Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL) has donated 28m/- to cover costs of drilling water at the Moshi University College of Co-operative and Business Studies (MUCCoBS).
Presenting a dummy cheque at the MUCCoBS grounds on Thursday, TBL Marketing Manager in Kilimanjaro Region Mr. Leiya Hermenegild said his firm is committed to supporting social services countrywide.
He handed the cheque to the proprietor of Aqwe Drilling & Construction, Ms Rishi Shah, the company that has been charged with the task of constructing the borehole.
Speaking at the occasion, MUCCoBS Principal Prof Faustine Bee thanked TBL for the donation as they have time and again extended a helping hand to the college.
He noted that his institution is a customer-friendly and it also gets water from Moshi Urban Water and Sewerage Authority (Muwsa), but due to rapid expansion of the college activities, they need extra source. They have an old well that does not produce enough water to cater for all services.
“We get water from Muwsa, but as days unfold the demand goes up such that we need our own well in addition,” the principal noted.
Way back in 2004, he said, there were about 540 students and around 100 members of Staff but as of now, there are about 5,000 students and more than 400 staff members.
There are also a lot of visitors at MUCCoBS regularly, he said, some of them for meetings, workshops, marathon and other activities, that makes a normal working day at the college accommodate many visitors.
Because of the rising demand they felt a need for an extra source of water hence they asked TBL for the same and was eventually granted.
TBL Public Relations Manager, Ms Doris Malulu said her company is planning to spend 450m/- this year, in its quest to assure citizens in different communities of safe and clean water.
In its social corporate responsibility, she said, TBL is keen to see people lead decent life without water problems.
She said that two weeks ago they were in Mbeya and later at Tunduma Centre sponsoring water projects, as they have been doing and will get on in hospitals, colleges, varsities and different communities.
By DEUS NGOWI, Tanzania Daily News
