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The rise in the number of orphans in the country has prompted former President Ally Hassan Mwinyi to urge for volunteer assistance to vulnerable children and orphans regardless by al Tanzanians regardless of working position and financial status.

Mwinyi made remarks on Sunday in Dar es Salaam at the Iftar function (“break the fast”) prepared by a host of The Mboni Show TV programe aired by EATV, Mboni Masimba for at least 190 vulnerable children from the Orphanage centers of Boko and Vingunguti based in the city.

He said every child has the right to live in good environment, so members in society has huge responsibility to ensure security of vulnerable children is in their hands through material and moral support.

“These are our children; we should individually or in groups take care of them according to our capability because helping them doesn’t need rich people with lots of money, am very proud of a “young lady” Mboni for put the vulnerable children into consideration and joined us here today to share the Futar that she prepared for them” he said.

The Former president applauded Mboni and encouraged her to not stop there but do have the same spirit of helping people in need, her idea was the sign of deepest love among her fellow Tanzanians and she intended to build the brotherhood among them.

Chief Sheikh of Dar es Salaam Al-had Mussa Salum said, “bringing us together here apart of being a good thing will also strengthen our unity as Tanzanians, we will this opportunity to pray for the county’s peace”.

For her part, Mboni Masimba thanked all people participated to the function and urged other people to show love to the special groups of people especially the innocent vulnerable children and orphans who in one way or another they lack parental affection.

“Am not a rich person but it gives me strength to give back to the society through this occasion, I thought that this period of Fasting will be for me to do something thus why I did this just to make the children happy, this group of 190 children came from the children centers the ones that am working with,” she said.

The function was also attended by the former UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-rose Migiro, chairperson of the Tanzania's Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG) Judge Amir Manento, Ilala Municipal Council Major Jerry Slaa, Kinondoni Municipal Council Major Yusuph and The National Convention for Construction and Reform–Mageuzi (NCCR–Mageuzi) Chairman James Mbatia.