Rotary Dar Marathon turns eight this year and Bank M Tanzania for eight year in a row has once again joined hands to become the main partner of the Rotary Dar Marathon 2016 which will be held Monday 14th of October 2016 -Nyerere day. The iconic Marathon is organized by seven Rotary Clubs in Dar es Salaam in partnership with Bank M.
The famous Marathon in the city of Dar es Salaam will be graced by His Excellency former President Ali Hassan Mwinyi.
The Marathon theme stands to be “Healing Lives, Transforming Communities” whereby the marathon proceeds will be towards construction of a Rotary teaching hospital in Dar es salaam.
Speaking to the press in Dar es Salaam yesterday on the preparations for the Marathon, the organizing committee chair Ms. Agnes Batengas said the committee is well prepared and all arrangements are going well and they are expecting to make it a memorable sporting and family event. She added that RDM is aimed at collecting funds to overcome several community challenges, as in this year we are proceeding with the last year’s project which is building of a teaching hospital. The hospital will be built at the University of Dar es salaam, Mlimani area. About TZS 1bil was raised during last year’s Marathon and this year more collections are expected.
Ms. Batengas said this year’s event is expected to attract over 15,000 participants and as usual it will include the 5km family walk, 9km walk and a 21.1km which is the Marathon itself as well as cycling. All the races will start and end at the Green, Oysterbay.
Commenting on the Bank M’s participation in the Marathon as the main partner, the bank’s CEO (Designate) Ms. Jacqueline Woiso said that the bank is always dedicated to supporting the sustainable community based projects and it has been working together with Rotary in this noble cause since inception of the Marathon in 2009.
She added, “It is our policy to work together with other reputed organizations in making a difference to the needy communities of this land.  We sincerely believe that together we will make this a great success by building state of the art healthcare facility in Dar es salaam. This means a lot to us – seeing that our community health is taken care of” avowed Woiso.
For the past 8 years, the Rotary Dar Marathon in partnership with Bank M has conducted several projects including planting of trees, providing water and sanitation facilities to schools and the project was setting up a state of the art Children Cancer ward at the Muhimbili National Hospital. The ward, which is one of the best Pediatric Oncology facility in the African continent, also the newly refurbished and well equipped Rotary Entrepreneurship Centre at the University of Dar es Salaam.
“Bank M’s CEO-Designate Ms. Jacqueline Woiso and the Rotary Dar Marathon Committee chair Ms. Agnes Batengas exchanging the copies after signing the MOU in the press conference held in DSM yesterday. Bank M and the Rotary clubs will build a teaching hospital at the University of DSM Mlimani area through Rotary Dar Marathon which will be held in October this year. Looking on is the Rotary protocol chair Mr. Hamza Kasongo (Left), Rotary Dar Marathon Board chair Ms. Sharmila Bhatt (Right)”.
Rotary protocol chair Mr. Hamza Kasongo explains to  reporters about the Rotary International. With him from left is the Rotary Dar Marathon Vice chair Ms. CatherineRose Barreto, Bank M CEO-Designate Ms. Jacqueline Woiso, Rotary Dar Marathon Committee chair Ms. Agnes Batengas, Rotary Dar Marathon Board chair Ms. Sharmila Bhatt, Nirmal Sheth represented the Rotary club of Dsm president, Mahmood Panju represented the Rotary club of Bahari president and Leana Lemomo from the Rotary club of Mikocheni.

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