Second Vice-President, Ambassador Mr Seif Ali Iddi.
The Second Vice President, Ambassador
Seif Ali Iddi made the appreciation message here after receiving
donation from the ZTE Corporation, the latest to give Aid to both
Cholera and Floods victims.
ZTE, a Chinese multinational
telecommu-nications equipment and systems company, donated Bed-sheets,
hospital gloves, water and other equipment for the Cholera victims in
‘Cholera Treatment Centres (CTCs),’ before handing over Aid to about 420
flood victims sheltered at Mwanakwerekwe school.
“We are thankful to all people and
different organisations supporting us at this difficult time,” Mr Iddi
said as the ZTE representative in the country Mr Wayne Zhu said “Our
Company will continue to support Zanzibar to overcome challenges.”
Before the ZTE donation, another Chinese
multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services
company- Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd donated 10,000kg of rice and 400
cartons of water.
Other local organisations like Al Ikhlas
Charitable society and the ‘Zanzibar Social Security Fund (ZSSF)’, and
individual persons have also donated food staff, cloths, and sanitary
equipment to the people displaced by floods.
The Principal Secretary (PS) Dr Juma
Malik Akili and the deputy Minister, Ms Harusi Said Suleiman in the
Ministry of Health also thanked donors for the aid as the Minister of
State (Disaster management), Mr Mohamed Aboud Mohamed said that an
investigation is underway to find out why the town suburbs remain a
flood chronic area.
“We have to find out why Zanzibar is hit
by floods frequently, so that we can come to lasting solution,” said Mr
Mohamed. However, the Minister asked members of the public to stop
inappropriate disposal of wastes as it blocks the drainage
infrastructures for rain water.
“Keeping our surroundings clean,
avoiding construction of houses in authorised areas, and observing
‘rural and town master plan’, will definitely help us minimize floods
and cholera,” said Mr Mohamed
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