EVENTS

23.10.2013 Children Global Day of Action

 

SAVE THE CHILDREN GLOBAL RACE FOR SURVIVAL

On 23rd  day of October 2013, children supported by Save Family Tanzania Charity joined 67 countries in the World Marathon Challenge, internationally themed SAVE THE CHILDREN GLOBAL RACE FOR SURVIVAL. The Children’s Global Day of Action aimed at calling the world to accelerate action for child mortalities especially those caused by wars, diseases and malnutrition. Children were expected to do a 43.23km-distance relay race. The target was, of course, to beat the record set by one Patrick Makau Musyoki, a Kenyan runner with undisputed reputation in his world—marathon.

In Tanzania, the event took place in Morogoro and Arusha Regions. The target group been school children and those children living under difficult conditions. Morogoro-based Save Family Tanzania Charity organised specifically for the later group. Here, 36 children aged between 11 and 13 years from different wards of the Municipal did a relay race.With batons passed from one runner to the next, children raced around the football pitch of Jamhuri Stadium. Four teams raced against each other and the message proclaimed to the world by these competitive runners was palpably clear: nutrition is necessary for children health and mental well-being. At the end of this event, apart from getting children together, guide them in learning the ways of marathon and the resultant pleasure; the following themes, inter alia, were stressed:

•  Significance of sports in education and children health
• Significance of balanced diet and nutrition to children
•  Rights and responsibilities of every child in the community
•  The necessity for children community to stand for their rights 

PHOTOGRAPHIC FEATURES  

WHO EVER ENLISTED TO RACE BEFORE INTENSIVE TRAINING? SFTC’s children merrily prepare for the challenge.

AFTER TRAINING, WE FEAR NO CHALLENGE OF ANY KIND.      Child runners queued up in four teams ready for the baton-passing race to begin.

Huraaaaaah! WE MADE IT! A great cheer goes up from the crowd of the children (below) after being awarded certificates of participation as seen triumphantly held up high in the sky of Morogoro Municipal against a dramatic backdrop of Uluguru Mountains.