The Annual Mayors Charity ball, Charity fundraising cum advocacy event aimed at being the Mayor of Ilala signature event where by it shall bring all leaders from various sectors in Tanzania under one roof for one purpose, serving the society
Honoring the intentions of its founders, the Ilala Mayor’s Charity Ball., a non-profit organisation, is committed to raising money to directly benefit residents of Ilala Municipality. Proceeds from the annual Mayor’s Charity Ball will be awarded to charities chosen annually from a random selection process from an eligible pool of applicants.
“Behind Every successful nation, is an educated populace. In order to create a conducive learning environment for our children and future of the country, various tools are a necessity, one of them being a desk, Thus towards this years annual mayors ball, we shall focus primarily on making sure students in Ilala Municipality can sit on a desk with support from various organizations and public at large” stated Hon Jerry Silaa, Mayor of Ilala Municipal Council as he launched the campaign at Hyatt Kilimanjaro on 17 My 2013
This years mayors ball project is aptly named "Dawati ni Elimu" with a slogan
“Kalisha mmoja, boresha Elimu”
The First of its kind mayoral ball aims to raise TZS 4, 98 Billion towards providing desk to 30,487 primary and secondary schools in Ilala Municipality by end of financial year 2013/14. 100% of all funds shall proceeds towards realization of this project.
“Towards the building up of the Mayors Charity ball, there will be various events such as Football match, music concerts, fashion show and charity walks that shall be part of the fundraising initiative that shall include people from various strata of the society” stated Mustafa Hassanali, managing Director of 361 Degrees, the company that have created and conceptualized the project For the Mayors office as part of the Public private partnership programme.
So far there 86,242 desks are required out of which there are currently only 55, 755 desks which are being used. Thus there is a deficit of 35.35% of desk, whose void can be filled by creating a mass campaign that will be the ownership of the public where each and every citizen will participate towards Donating minimum for facilitating desk to all schools in Ilala.
REQUIREMENTS | AVAILABLE | LACK | |
PRIMARY SCHOOL | 44151 | 28018 | 16133 |
SECONDARY SCHOOL | 42091 | 27737 | 14354 |
These are some efforts made by Ilala municipal council in past three years for supplying desks in primary and secondary schools.
2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 |
175,000,000,000 | 210,000,000 | 490,000,000 | 380,000,000 |
“I request individual, companies, Parastatals, organization and public at large to donate and sponsor this campaign whole heartedly, even if its just only 500 shilling” concluded mayor Silaa
The donations can be sent to Mayors Office at arnautoglu Hall, or can be sent by Mobile money via the following numbers : 0762 101001, 0782 101113, 0659 101112, 0778 111004
Towards the Mayors Charity Ball 2013, the Dawati Ni Elimu is supported by Hyatt Kilimanjaro hotel and organized by 361 Degrees