Kagera Regional Commissioner, Fabian Massawe
The Kagera Regional Commissioner, Fabian Massawe, gave the advice last week when receiving laboratories and teachers’ houses built under the sponsorship of African Barrick Gold.
The RC said stakeholders that support government efforts to improve social services are demoralized when evaluations show the projects they fund are vandalized by the public who are the intended beneficiaries.
He said the education sector is facing many challenges that cannot be solved by the government alone, hence the need for assistance from other stakeholders.
He pointed out: “Most of our schools have no laboratories, classrooms or even teachers. This is what prompted me to request for assistance from ABG and I thank them for responding positively to my request.”
Earlier, the Buzwagi Gold Mine Manager, Philbert Rweyemamu, said ABG, through the Tulawaka Gold Mine in Kagera, also built a number of laboratories and teachers’ houses in five secondary schools in the Region.
Rweyemamu, who was the Tulawaka Manager during the project’s initial stages, named the schools that benefited from the laboratories as: Runazi and Nyantakara in Biharamulo district, Omurusagamba in Ngara, Mwemage in Bukoba Rural and Kyaka in Missenyo district.
He said the teachers’ houses were built at the following secondary schools: Rutunga in Bukoba municipality as well as Kamachumu, Nyakasimbi and Rukuraijo in Muleba, Karagwe and Kyerwa districts respectively.
Rweyemamu said ABG contributed 876.9m/- towards the project while wananchi contributed manpower valued at 46.7m/-.
ABG Vice President Deo Mwanyika said Barrick’s policy is to assist communities surrounding mines where they operate to improve their lives through provision of social services like health and education.
SOURCE:
THE GUARDIAN
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