Speaking at the event, the RC said was proud of the Morogoro based tobacco buying company’s generosity and urged other companies to emulate Alliance One in alleviating social needs in collaboration with the sixth phase government led by Her Excellency President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
“We all know that the company buys tobacco from across the country and mostly Tabora region, but we in Morogoro are probably luckier than the rest because the assistance we have received today are bigger than those extended to Tabora and other tobacco growing regions,” she noted.
The RC promised on behalf of the schools to take a good care of all the donated facilities by making sure that they would remain in good shape for many generations to come.
She congratulated the teachers and students alike from both recipient schools for performing excellently in their academics, even though the number of pupils outweighed the number of teachers against the required standard.
She attributed the same to students improved learning environments, thanks to donations such as that from Alliance One. She said Bungo primary school had a total of 1600 pupils whereas Kingolwira had 2000 pupils, but both were exceling well academically.
Speaking on behalf of the managing director, Ephraim Mapoore, Director of Finance of AOTL Festo Mwalongo said his company would continue extending support to Morogoro and other tobacco growing areas in line with its corporate social responsibility and environmental social governance policies.
“Alliance One will continue giving back to the community as long the company lives and we normally set aside 400mn/ every year for this noble course of giving back to the community around our areas of operations” he said, calling for teachers and pupils to look after the donated items for their benefit and for those who will join the schools in the future.
Giving details of the donations at the handing over event held at Kingolwira primary school, the company Chief Spokesperson Advocate John Magoti said the company had constructed toilets for disabled pupils at Bungo primary school valued at the cost of 10.4mn/-.
As for Kingolwira primary school, he stated that the donated facilities include construction of classroom for kindergarten at the cost of 21.2mn/- and also rehabilitated five classrooms at the cost of 48.3mn/-.
He said the other facilities donated to Kingolwira primary school include construction of school kitchen complete with the necessary amenities at the cost of 45.7m/= as well as buying and connecting solar power worth 13.7mn/- to a 162 meters borehole which was previously donated by the same company.
“The company has also donated toilets for teachers, pupils, as well as sick bays for girls with special needs worth 48.3mn/-,” he said, adding that the company had also donated a large scale water purifying system worth 35.3mn/-.
On his part, the Head Teacher for Kingolwira primary school John Fulana said the pupils were no longer seating on the floor as it was the case in past.
“We are also optimistic that water borne diseases which were rampant among our pupils here will now be the thing of the past,” he said, adding that the solar power will greatly reduce the electricity bills at the school.
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