RCOB hands over equipment to Wonder Workshop
The Rotary Club of Oyster Bay this week handed over equipment valued upwards of 8 million Tanzanian Shillings to Wonder Welders.
This week about 30 rotarians of the Rotary Club of Dar es Salaam Oyster Bay visited Wonder Workshop near Namanga to officially handover equipment for creating metal and other artworks.
The items purchased with Rotary Club of Dar es Salaam Oyster Bay's Support are: uniforms for staff, three small grinders, one large grinder, gloves, goggles, aprons, pliers, blending machine, jigsaw, metal scissors, welding machines, fire extinguishers.
The funds for the equipment were raised at a fundraising event held in November last year, and amounted to just over 8 million Tanzanian Shillings. This is the third successive year that RCOB is supporting Wonder Welders. At the handover, Service Projects Director, Thomas Shearer, said, "We are happy to support Wonder Welders and appreciate their work;we will continue to be happy to support them because of seeing evidence of their growth and good partnership."
About Wonder Workshop - Hip Recycled Art: Wonder Workshop is a creative organization where a team of enthusiastic and talented Tanzanian artist with a physical disability create unique art using recycled waste materials.
Visit them at www.wonderworkshop.co.tz
Their workshop is at 1372 Karume Road, off Haile Selassie Road, Oyster Bay and the shop is open Monday - Friday 8:30am to 6pm and Saturdays from 10am to 6pm.