Diana Sosoka and Nadhra Mresa ( PHOTOS BY ROBERT OKANDA BLOGSPOT) Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Karimjee Rivanjee Foundation (KRJ), Yusuf...
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| Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Karimjee Rivanjee Foundation (KRJ), Yusuf Karimjee akimkabidhi cheti cha udhamini Diana Sosoka mmoja wa wanfunzi chipukizi wa Sayansi anayesoma shule ya Sekodari ya Mtwara.SOMA ZAIDI |
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| Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Karimjee Rivanjee Foundation (KRJ), Yusuf Karimjee akimkabidhi cheti cha udhamini Nadhra Mressa mmoja wa wanfunzi chipukizi wa Sayansi anayesoma shule ya Sekodari ya Mtwara. |
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| Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Karimjee Jivanjee Foundation (KJF) Yusuf Karimjee (kushoto) na Mwasisi Mwenza pia Mkurugenzi wa Taasis ya Young Scientists Tanzania (YST) Dkt. Gozibert Kamugisha (kulia) wakiwa pamoja na wanafunzi wa shule ya wasichana Mtwara washindi wa shindano la wanasansi chipukizi 2016 Dianna Sosoka (wa pili kushoto) na Nadhra Mresa wakati wa kukabidhiwa vyeti vyao vya ufadhili wa masomo katika hafla ya kuwaaga kwenda Dublin Ireland Dar es Salaam jana, kushiriki shindano la wanasayansi chipukizi na Tekinolojia katika mashindano ya Ireland ya mwaka ya wanafunzi wa sayansi. Wanafunzi hao watasomeshwa na KJF vyuo vikuu wamalizapo masomo yao ya sekondari. |
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Diana Sosoka, Nadhra Mresa and their parents.
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Diana Sosoka, Nadhra Mresa and their teacher and YST leaders.
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By Daniel Mbega of MaendeleoVijijini Blog
Dar es Salaam: THE Karimjee Jivanjee Foundation (KJF) has rewarded Diana Sosoka and Nadhra Mresa from Mtwara Girls Secondary School for being overall winners of the Young Scientists Tanzania (YST) Awards in 2016.
Speaking
at a press event to send off the winners to Dublin, Ireland, the KJF
Team said the winners would receive scholarship from the foundation to
study at any local university when they complete their high school
education.
They both take a combination of Chemistry, Biology and Geography and aspire to be medical doctors.
The
students are traveling to Dublin today to attend the BT Young
Scientists and Technology Exhibition, an Irish annual school students’
science competition, which aims at encouraging interest in science in
primary, and secondary schools.
Speaking
at the event, the students thanked their school teacher, Mr. Rashid
Namila their Biology teacher, whom they said has been a fundamental to
their success.
They also thanked the YST, led by Dr. Gozbert Kamugisha, and the KJF for making their dreams come true.
“Our
innovation was based on a locally made incubator to help the women
around our school to raise chicken after seeing them come to our school
every day to seek for leftovers sue to the poverty situation that has
engulfed them,” they said, adding that their technology has inspired
various people around Mtwara and across the country to go and learn.
Ms.
Eliavera Timoth, the Foundation’s Deputy Marketing Manager, speaking on
behalf of KJF Manager Ms. Devota Rubama, said KJF was a
non-governmental organization that was registered in 2009 and commenced
its operation in 2010 with commitment to support the Tanzanian
community, specifically improving education sector.
“The
education sector is the core charity notably by providing scholarships
to young Tanzanians to be able to accomplish their studies at university
level,” she was quoted as saying, adding that the scholarships were
provided to students under the category of science in an effort to join
hands with to government initiatives, targeting on encouraging students
to pursue science subjects.
“We
are eager to encourage and support Tanzania young students to be able to
develop various innovative skills through science for the betterment of
the nation,” she said.
Speaking
of the YST scholarships, Ms. Eliavera said since 2012 the Foundation
has provided 17 scholarships to students in the categories of overall
winners and winners in special school in need.
“Every
year KJF provide 4 scholarships to winner of YST awards to study at
university level. We have already provided scholarships to students from
Kibosho Secondary School (2012 – 3 scholarships overall winners);
Ilongelo Secondary School of Singida (2013 – 2 overall winners
scholarships); and Fidel Castro –Pemba (2013 – 2 special school in need
scholarships),” Ms. Eliavera said.
Other
scholarships were Lumumba Secondary School – Zanzibar (2014 – 2 overall
winners); Ngongo Secondary School – Lindi (2014 – 2 special school in
need scholarships); Mzumbe Secondary School – Morogoro (2015 – 2 overall
winners); Nasa Secondary School – Simiyu (2015 – 2 special school in
need); Mtwara Girls (2016 – 2 overall winners); and Binza Secondary
School – Simiyu (2016 – 2 special school in need scholarships).
However,
Ms. Eliavera said, KJF is planning to launch a dual Masters’ degree in
African Cinservation at the University of Glasgow, Scotland and Nelson
Mandela University – Afican Institution of Science and Technology in
Arusha.
The
programme, according to her, is for two years and KJF will provide
three scholarships for students to study two terms at Glasgow University
and eight terms at Nelson Mandela University.
“The
Foundation has been giving scholarships to Doctors to graduate for a
Masters’ degree programme in Paediatric Oncology at Muhimbili University
of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), two doctors graduated in 2015
and one in 2016,” Ms. Eliavera said.
The
Honorary Chairman of Karimjee Jivanjee Group of Companies in Tanzania,
Hatim Karimjee said: “We are very honoured to support the Young
Scientists Tanzania Award because we believe that education is very
important to the future development of Tanzania, and also because
science education in particular can open opportunities for higher level
career development.”
KJF is the primary vehicle for the Karimjee family’s charitable work.
The mission of the Foundation is to invest in education as a means to enhance the economic development of Tanzania.
At
present, many young Tanzanians continue to benefit from scholarships
from KJF, which enable them to follow their dreams and to make a greater
contribution to Tanzania as a result of their education.
In
addition to these scholarships, the Foundation also supports Read
International and others; works with Wonder Workshop and is working to
boost the capacity for management of pediatric oncology in Tanzania.
Hatim
Karimjee said, although KJF’s main focus at the moment is funding
educational institutions to improve education capacity, the Karimjee
family established several charitable trusts in the 1950’s before
independence.
“We
have built many schools, hospitals, dispensaries, mosques and community
centres. The most famous of our donations is the Karimjee Hall. We
built and donated this building to the Dar es Salaam Municipal Council
in 1957 as a Town Hall. It was later adapted to become the official seat
of Parliament. Independence was declared in Karimjee Hall on 9th December 1961,” he said.
Other
important donations by the Karimjee family have been the Usagara
Secondary School in Tanga (Formerly Karimjee Secondary School), the
Karimjee Clin in Mnazi Mmoja – Dar es Salaam, the old Karimjee Hospital
in Zanzibar and the recent donation of 100 desks to Mkwakwani Secondary
School in Tanga, a donation that was made to support the Government’s
effort to offset the existing countrywide shortage of desks in primary
and secondary schools.
The
Karimjee Jivanjee Foundation is funded by donations from Toyota
Tanzania, one of Tanzania’s biggest and compliant taxpayers, which is
celebrating its 50th anniversary as the sole and authorized Toyota distributor in Tanzania since 1965.
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