[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21323]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            HONORING MAMA ANNA MKABA, FIRST LADY OF TANZANIA

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                        HON. MICHAEL E. CAPUANO

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 13, 1999

  Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure and profound 
admiration that I rise today to welcome the First Lady of Tanzania, 
Mama Anna Mkaba, to the United States.
  Mrs. Mkaba has gained international recognition for her extensive 
humanitarian work and efforts on behalf of charitable organizations. 
She has founded the Equal Opportunities for All Trust Fund (EOTF), a 
registered, non-profit, non-governmental charitable organization whose 
mission is to empower women through increased economic and educational 
opportunity. EOTF is dedicated to fighting and eradicating poverty by 
providing women, especially rural women, with access to credit, health 
care, job training, and market education. In addition, EOTF provides a 
forum for women to exchange ideas, express their concerns, and 
communicate with a larger network of national and international 
organizations. EOTF has also initiated a multidisciplinary program, 
Women in Poverty Eradication (WIPE.)
  This week, Mrs. Mkaba is visiting Massachusetts to meet with the 
Cambridge-based Sabre Foundation, Inc, in an effort to establish a 
partnership with the Foundation to promote a book donation and 
distribution project in Tanzania. This project is a testament to Mama 
Anna Mkaba's relentless desire to further educate and empower the 
people of Tanzania. With a population of over 30 million, and an 
increasing number of public and private schools, colleges, and 
universities, Tanzania is richly endowed with human and natural 
resources. The initiative between EOTF and the Sabre Foundation will 
contribute to Tanzania's remarkable intellectual development and will 
help her nation as it prepares for the 21st century.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to celebrate Mama Anna Mkaba's achievements 
and the cooperation of our constituents in her many good works, and I 
wish Mrs. Mkaba well in all of her future endeavors on behalf of the 
people of Tanzania.

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