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We Serve ISSUE 2
LIONS QUEST ACHIEVES TARGET IN TANZANIA MESSAGE FROM PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR The Gold Medal Award from LCI President Barry Palmer and Lions Quest Newsletter being presented to His Excellency, the Past President of the United Republic of Tanzania Dr. Jakaya M. Kikwete by the Past District Governor Lion Wilson Nathaniel Ndesanjo (centre) and PCC Lion Abdul Majid Khan in the State House. Dar-es-Salaam.
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he Lions Quest programme in Tanzania has achieved its target of conducting 25 workshops which taught almost 800 secondary and primary school teachers the basic education of making good citizens and prepare the youth to understand lead a clean healthy life. The almost eight years of conducting this project in major cities, towns and villages of Tanzania, has directly trained 800 teachers in 400 schools. The estimated number of students in secondary and primary schools, 157,000 have managed to know the good and bad habits and thus lead a clean and healthy life. The Lions Quest Project with a major objective to achieve “a better tomorrow”, is a global international
programme. The financial backing, directly or indirectly, comes from Lions Clubs International Funds and is implemented by Lions Clubs through their 1,400,000 members throughout the world. The project takes care of the development of the entire personality of a child. The results or consequences are permanent and encompasses the whole family, community and the nation as a whole. The well designed three-days seminar (workshops) were conducted in Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Mwanza, Tanga, Moshi, Morogoro, Zanzibar, Dodoma, B a g a m o y o , Shinyanga, Mtwara, Singida, Korogwe. Lions Clubs in Tanzania were also taught about the LQ
Projects main targets and objectives. Two well-groomed Tutors, Lion Mathew Alex and Lion Christopher Chinyala under the constant watchful eyes of overall boss, Lion Abdul Majeed Khan and Convenors Lion Mohammed Mulla, Lion Kiran Mody were responsible for organizing and conducting the seminars. The Steering Committee, initially were 18 but reduced to 16, was responsible for the LQ project. Two Stalwarts of the Lions Clubs District 411 B, (Late) PID Lion Dev Kapoor and (Late) PMCC Lion Safdar Jaffer who were very prominent in the initial stages of the project will always be missed for their enthusiasm and contribution. May they rest in peace…ameen.
PCC LION ABDUL MAJEED KHAN
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he Steering Committee of Lions Quest Project under Sub District 411B in Tanzania can now proudly announce that “we have completed our goals and targets during the last eight years.” As Chairman of the committee and Project Co-Ordinator, I wish to thank each and every member of the Steering Committee, all Lions Clubs, School Teachers and Students including the Ministry of National Education for the support and cooperation. In a nutshell, all said and done, we have managed to conduct twenty five workshops in major cities, towns and villages in Tanzania, including Zanzibar. And thus our well trained Tutors have taught 780 teachers from 400 secondary and primary schools who have imparted the knowledge to estimated 157,200 students. The chain reaction of the knowledge has also gone to the families, in particular parents who always expect the best of all the good things their children achieve in their lives. We as Lions keep up with the Mission Statement which I wish to quote: “OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE QUALITY LIFE SKILLS TO OUR YOUTHS SO AS TO MAKE THEM RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS OF THE FUTURE AND TO LEAD A HEALTHY DRUG FREE LIFE, WITH A VISION AND TO REINFORCE POSITIVE MORAL VALUES.” « Continue to pg 2