THE Minister for State, President’s Office, Mr Issa Haji Ussi, yesterday urged Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to complement the government’s efforts to provide the best education possible to Tanzanians.
He said they should work closely and
collaboratively in pursuing social-development agendas, to neutralise
the perception by some community members, that they were rivals. Mr Ussi
made the remarks when gracing an event to launch a new office for Green
Light Foundation in Zanzibar, an NGO which supports and motivates
students across the country.
“NGOs should not fight or antagonise the
government but work collaboratively with government institutions
instead, towards achieving our development goals,” the minister said.
Mr Ussi said civil societies had a great
role to play in supporting government’s provision of social services
that include education, and commended the GLF for its commitment to
address challenges facing Tanzanian students.
“As a nation, we need to create a
learned society and I commend you for supporting that cause, thereby
helping students prepare a better future for themselves, their families
and for the nation at large. “Without educating our young people, and
imparting skills and knowledge on them, the nation will hardly attain
the muchneeded success,” he said.
The Chairperson of the Green Light
Foundation, Mr Salim Omary, told the minister that the foundation was
focused on motivating and inspiring students who are in need of both
tangible and intangible assistance in the Mainland and Zanzibar.
“We normally provide them with financial
and material assistance, including uniforms, bags, text and exercise
books and calculators, that would enable students to best and easily
cope with the educational challenges. “But we also visit them, talk to
them and inspire them to pursue their dreams and avoid distractions that
spoil their future,” Mr Omary said.
As part of the activities to mark the
opening of the foundation’s office, GLF conducted a tour to the State
University of Zanzibar where two young entrepreneurs, Jokate Mwegelo and
Nice-Monique Kimaryo gave motivational speech to students.
The key theme was inspiring the student
population to recognise self-employment as a viable career path. The two
young women shared their success stories and offered advices on how the
students could venture into entrepreneurship amid the rising
unemployment rate among college graduates.
“Let your education be a tool for
exploiting many opportunities around you, set your dream and follow it
relentlessly; you can be anyone you want to be as long as you stay
focused,” Ms Jokate, a renowned actress and CEO of Kidoti Company,
remarked.
Jokate was named by Africa Youth Awards
as among the 100 Most Influential Young Africans in August, this year.
Her company produces slippers, wigs, school bags and other fashion
accessories, under the Kidoti brand.
Ms Nice-Kimaryo, a recent accounting
graduate and cofounder and director of Go-Kimz Ltd, urged the would-be
graduates at SUZA to use the education they had acquired to formulate
business ideas.
She said they started with almost
nothing, but gradually, and after studying the market, they were able to
launch a brand called Kimz Hair that sells quality hair for crochet and
other styles and their business had grown tremendously.
“Pitch your ideas to people and they
will support you; there is nothing good like using the opportunity that
you have right now; for instance how do you use social media? For us,
our brand has grown through the use of social media; we have many
followers right now,” she stated.
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