Goat race to raise Sh320 million for girls education
Yara Tanzania and Rwanda, marketing manager Sarah Munema (second left) talking to journalists in Dar es Salaam about the company's sponsorship in the 2023 goat race organized by the Rotary Club, to collect Sh320 million to fund higher education students.
What you need to know:
- Children living in poverty face many barriers to accessing education, therefore, lose the opportunity to realize their dreams.
Dar es Salaam. More than 100 girls from low-income families are set to benefit from a Sh320 million Goat Race fundraising that aims to support them in joining higher learning institutions after failing to secure funding from the loans board.
Children living in poverty face many barriers to accessing education, therefore, lose the opportunity to realize their dreams.
According to Yara Marketing Manager, Sarah Munema they have a program that supports the youth, especially girls from low-income families who can access higher learning institutions to learn agronomy, the science and practice of soil management and field crop production.
Their role encompasses the study and management of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and soil science.
“Given this program, we have joined Rotary to raise funds that will see the youths including girls access this education,” she said.
She said the aim is to ensure the country has young people who are skilled in agriculture including agronomy to push the agriculture agenda forward.
On his part, Rotary Goat Races 2023, Project manager Mr Paul Muhato said the funds raised will go towards a range of education support including supporting girls who have not been able to raise money for their higher learning education to go to school.
“The funds will also go towards infrastructure support at local schools and other efforts towards basic education and literacy,” he said.
He noted that this year, companies that were supporting the initiative include Vodacom Tanzania Foundation, Auto mark Toyota, and East Africa Radio, among others.
Meanwhile, Vodacom Tanzania Foundation manager Sandra Oswald said the foundation values education and hopes the fundraising targets will be reached so that children whose parents cannot afford to take them to higher learning can be reached and ultimately realize their dreams.
"Every child has a right to education and that is why we have been touched to be part of this great initiative," she said
