THE deputy Indian High Commissioner in the country
Robert Shetkintong has called on Tanzanians of Asian origin to continue joining
hands through their charity organizations that helps the disabled communities
in the country in order to cater for their basic needs. Shetkintong who was the guest of homour made
the call in Dar es Salaam last week on Friday night at a function organized by
a young Tanzanian scholar of Asian origin Akshaya Sankaran with a view to make
contributions to help pupils of Robert Mugabe Primary School of the deaf unit in
Dar es Salaam. He said that he was happy with the move which he said is one way
or another the only help that the unprivileged groups could get help from the
community surrounding them. The function which was held at Indian Cultural
Centre was mainly attended by people of Asian origins who were determined to
donate whatever they had in order to help the disadvantaged pupils the majority
of whom are orphans of the basic necessities.
Earlier on her introductory
speech one of the school teachers Doris Mbago highlighted most serious prevailing
problems facing the school and said that, among them is the lack of modern
teaching facilities such as sign languages and those used for reading. She said
the school which is run by the Konondoni Municipal Council was established in
2004 as a normal primary school, and then the management in collaboration with
the municipal authorities decided to establish a deaf unit to help pupils with
hearing disabilities who have reached 75 in total. Speaking in an exclusive
interview, the organizer of the event Sankaran an ex-form four student from the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary school in
the city said that, she had organized the occasion after having learned from what
other charity organizations have been doing to collect money by donations and help
such unprivileged groups. “I decided to organize Indian dances from various
groups in the city which I have seen my efforts has attracted people of Asian origin because I am
also a dancer”, she said and appreciated
a good number of people who turned up and
submitted whatever they have as donations to the targeted people. The
occasion was being entertained by various six Indian dancing groups who entered
in to the stage one after the other alternately, and at the end the guest of
honour issued a certificate to the participating groups. The first group entered
into the stage were the Ganesh dance who demonstratye4d a symbolic belief of a
God who has issued a sacrifice to believers. This was then followed by
Classical dance which is purely from South India, then another group from
Rajastan in India. Other groups were Bollywood, Kerala and Afro-India dance bhangra
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