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CRDB Marathon raises Sh1 billion for health services
Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi chats with CRDB Bank managing director Abdulmajid Nsekela (left) after yesterday’s 2023 CRDB Bank Marathon in Dar es Salaam. PHOTO | MICHAEL MATEMANGA
What you need to know:
- Apart from supporting the treatment of children with heart conditions and women with risky pregnancies, the money will also be used to build a health centre in Zanzibar.
Dar es Salaam. The 2023 CRDB Marathon held in Dar es Salaam yesterday raised Sh1 billion that will be used to facilitate various social services in the country.
The event featured more than 7,000 participants who competed in full marathon, half marathon, ten and five-kilometres races, as well as cycling.
Apart from supporting the treatment of children with heart conditions at the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCI) and women with risky pregnancies at the Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania (CCBRT) Hospital, the money will also be used to build a health centre in Zanzibar.
JKCI and Zanzibar’s Ministry of Health were each given Sh100 million, while Sh150 million was donated to CCBRT.
Speaking during the occasion, Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi commended the bank for its efforts in solving various problems in society and for introducing the event for a noble cause.
Dr Mwinyi said that through the event, he is sure that various people will benefit from the contribution from the bank and its stakeholders and called on private companies and individuals to join hands because much more is still needed.
“The money raised was raised through support in both Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar. You deserve praise for what you have introduced and the impact it is having,.
“The money collected from the participants of this charity race will be directed to the treatment of children with heart problems as well as women with high-risk pregnancies.
“I am asking other stakeholders to see how they can cooperate with the government to improve health services,” President Mwinyi said.
For his part, CRDB Bank managing director Abdulmajid Nsekela thanked President Mwinyi for agreeing to grace the event, whose main purpose is to support people with health complications.
Mr Nsekela said the bank is proud to be part and parcel of society.
“In 2020, when we started, more than 4,000 people participated and managed to collect Sh200 million, which was used to facilitate the treatment of 100 children at JKCI,” he said.
