salaam there are eight Rotary Clubs namely:-The Rotary Club of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam Mikocheni, Bahari Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam Mlimani, Dar es Salaam North, Dar es Salaam Mzizima, Dar es Salaam Pugu and Dar es Salaam Oysterbay.
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