KARIMJEE JIVANJEE FOUNDATION DONATES AN AMBULANCE TO IDODI HEALTH CENTRE, IRINGA

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MINISTER for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development, Mr William Lukuvi receives an ignitions keys from Karimjee Rivanjee Foundation Chairman, Mr Hatim Karimjee in Dar es Salaam August 30, 2017 for Idodi Health Centre based in Iringa region. The brand new ambulance worth 106/-m to ease the challenges faced by the centre that hinders them to offer health services to patients effectively.



Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development, William Lukuvi tests the brand new ambulance worth 106/-m in Dar es Salaam yesterday, after receiving it from Karimjee Jivanjee Foundation Chairman, Hatim Karimjee (left) for Idodi Health Centre based in Iringa region. The vehicle is meant to ease the challenges faced by the centre that hinders them to offer health services to patients effectively. (Photos by Robert Okanda)

In fulfilment of its Corporate Social Responsibility, the Karimjee Jivanjee Foundation has donated a brand new ambulance to Idodi health centre through the Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development, Hon William Lukuvi worth US$47,519.

The vehicle is meant to ease the challenges faced by Idodi health centres that hinder them to offer health services to the citizen effectively. Present during the presentation was Karimjee Jivanjee Foundation Chairman, Hatim A. Karimjee and Toyota Tanzania Executive Director, Yusuf A. Karimjee.

Speaking at the event Karimjee Jivanjee Foundation Chairman, Hatim A. Karimjee said that the Foundation is committed to support communities in Tanzania primarily through education and applauds the efforts of Idodi health centre to support the patients.

The Hon William Lukuvi thanked the Karimjee Jivanjee Foundation and Toyota Tanzania Ltd for their generosity, said that Toyota is the world’s most successful vehicle manufacturer. For seven generation, the Karimjee Jivanjee Group has established a strong record for its philanthropic activities by contributing to the development and growth of Tanzania and East Africa.

The Karimjee Jivanjee Foundation (KJF) is an amalgamation of various Karimjee Jivanjee charitable institutions since the 1940’s. It was founded as a trust in 2006 and officially registered in 2010. Today, KJF’s core charitable and CSR focus centres on Education in Tanzania, most notably by providing annual scholarships to young Tanzanians to study at graduate level.

Other past projects and partnerships have included: providing scholarships to Doctors to graduate for Masters Degree in Pediatric Oncology at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science (MUHAS) through Tumaini la Maisha (NGO), supporting Read International in supplying text books to secondary schools, supporting Rotary International with various projects including the Muhimbili National Hospital (Cancer ward), promoting science and technology in Tanzania through the Young Scientists Tanzania (YST) programme and educational support to TESA, a Tanzanian NGO established by the Canadian alumni of the Karimjee Secondary School in Tanga.