Dear Friends and well wishers,
I humbly write to you in connection to above mentioned lady who is a daughter of The late Richard Muro who passed away sometimes in 2002. I received a call from Gaborone regional Immigration Office sometimes in June last year regarding Neema. They wanted to know why She was not transported back to Tanzania by the time ATB transported her father's body.
They had tried to deport Neema back to Tanzania but she threatened to commit suicide if they do so. That's when they tried to contact ATB to assist. By the time of Muro's death it happened that he was renting at Mrs Naledi Mookinyana's mother's compound in Molepolole. So they all knew Neema and she bacame like a daughter to them.
This bond made Naledi to volunteer to stay with Neema after her father's death. She accomodated, fed and supported her until she completed primary education in 2006 at Naledi Secondary School in Gaborone. By God's Grace she perfomed extremely well in her standard seven exams with All 8 A stars. She was then selected to join Pre-Medical at the University of Botswana. Then the drama started.
UB claimed that she was not Naledi's daughter nor legal dependant so she will need a student permit and then pay as a foreign student, about P35,000 a year. When Naledi went to immigration to enquire for the student permit they threatened to charge her for horbouring a foreigner illegally for so many years. They wanted to deport Neema.
I then managed to locate Neema's mother in Tanzania through mama Shine who happened to be knowing her uncle. The mother is financially unstable. I then realised that Neema was not Muro's biological daughter, rather his late brother's daughter. Even Muro had no legal right as Neema's guardian. Muro had decided to bring Neema to Botswana after realising that she was suffering where she was squattering after her father's death.
The mother got married to another man in Mwanza town. Unfortunatelly the new husband died as well. He left a house and a small shop to her in Mwanza town which later got burnt down. So She was also squettering. I guess thats why Neema was not ready to go back there alive. I got touched.
I then asked the mother to send legal documents of which she did but the immigration turned it down because Neema had passed the age of adoption which is 16 years. She was then 19 years. After several correspondences and meetings between my office (ATB) and Immigration office, The Immigration Board was convinced and issued a student permit.
The DVC-SA was the only person who had authority to change the student status from foreign to local. I wrote several letters with supporting documents and I had several meetings with The Directors of Finance and Student Affairs. The DVC-SA was then convinced and approved the change to local student, meaning she would pay about P13000 a year.
She joined UB and started classes sometimes Sept last year. She has finished her first year and again performed very well, with all A's (all subjects). She will be starting clinical trials at Marina Hospital on 8th June 2009.
Naledi Mookinyana managed to pay tuition fees, accomodation and books, about P15000.00 last year.
I reported the matter to ATB annual general meeting in sept last year of which they requested me to work and try to legalise her stay in Botswana, request UB to change her student status to local and then request all well wishers and friends to contribute towards her studies. Naledi is workin as records attendant at Local goverments, worker's wellfare.
The husband works for a security company in Gaborone. Naledi has 6 children of her own and 2 from her husbands previous relationship. She is therefore not a rich lady, just a poor lady with a rich heart. She will therefore not afford to continue paying all school expennses on her own.
Thats why I write to you to humbly request for your contributions towards assisting this poor but very hardworking and God Blessed child.
There will be a register in circulation please indicate the kind of assistance you will provide and hand the contribution to any ATB executive member or you can deposit the money into
ATB's account no. 325515
barclay's House a
nd then inform the
atb's treasurer, Mr Mbekomize (+267 71449964) ,
or his deputy Mrs Nkabila (+267 71754374)
or myself +267 7....
Our target is to raise about P25,0000.00 which will cover for her tuition fees, accomodation and books for second year which starts August 2009.
Naomba tuendeleze mshikamano wetu kama kawaida kwani watanzania wa Botswana tunajulikana kama watu wenye upendo na wenye kusaidiana. Tunakaribisha hata wenzetu walioko nje ya Botswana kama kina Mwasekaga, Mdoe, Nchimbi, Mama Mbeko, Mama Msuya, Rwezaura, Mh Mathayo, Prof Nkoma, Mwakalebela, Maggid, Kissaka, Kisa, Benard Mhando, na wengineo tunaomba mtuunge mkono. Nitakuwa natoa taarifa ya michango kwenu mara kwa mara. Ujumbe huu umeletwa kwako kwa kuwa unajali, Tafadhali foward email hii kwa wasamaria wema.
Natanguliza shukrani.
Nieman Kissasi
eMail:
kissasi@lycos.comMwenyekiti,
Association of Tanzanians In Botswana (ATB)
siamini hata kiduchu
ReplyDeletenyieeeee?
nitajuaje kama nyie sio wapopo. sasa basi tafuteni lawyer tanzania ambae atakusanya pesa hizi .
ReplyDeleteCompleting primary education at a secondary school? Going to med college from a primary ed?
ReplyDeleteShe would get student loans in Dar es Salaam.
ReplyDeleteWatu wengi wasiojiweza wamepitia uchochoro huo.
Ahsante Nieman kwa ujumbe huu. Tumsaidie binti huyu. Watanzania huwa tunachangiana mamilioni ya fedha kwenye harusi, labda sasa ni wakati wa kuongeza wigo kuwa na harambee za elimu. Nieman ukitaja Pula (P), siyo kila mmoja anafahamu. Ungetumia Tshs au USD. Hata hivyo kwa kusaidia hilo nimecheki kwenye mtandao ex rates, Pula 25,000 ni sawa na USD 3,600 au Tshs 4,700,000.
ReplyDeleteHili linatekelezeka. Shime watanzania
Tupeni contacts za huyo binti mwenyewe, au contact za chuo tutume michango yetu kwa muhusika mwenyewe,maana huo mzunguko mliouweka wa kutoa mchango ni mrefu sana, usije ukazua utapeli.
ReplyDeleteMimi nilifikiri stori yote ilikuwa inaelezwa na mboswana maana naona stori yote ni kiingilishi mpaka paragrafu ya mwisho mnapoomba pesa ndio kiswahili kimetumika!
ReplyDeletei was touched and i was thinking of donating but i decided not to for the reasons i am not going to mentioned here as they may make others change their minds.
ok! ok huenda ikawa hii stori ni kweli lakini ni ngumu kuamini, hasa pale unaposema kuwa baada ya kupasi mtihani wa darasa la saba amechaguliwa kuingia pre-medical school, come on! how could that be true?
ReplyDeleteArudi Tanzania akasome kwa mikopo. Mie mwenyewe na student loan inanitesa. Sioni sababu ya kuomba misaada watu wana matatizo yao. Arudi tu home kwanza elimu ya nyumbani ni nzuri sana
ReplyDeleteMimi sina mengi zaidi, ila kutokana na upeo wangu nahisi labda ili tangazo angeliweka kwa lugha ya kiswahili pia, maana malezo meeeeeeeeeeengi, maana sio wote wanaojua kiingereza kuna ambao wangependa kukusaidia ila kidhungu kigumu, so pls jaribu kutranslate hii issue kwa kiswahili pia.
ReplyDeleteMama Lil B
Mimi ninaona maelezo yako wazi kabisa, kwa yeyote anayetaka kusaidia nadhani anaweza kufanya utafiti na kupata ukweli wake. Lakini si sahihi kuanza kusema kuwa ni utapeli halafu huelezi zaidi una ushahidi gani wa kushawishi wengine wakuamini maneno yako.
ReplyDeleteKama nadhani wenye nia safi wamesha wasiliana na wahusika na wamepata maelezo ya kutosha.
Tufanye utafiti kwanza then tuongee.
jumuiya ya watanzania waishio botswana msifanye mambo kienyeji. huyo binti ni mtanzania, alipokuwa mdogo ilikuwa sawa yeye kukataa kurudi tanzani kwa kuwa hakuwa na pa kuishi . sasa amekua, bado mnaona ni sahihi kufanya harambee kumsaidia huyo binti akiwa botstwana???? . hata kama angekuwa na akili vipi, siyo sahihi kukusanya pesa tanzania ili yeye asome botswana. nawashauri muwasiliane na ubalozi wenu huko , muangalie namna ya kumsaidia huyo binti. dar es salaam kuna bodi mikopo, lakini mtambue muro hakufa na ukoo wake wote,akina muro wapo, wewe unaejiweka mbele kushikilia binti wa watu huko yatakutokea puani!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
ReplyDeletemwisho, watanzania kuchangia harusi isichkuliwe ni kupoteza. ninaamini binti anahitaji msaada, ila msaada wa kudumu utapatikana ikiwa binti atakuwa mahali anapotakiwa kuwepo-tanzania. ninauhakika angekuwa tanzania angesoma. kwa hizo pass zake za juu, A A,, atapata chuo cha serikali hapa na mkopo atapata. msimpotoshe huyo bint akaona hakuna maisha tanzania
sijaamini hata kidogo kwamba mtu anaweza kumaliza primary school akaingia chuoni na kuchukua masomo ya pre medicine. sijui hicho chuo ni cha namna gani. story yote juu ya familia haingii. email kama hizi zimekuwa zikitumiwa na wanaigeria kwa miaka mingi sana ili kutapeli watu.
ReplyDeleteshe never wants to come to Tz alive and she seeks assistance from Tzanians, this is strange to me!
ReplyDeleteKama alikataa kurudi Tanzania na alikua tayari kujiua, kwa nini aombe tena msaada kwa Watanzania??
ReplyDeleteKila mtu anapenda kizuri. Watanzania wengi wanapenda kusoma nje pia. Affordability ndo inayotuweka hapa tulipo. If you can't afford to continue at the current level face the reality. Pack your things and come back home girl. Tanzania needs bright citizens.
ReplyDeleteSwali langu fupi tu, akishagraduate atabaki botswana au ataendelea kung'ang'ania kubaki botswana?
ReplyDeleteHuyu binti aliwakosea sana watanzania kwa kufikia kutaka kujiua ili mradi tu asirudi Tanzania.
ReplyDeleteHuko Botswana si ndiko alikoona kuna watu(ndugu, marafiki na wafadhili)wa kumsaidia? Basi aendelee kubaki huko huko na asitafute msaada kutoka kwa watanzania walioko huku nyumbani kwani nae tangu awali aliwaona wanaoishi huku hali zao kiuchumi ni ovyo ovyo.Mpuuzi.Na watazania wengine mjifunze hapa.
Au vipi arudi Bongo aka HESLB (bodi ya mikopo)akasotee mkopo kama wabongo wengine wanaosoma vyuo vya hapa hapa. Si lazima kusomea nje ya Tanzania ndiyo uonekane umesoma.
Hata hivyo huyu binti sidhani kama atakuwa na uchungu na nchi yake kwani kwa mawazo yangu hadi kufikia kutaka kujiua kisa eti kurudishwa Bongo si jambo dogo.
Ila sishawishi mtu yoyote asimchangie kama atapenda.
it is dissapoiting to read some of the things people right, this is a very touching situation and i sympathaise with the lady greatly, i wud refuse to go back if i knew i was going to adject poverty, neema dear our hearts are with you in botswana and we hope you wil get all the help you need and you will be successful and show all the haters what you are made of, true african strength, wishing you all the best...God bless
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