Dispensary built by TANAPA through Germany government support inaugurated in Ngorongoro
ARUSHA: A modern dispensary built by the Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) with support from the German government, through its development bank (KfW) and Frankfurt Zoological Society(FZS) was inaugurated on Monday at Enguserosambu, Ngorongoro district, in Arusha region.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by a delegation of representatives from the government of Germany, TANAPA, Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), local leaders and beneficiaries of the health project.
The German government delegation was led by the head of the Central and East Africa Unit, Mr Joachim Schmitt, and the country’s Ambassador to Tanzania, Annett Günther.
The new dispensary, worth 540m/-, will benefit about 5,000 residents at Enguserosambu area in Ngorongoro district.
The German delegation and TANAPA officials also visited four other community projects supported by the same government through KfW.
The projects include the construction of a 1bn/- water dam in Olorieni-Magaiduru ward, which aims to reduce water scarcity in the area, mainly inhabited by pastoralists and the surrounding wildlife conservation area.
Speaking at the project area, Mr Schmitt was overjoyed by its implementation, urging the government to preserve it for the benefit of current and future generations.
“In our next visit here, we expect to see there’s plenty of water in the dam. The most important thing is its preservation by the government and the beneficiary community,” he said.
Other visited projects include the Community Conservation Banks – COCOBA and the Enguserosambu natural forest, all supported by the Government of Germany.
All these projects are aimed at improving the lives of the people in the selected area surrounding the national park.
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The FZS Serengeti Zonal Manager, Mr Masegeri Rurai, said the visited projects are among 36 others in health, education, water and road construction, being implemented by TANAPA through assistance of the German government, while FZS is the facilitator.
“We’re proud of these projects through the historical cooperation in areas surrounding the national park,” said Mr Masegeri.
On his part, a representative of Serengeti head of conservation, Assistant Commissioner of Conservation, Mr Nuhu Daniel Massay,thanked the German government, KfW and FZS for supporting implementation of the community projects.
“ The benefits of these projects are there for everyone to see: good education centres, availability of health services good roads, markets and water dams,” Nuhu said.
“All these achievements show the importance of cooperation between Tanzania and Germany, ensuring conservation contributes to people’s socio-economic development,” he said.
FZS is an international conservation organization with its headquarters in Germany. For the last 60 years, it has been supporting Tanzania’s conservation efforts, with Serengeti ecosystem getting top priority.
