STORY: Chinese construction firm, medical team donate to Tanzanian pupils with disabilities
SHOOTING TIME: July 2, 2024
DATELINE: July 4, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:30
LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania
CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH

SHOTLIST:
1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): CUTHBERT MFANGARO, Headteacher of Kawe A Primary School
2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): SOFIA SALUM, Parent
3. various of the donation ceremony
4. various of students receiving treatment from the Chinese medical team

STORYLINE:

More than 50 pupils with disabilities at Kawe A Primary School in Tanzania's port city of Dar es Salaam on Tuesday received humanitarian donations from China Construction Communication Company (CCCC) Tanzania branch.
  
The pupils and their parents also received free medical consultations from the 27th Chinese medical team in Tanzania mainland.
  
The donations included school supplies, food, medical supplies, and wheelchairs.
  
The pupils with disabilities were also treated to singing by CCCC Tanzania staff members, a talent show, and a lion dance performance by the Confucius Institute at the University of Dar es Salaam.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): CUTHBERT MFANGARO, Headteacher of Kawe A Primary School
"We are grateful to receive the guests from China Construction Communication Company that came to our school to join hands with us to support the government of Tanzania and our students with special needs to get proper education and other social services, including treatment. The donations we have received today for the children will help improve their health after being examined by the medical team. Food donations are important. Wheelchairs for their movement across the school compound and at home are also important."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): SOFIA SALUM, Parent
"I am here today because my child studies here and we received some guests who came to donate for our children, and also doctors from China who checked on our children and their parents as well."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
(XHTV)