NOS Vies en Partage Foundation (NVeP) in collaboration with Barrick Gold Corporation have donated $20,000 (51m/-) to the Dar es Salaam-based NGO—Mwangaza OMCW and Martha Onesmo Community Library to address education and health challenges in vulnerable communities.

Martha Onesmo is a community library established earlier this year in Mwanga District, Kilimanjaro Region to enable the community to get education services through the library and the Mwangaza OMCW institution is engaged in empowering women economically, educationally, and healthily (Mother & Child in Health).

The donation is part of the funds provided by the Nos Vies en Partage (NVeP) foundation, founded and sponsored by Barrick Gold Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Bristow, to support special groups such as women, children and other needy groups that do not benefit from economic growth in Africa.

Handing over the donation at the weekend, Barrick's Country Manager, Melkiory Ngido said every quarter of the year, the institution has been able to provide productive aid and direct benefits to communities in need.

"Until now we’ve been able to provide support to more than 15 organizations in Tanzania through the NVeP institution, but this is the beginning. Today we’re here to bring change in two institutions by providing them with support of $10,000 each to improve education and health and nutrition for children in the community'', said Ngido.

Founder of the Martha Onesmo Community Library, Jennifer Dickson, thanked for the support and explained that it will help improve the library's services to be more modern in line with the changes in science and technology that are going on around the world. 

Marshalo Chikoleka, chairperson of Mwangaza (OMCW) said that the support would help improve services in various groups the institution serves, these funds will help improve maternal and child health services through good nutrition, education, and economic empowerment of women.