SIMIYU: The act of giving back to the community or simply plough back has been hailed by scholars and governments as one of the surest ways of an investor engaging further with the hist resudenrs in an are it operates.
To practically implement this, Mwiba Holdings Ltd company that has invested in the Meatu district, Simiyu region particularly on Tourism and Conservation activities, the other day handed over a building for the local health workers and 194 bicycles to students, all worth 187.01m/-.
The building handed over will be used by three families of employees of the Mwamhongo Village Dispensary, while 194 bicycles will be used by students from the Busangwa School who come from the villages of Ming’ongwa, Butuli, Bulyandulu and Sakasaka.
Speaking at the time of handing over the building of health workers and the bicycles, the Community Development Project Manager of Mwiba Holdings Ltd in Meatu district, Sylvester Bwasama said the aim of the projects is to help health workers provide better services and students to reach school on time and thus increase performance.
Bwasama said Mwiba Holdings Limited is one of the sister companies of Friedkin Tanzania Companies that are involved in the conservation of wildlife resources and tourism in the district since 2008.
He said Mwiba Holdings Ltd has invested in the Meatu district in Kijiji forest reserve. of Makao and Pori la Akiba Maswa and those projects are only part of the community projects that are implemented in Meatu district.
“Today we are here with great comfort to hand over the Mwamhongo village clinic staff house capable of serving three families to live together and the goal of this project is to enable the health workers who will be brought here to serve the citizens of Mwamhongo to live in good housing that attracts the staff to continue to stay in the areas these.
He added that the project was pegged at 130,369,452m/’- and implemented by Damaki Investment Company tha llocally operates in Meatu district.
Speaking while handing over 194 bicycles to students who live far from Busangwa school, he said they will help students from the villages of Ming’ongwa, Butuli, Bulyandulu and Sakasaka to reach school on time and safely.
“The aim of providing these 57m/- worth bicycles is to enable students who have been in school to have more time to learn and to return to their homes,he said .
“The idea of starting this project was based on the fact that students have been walking from the respective villages to get to school by feet and we made an assessment to find what type of transport can reach many students and that does not have many challenges, bicycles seemed to be the best form of transport that is easy to use by students” he said.
He further said the school management was in ind do that whoever joins the school can use it for a while while he is here at the school.
” To achieve that,we have put in place a monitoring and management system in collaboration with teachers to ensure that the bikes are repaired by Mwiba Holdings Ltd where necessary,” he said.
under the SWICA Agreement in collaboration with the Wildlife Management Authority (TAWA) and Meatu District Council. He said the project is among the projects and activities we promised to do in 2023 at the stakeholders’ meeting.
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Other recently completed projects are the teacher’s house and two classrooms in Mwajimoso primary school located in Mwabagimu village. Other projects are the construction of a health worker’s house in the new clinic in Mwamhongo village, funding lunch for primary school students.
Funding the treatment of physically disabled children and Funding the studies of students who are doing well and in need at the secondary and college levels. Speaking on behalf of Meatu District Head, Fauzia Ngatumbura, Nyalanja Division Officer Clara Joseph commended Mwiba Holdings Ltd and Friedkin for the aid they have continued to provide in the district. Joseph instructed the health workers who will stay in the building, to take care and provide better services to the citizens but, he also asked the students who will be given the bicycles to take care of them so that they can be used for a long time by other students.
On behalf of the Meatu District Commissioner, Fauzia Ngatumbura, Nyalanja Ward Officer Clara Joseph praised Mwiba Holdings Ltd and Friedkin for their continued assistance in the district.
Joseph urged health workers residing in the building to take good care of it and provide excellent services to the community, and also encouraged students receiving bicycles to maintain them so they can be used for a long time by others.
Jeremia Masunga, a resident of Butuli Village, praised Mwiba Holdings for its continued community support and assured that the people of Meatu will continue to support the company as it has greatly benefited them.
