APPRECIATION

KIDEE NEEMA BENDERA TAZANU

BORN:-4^th October, 1974

PROMOTED TO GLORY:- 11^th August, 2011

We the families of Mr. O. Shane Bendera and Dr Stellla Bendera of Oysterbay, Dar-es-Salaam and that of Mr Clifford Tazanu of Washington DC, USA; would like to extend our sincere and heartfelt gratitude for the immeasurable support that we received from all relatives, friends, neighbors and all well wishers; in the form of moral, material, financial and daily prayers since the sudden demise of our beloved daughter, KIDEE NEEMA, which occurred in Maryland, USA, on 11^th August, 2011,  and was laid to rest on 26^th August, 2011, at Kinondoni cementry, Dar-es-Salaam.

Since it is practically impossible to mention all the kind people and institutions that assisted and supported us during our most trying and difficult period, please accept our humble way of saying THANK YOU to each one of you.

Our sincere appreciation to Bishop Alex G. Malasusa of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania (ELCT), who conducted prayers at Msasani Lutheran church assisted by pastors: James A.Ngalla(Msasani), C. Sendoro (ELCT, Head Office), C. Munisi ( Fuka Parish, Northern Diocese), L. Hiza (UDSM), C. Pawa (Kawe) and E. Kadiva ( Kijitonyama). Our appreciation is also extended to pastor S. Larry of Calvary Lutheran Church and School, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA; Theologian, Machui, Parish Worker,  Ukombozi Choir of Msasani Lutheran Church and choirs of Kijitonyama Church.

We are also indebted to Dr Barbara A. Hutchinson of Chesapeake Cardiac Care P.A. Maryland,  USA,  Drs and nurses of Providence Hospital, Washington DC, who struggled to save the life of our daughter;  the family of Thomas Tazanu; Her Excellence Ambassador  M. S. Majaar and staff of the Tanzania Embassy, Washington DC,   the entire Tanzanian community in USA and Canada, led by Ms Joyce Mshana Collins, Arthur Gao, Fanuel Ligate, and the Organizing Committee in Dar-es-Salaam, who worked tirelessly to make sure our Kidee Neema arrived home. We also extend our gratitude to Staff of Tanzania Public Service College, EWURA, President’s Office Public Service Management and Radio Clouds FM.

Kidee Mami, we feel your presence in memory, ever near, and you’ll never be far from us. You are on the other side of the physical realm where the soul resides in its limitless splendor. In time we will rejoice in a re-union again.

Sorely missed by your daughters Maya-Lulu and Darie-Manka, Mom and Dad, Husband Cliff, Brothers Guni-Heri and Joe, cousins, the entire families of Bendera,  Tazanu, and Mwanri, relatives and friends.

Those we love remain with us, 

as love itself lives on through Jesus Christ. 

Amen.