By Judica Tarimo
A Dar es Salaam-based Travel and Tourist Agent, Iku and Safaris, yesterday donated
food and other domestic essentials to over 80 children currently living in difficult
conditions in Dar es Salaam.
Accompanied by staff members, the firm’s Managing Director, Ikupa Mwakanjuki,
presented the assistance worth about 200,000/= to the Centre for Children Living in
difficult conditions at Kurasini.
Mwakanjuki said:‘‘We were really touched by the situation of these
children...they have no support, some are orphans whose parents died of HIV/AIDS.”
“As a company, we feel obliged to help such disadvantaged groups, thereby fulfiling
our long-standing corporate culture for social responsibility,” she said.
She asked community, organizations, companies and individuals to jointly and collectively
help children in hardships rather than leaving the task to the government alone.
She said all children were equal and they needed equal respect and recognition from the
society.
On the list of goods presented to the Deputy Centre’s Director, Derick Rugina, were,
bags of flour, biscuits, bottles of juices, several boxes of tooth paste, milk, sweats,
and other essentials.
Receiving the goods, Rugina thanked Iku and Safaris management for the donations, saying
the move demonstrated high sense of care and support for the needy children.
He pledged that items donated would be used as originally intended, and urged other
individuals to emulate Iku and Safaris’ example.
Meanwhile, Iku and Safaris yesterday presented cash money 150,000/= to an orphan Issa
Hussen (12), a resident of Sinza, whose mother had died of the deadly HIV/AIDS.
Hussen is currently a standard-four pupil at Mbezi Primary School. His mother passed away
twelve years ago.
Iku and Safaris promised to support similar groups in the city with the view to
encouraging and bringing hope to the vulnerable.
