Jibu ni Ubaguzi! Rais Obama kwa vile mweusi wanamchambua hadi chupi. Huyo Bush Jr kafanya maovu mengi, watu kimya! |
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
President Obama Vs. President George Bush Jr.
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The Diary of Anne Frank at Roxbury Community College
Roxbury Repertory Theater Presents The Diary of Anne Frank
Roxbury Rep opens its fall season with 12 performances of the moving story of Anne Frank as revealed through her diary she kept while in hiding during the NAZI occupation of Holland. The compelling story of eight people hiding in a confined space and the psychological impact it had on their lives is told through the beautiful adaptation of Wendy Kesselman, and directed by Marshall Hughes. The story is universally understood and affects people from all walks of life. Included in the performance will be words and thoughts from a diverse group of artists, performers and lecturers.
Tickets are $10, and $5 for students and seniors. Please call 617 541-5380 for tickets and reservations, and to inquire about group sales.
The Diary of Anne Frank
Goodrich/Hackett, adapted by Wendy Kesselman
Presented by Roxbury Repertory Theater
Robbie McCauley Artistic Director
Directed by Marshall Hughes
Mainstage at Roxbury Community College is Wheelchair accessible
Thursday October 25 10:00 matinee 8PM evening
Friday October 26 10:00 matinee 8PM evening
Saturday October 27 2PM
Sunday October 28 4PM
Thursday November 1 10:00 matinee 8PM evening
Friday November 2 10:00 matinee 8PM evening
Saturday November 3 2PM matinee 7PM evening
“Come Enjoy the Pleasure of Our Company”
Hurricane Sandy Ilivyotupiga Cambridge, MA!
Wadau, jana Kimbunga Sandy kilipita kwetu. Upepo mkali sijawahi kuona. Hiyo kelele utadhani treni inapita. Mtaa wa jirani, Howard St., Cambridge, MA walikipata! Tuliruhusiwa kuondoka kazini mapema jana kwa vile MBTA walikuwa wanasimamisha huduma ya basi na treni. Nilivyofika Howard St. nilikuwa mitawi ya mti imeanguka na kuponda magari kadhaa. Dirisha zao zilivunjwa. Leo asubuhi nikapita tena na kukuta usiku mtu wote umeanguka! Yaani imevunjika kwenye kisiki. Bahati mbaya gari iliyokuwa upande wa pili wa barabara umepondwa kabisa! Duh! Lakini uzuri hakuna aliyeumia. Sasa sijui kama bima itamlipa jirani yangu hela ya kutosha kununua gari nyingine.
Tazama picha nilizopiga, Howard St., Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Tazama picha nilizopiga, Howard St., Cambridge, Massachusetts.
10/29/12 Howard St. Mitawi ya miti imeanguka na kuvunja vio vya magari |
10/30/12 Upepo mkali ulivunja ule mti! |
Maskini gari ya watu |
Mti ulikatika kwenye kwenye kisiki! |
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Mwalimu Ajiua Dar Baada ya Hii Picha Kutoka!!!
Mwalimu ni kiungo muhimu sana katika malezi ya wanafunzi hapa nchini.Wao hushinda na watoto wetu kutwa nzima .......
Kwa mantiki hiyo, tabia ya mtoto yeyote aliyewahi kalia madawati ina asilimia zaidi ya 70 ya tabia za walimu wake......
Siku hizi mambo yamebadilika sana.Mwalimu wa miaka ya 90 ni tofauti kabisa na mwalimu wa miaka ya leo.
Walimu wa leo wengi wao ni vijana
wadogo ambao wengi wamejawa na tamaa za mapenzi.Wao hawajui kutongoza
bali wanajua kulazimisha....
Inashangaza na kusikitisha kuona walimu wetu wakishindana KUTOA BIKRA ZA WATOTO WA KIKE......Mtoto akikataa basi cha motoatakiona ....
Mtandao huu umebahatika kuongea na
mwanafunzi mmojaambaye ni mhanga wa tukio hilo la kulazimishwa mapenzi
na mwalimu wake..........
HILI NI SIMULIZI LAKE:
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Mwalimu akimbaka mwanafunzi wake darasani. Baada ya picha hii kutoka kwenye gazeti la Udaku Mwalimu huyo mbakaji mshenzi alijiua! |
"Mwalimu alianza kunitaka tangu
nikuwa form one.Nilipomkataa alianza kunichapa tena bila kosa maalumu
na kunipa adhabu kila mara...
Baada ya kufanya hivyo kwa muda,
aliamua kuniita ofisini na kuniambia kuwa anatanisaidia kimasomo
endapo ntamkubalia.Niliamua kumkubali kwa kwa kuhofia viboko na
aliniambia nisimwambie mtu.
Siku ya kwanza kufanya mapenzi
alinipeleka gesti na aliniambia kuwa atatumia condom.Kwa kuwa ilikuwa
ni mara yangu ya kwanza hatukuweza kutumia kinga na alifanya
hivyohivyo.
Baada ya hapo tuliendelea kufanya
hicho kitendo hata tukiwa shule.Wakati wa kutawanyika, mwalimu alikuwa
akiniita katika ofisi yake na kunilazimisha tufanye.....
Miezi kadhaa baadaye, nilianza
kujihisi tofauti na wazazi wangu waliyagundua mabadiliko
hayo.Walinipeleka hospitali na vipimo vilionesha kuwa nna
mimba.Waliponibana ilinibidi niwaeleze ukweli.....
AFISA ELIMU AINGILIA KATI:
Baada ya kubaini hali hiyo, baba
alinipeleka moja kwa moja mpaka kwa afisa elimu wa mkoa.Sikuwa na jinsi
zaidi ya kueleza ukweli.Mwalimu aliitwa na kuhojiwa.Mwanzo alikataa
kabisa lakini baada ya kubanwa ilibidi akubali.
Mwalimu alisimamishwa kazi kwa muda
na kufunguliwa mashitaka.Alikaa polisi kwa siku mbili, siku ya tatu
alipata dhamana akatoka.....
Alipotoka, mwalimu aliamua kujiua kwa sumu.Shule niliachishwa.nipo nyumbani na mtoto.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Tanzia - Mzee Nsubisi Samuel Mwakipunda
Mzee Samuel Mwakipunda |
TANZIA
FAMILIA YA MAREHEMU MCHUNGAJI MWAKIPUNDA WA NGAMANGA IPINDA KYELA WANASIKITIKA KUTANGAZA KIFO CHA MZEE NSUBISI SAMUEL MWAKIPUNDA (MKURUGENZI WA ZAMANI WA IDARA YA MAELEZO) KILICHOTOKEA SIKU YA JUMATANO TAREHE 24/10/2012.
MIPANGO YA MAZISHI INAFANYIKA NYUMBANI KWA MAREHEMU PUGU KINYEMWEZI DAR ES SALAAM.
HABARI ZIWAFIKIE NDUGU, JAMAA NA MARAFIKI POPOTE PALE WALIPO.
KWA MAWASILIANO ZAIDI
+255655994499
“BWANA AMETOA BWANA, AMETWAA JINA LA BWANA LIHIMIDIWE”
AMEN
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Life As a School Boy - Wimbo Mpya
Rafiki na msanii mwenzangu hapa Boston, Joe Banks, Jr. ametunga wimbo mpya unaohusu uchokozi unatokea mashuleni hadi watoto wanaumizana wengine hata kujiua. Karibu msikilize.
Mimi na Joe Banks mwaka 2009. Tuliigiza katika mchezo wa kuigiza, "The Harlem Renaissance Reviisted". Yeye aliigiza kama Steve Lucky na mimi niliigiza kama Ms. Thelms. |
Msichana Auwawa kwa Kujamba!!!
Huko Ohio, msichana mwenye miaka 16 kauwawa na msichana mwingine kwa vile alimtania alivojamba! Msichana aliyejamba ndo kashitakiwa kama muaji. Maisha ya huyo muaji yamekwisha maana ataishia gerezani. Bila shaka watamshitaki kama mkubwa. Huko gerezani ataweza kujamba tani yake. Tena huenda Big Bertha atampenda na kumfanya awe mke wake mdogo. Duniani kuna mambo! Inasikitisha kusikia mtu kapoteza maisha yake kwa ajili ya upuuzi. Watu wanajamba kila siku tena zingine zina ushuuzi ile mbaya!
Rest in Peace Shaakira Dorsey.
Mnaweza kusoma habari zaidi kwa kubofya HAPA:
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/09/shaakira-dorsey-16-dead-flatulence_n_1951165.html
A 16-year-old in Warrensville Heights, Ohio, was reportedly killed by a teen she teased about her flatulence.
The fight took place last Wednesday at about 8 p.m. when, according to witnesses, the suspect, whose name has not been released, passed gas.
The victim, Shaakira Dorsey, started teasing the suspect and, consequently, a fistfight broke out between the two, WOIO-TV reported.
Dorsey collapsed after her stepfather broke up the fight, but it was too late, according to UPI.
She died after being rushed to a hospital, but her cause of death has not been officially announced. The unnamed suspect has been charged with one count of murder, and will make her first court appearance on Wednesday, the New York Daily News reported.
Although only one person has been charged in Dorsey's death, 911 calls obtained by WEWS-TV suggest adults were on the scene and stood by.
"At the end of my driveway, it's some kids fighting, and it's adults there watching ... it's adults, grown-ups there watching them fight," says the 911 caller.
Rest in Peace Shaakira Dorsey.
Marehemu Shaakira Dorsey |
Mnaweza kusoma habari zaidi kwa kubofya HAPA:
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/09/shaakira-dorsey-16-dead-flatulence_n_1951165.html
A 16-year-old in Warrensville Heights, Ohio, was reportedly killed by a teen she teased about her flatulence.
The fight took place last Wednesday at about 8 p.m. when, according to witnesses, the suspect, whose name has not been released, passed gas.
The victim, Shaakira Dorsey, started teasing the suspect and, consequently, a fistfight broke out between the two, WOIO-TV reported.
Dorsey collapsed after her stepfather broke up the fight, but it was too late, according to UPI.
She died after being rushed to a hospital, but her cause of death has not been officially announced. The unnamed suspect has been charged with one count of murder, and will make her first court appearance on Wednesday, the New York Daily News reported.
Although only one person has been charged in Dorsey's death, 911 calls obtained by WEWS-TV suggest adults were on the scene and stood by.
"At the end of my driveway, it's some kids fighting, and it's adults there watching ... it's adults, grown-ups there watching them fight," says the 911 caller.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Mitt Romney na Binders zilizojaa Wanawake!!!
Mgombea Rais wa Chama cha Republican, Gavana Mitt Romney, anazidi kuonyesha jinsi anavyoishi maisha ya kifahari nakutokuelewa maisha ya mtu wa kawaida. Anashindwa hata kuongea. Kwenye debate jumanne (Ot. 16, 2012), na Rais Obama, Romney alisema kuwa alipewa binders zilizojaa wanawake. Alikuwa na maana kuwa alipewa CV nyingin za wanawake. Lakiniw watu hawana mbavu na wanazidi kumtania kwa katuni na vichekesho.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Waziri Mkuu Pinda Kuunguruma London!
Waziri Mkuu, Mh. Peter Mizengo Pinda |
WAZIRI MKUU PINDA KUUNGURUMA LONDON.
*Ni siku chache baada ya uadilifu wake kumuokoa kupigiwa kura ya Imani Bungeni.
*Kuainisha mafanikio ya serikali kuhusu Uraia Pacha na Ardhi kwa wanadiaspora.
Waziri Mkuu wa Tanzania Mhe. Peter Kayanda Mizengo Pinda (Mtoto wa Mkulima) leo Alasiri ya Jumanne tarehe 16 Oktoba, 2012 anatarajiwa kuunguruma Jijini London katika mkutano wake na Watanzania waishio hapa Uingereza.
Mheshimiwa Pinda ambaye yuko katika ziara fupi ya kibinafsi hapa London amerudia utaratibu wa kupenda kusemezana na Watanzania hata anapokuwa kwenye itifaki ya ziara fupi na ya binafsi, tabia ambayo imekuwa ikisifiwa na watanzania waishio nje ya nchi.
Aidha mkutano huu ni wa kwanza kwa Mheshimiwa Pinda hapa London tangu jaribio liloongozwa na wabunge wa Upinzani na wachache wa CCM kutaka kumng’oa madarakani liliposhindwa vibaya kwa kupata saini 70 tu kati ya 357 kupinga Ufisadi uliokithiri miongoni mwa watumishi vigogo ndani ya Serikali. Mkutano huu wa Waziri Mkuu unakuja katika kipindi ambacho Chama Kikuu cha Upinzani Tanzania (CHADEMA) kimebadili ghafla mtazamo wake kwa watanzania nje ya nchi na kuanza kufungua utitiri wa matawi, kumwaga Ruzuku na kufanya ziara ya mara kwa mara kwenye matawi yao ili kuwapika makada wake kwa ajili ya uchaguzi wa 2015. Waziri kivuli wa Mambo ya Nje (CDM) Mhe. Dibogo Wenje ndiyo kwanza amemaliza ziara yake hapa London akiwa ameacha ahadi lukuki kwa wafuasi wao akiwataka wajiandae kushika majimbo ya Ubunge na nyadhifa mbalimbali serikalini kunako baada ya Uchaguzi Mkuu wa 2015. Awali, tofauti na CCM, CHADEMA walipinga sana uhusishwaji wa watanzania nje ya nchi katika miradi ya kisiasa na maendeleo ya kitaifa.
Katika hoja za msingi, Waziri Mkuu Pinda anategemewa kuainisha bayana msimamo wa serikali na hatua madhubuti ambazo imezichukua kutafsiri kwa vitendo Sera na Ahadi ya Chama cha Mapinduzi ya kujumuisha suala la Uraia Pacha katika marekebisho mapya ya katiba ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania hasa ikizingatiwa kuwa uwakilishi wake wa awali ulipokelewa kwa hofu miongoni mwa wabunge, baadhi ya wananchi, wanahabari na wafinyanzi wa Sera katika chelezo mbalimbali za kijamii.
Mashauri mengine yanayotarajiwa katika mkutano huu ni pamoja na maombi ya awali ya CCM UK ya kutaka Serikali iandae utaratibu maalum wa kuwasaidia watanzania waishiao nje ya nchi kupata na kuwekeza katika hazina ya ardhi nchini Tanzania kuliko ugumu uliopo sasa hivi. Aidha Serikali kuhamasisha sekta binafsi za kifedha na mitaji ya jamii kuwafikia watanzania ughaibuni ili kuhamisha teknolojia, ubunifu na uwezo wa kuwekeza katika maeneo kama Kilimo Kwanza na Ujasiria mali wa mizania ya kati.
Pamoja na mahudhurio kutarajiwa kuwa makubwa lakini watanzania wengi wanasemezana kuwa na imani na CCM lakini wanahisi Serikali na mamlaka zake bado hazija chukua hatua madhubuti kupunguza ufisadi katika utekelezaji wa miradi ya maendeleo ya kitaifa.
Na Clement Mbawala
Tanzania Now: Freelance Observers Slough. St.Marys Road. SL3
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Sunday, October 14, 2012
Niko katika Sinema - Here Comes the Boom
Wadau, nafurahi kuwatangazia kuwa niko katika sinema mpya, Here Comes the Boom. Stelingi wake ni mwigizaji maarufu Kevin James. Mtaniona katika scenes za darasa la Uraia. Niligiza kama moja wa wanafunzi watu wazima wanaotafuta uraia wa Marekeni. Wanasoma kwa ajili ya mthiani wa uraia.
Katika sinema hii, Kevin James anaigiza kama Mwalimu Voss ambaye anakuwa mpiganiaji wa MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) ili kutafuta hela ya kuokoa somo la muziki katika shule yake. Kwa vile bajeti ya shule inapungukiwa Mwalimu mkuu anaamua kufuta somo la muziki. Kwa maana hiyo hata mwalimu wa muziki ambaye ni rafiki yake, atakosa kazi.
Nilienda kuiangalia jana na nilifurahi sana kujiona. Yaani nimeigiza katika sinema nyingi za Hollywood na mara nyingi scene inakatwa, au unaniona sekunde! Lakini hii nimeonekana vizuri tu.
Katika sinema hii, Kevin James anaigiza kama Mwalimu Voss ambaye anakuwa mpiganiaji wa MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) ili kutafuta hela ya kuokoa somo la muziki katika shule yake. Kwa vile bajeti ya shule inapungukiwa Mwalimu mkuu anaamua kufuta somo la muziki. Kwa maana hiyo hata mwalimu wa muziki ambaye ni rafiki yake, atakosa kazi.
Nilienda kuiangalia jana na nilifurahi sana kujiona. Yaani nimeigiza katika sinema nyingi za Hollywood na mara nyingi scene inakatwa, au unaniona sekunde! Lakini hii nimeonekana vizuri tu.
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Kolonia Santita - Kitabu Kipya
Kolonia Santita: Riwaya ya Kiswahili ya
Kijasusi Inayosisimua
Kolonia Santita ni shirika kubwa la
madawa ya kulevya (drug cartel). Panthera Tigrisi ni mfanyabiashara wa madawa
ya kulevya, katili kuliko wote katika Hemisifia ya Magharibi. Kitabu hiki kinahusu
ujasusi, madawa ya kulevya na ugaidi wa kimataifa. Ukianza kukisoma hutakiweka
chini kamwe unless kimeisha …
Kitabu hiki kimetungwa na mtunzi
anayekuja juu akiwa ni mjomba kabisa wa mtunzi maarufu wa Riwaya za Kijasusi
Marehemu Elvis Musiba ambaye alitamba na kitabu chake cha kwanza cha 'Njama'.
Enock Maregesi ambaye anaishi na kufanya
shughuli zake kwa Malkia Elizabeth anasema kitabu hiki amekifanyia kazi kwa
umakini na kitaleta mapinduzi kwenye uandishi wa Riwaya za Kiswahili za Kijasusi.
“Kolonia Santita ni tofauti na hadithi
zingine kwa sababu ya wapelelezi wake. Wapelelezi wake ni
makomandoo-wapelelezi-wanajeshi.” www.goodreads.com
Kwa habari zaidi wasiliana na Enock
Maregesi kupitia ukurasa wake wa Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kolonia-Santita/462971887081149 au enockmaregesi.wordpress.com
Kwa wapenzi wa vitabu kaeni mkao wa kula
kwani kiko njiani na kitapatikana kwenye Bookstores zote. Altenatively,
kinapatikana Amazon na Authorhouse.com.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Wasichana Wanaosaidiwa na Flaviana Matata Foundation
Leo ni sikukuu ya Kimataifa ya Msichana. Flaviana Matata Foundation imetoa picha hii ili kuweza kuwatambulisha wasichana wanao wasaidia katika elimu.
Hongera kwa Kazi nzuri Flaviana Matata Foundation.
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
Afariki Mara Baada Ya Kushiriki Katika Mashindano ya Kula Mende na Minyoo!
pichani - Edward Archbold akila mende dakika chache kabl ya kufariki dunia |
Mzungu amefariki dunia huko Florida baada ya kushinda mashindano ya kula mende na minyo. Zawadi kwa mshindi ilikuwa chatu (nyoka)! Kweli kabisa! Unajiuliza mtu anakula mende na minyoo? Ndiyo, duka la kuuza wanyama aina ya Reptiles huko Florida ilifanya hiyo shindano na zawadi ilikuwa chatu mwenye thamani ya dola $800. Tena hao mende na minyoo walikuwa hai wakiliwa!
Walioshiriki walisema kuwa walimtaka huo chatu na hela hiyo hawakuwa nayo hivyo waliaamu kula hao mende na minyoo. Mtu mwenye akili timamu lazima utapike ukisikia habari hiyo.
Mungu ailaze roho yake mahala pema mbunguni. Amen.
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Kutoka Yahoo.com
MIAMI (AP) — The winner of a roach-eating contest in South Florida died shortly after downing dozens of the live bugs as well as worms, authorities said Monday.
About 30 contestants ate the insects during Friday night's contest at Ben Siegel Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach about 40 miles north of Miami. The grand prize was a python.
Edward Archbold, 32, of West Palm Beach became ill shortly after the contest ended and collapsed in front of the store, according to a Broward Sheriff's Office statement released Monday. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Authorities were waiting for results of an autopsy to determine a cause of death.
The medical examiner's office said Tuesday it has sent samples of Archbold's remains for testing, but results are not expected for another week or two.
"Unless the roaches were contaminated with some bacteria or other pathogens, I don't think that cockroaches would be unsafe to eat," said Michael Adams, professor of entomology at the University of California at Riverside, who added that he has never heard of someone dying after consuming roaches. "Some people do have allergies to roaches," he said, "but there are no toxins in roaches or related insects."
None of the other contestants became ill, the sheriff's office said.
There was no updated phone number listed for Archbold in West Palm Beach.
"We feel terribly awful," said store owner Ben Siegel, who added that Archbold did not appear to be sick before the contest. "He looked like he just wanted to show off and was very nice," Siegel said, adding that Archbold was "the life of the party."
Siegel said Archbold was selling the exotic prize to a friend who took him to the contest.
The grand prize has been put aside in Archbold's name and will be given to his estate, Siegel told the AP.
A statement from Siegel's attorney said all the participants signed waivers "accepting responsibility for their participation in this unique and unorthodox contest."
The bugs consumed were from an inventory of insects "that are safely and domestically raised in a controlled environment as food for reptiles."
Saturday, October 06, 2012
Sasa, Si Lazima Kumwambia Mpenzi Wako Una VVU huko Canada
Sasa huko Canada, si lazima mtu akuambie kuwa ana VVU kama mnatumia kondomu. Lakini je, kama nyie ni wapenda ulimi, kunyonyana inakuaje? Ni vizuri kutokujua? Uamuzi huo unatokana na kesi ya Msudani mwenye VVU aliyetembea na wanawake 9 huko Canada bila kuwaambia kuwa anayo. Bahati nzuri hakuna aliyeambukizwa. Alitumia kondomu.
Kuna wenye VVU waliofungwa kwa shitaka la kutaka kuua kwa vile hawakuwaambia wapenzi wao ni wagonjwa.
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TORONTO (AP) - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that people with low levels of HIV who use condoms during sex do not need to disclose their condition to sexual partners.
In a 9-0 ruling Friday, the court said it was reflecting the medical advances in treating the virus that causes AIDS.
The court first ruled on the issue in 1998, saying that people with HIV must inform their sex partners of their condition or face a charge of aggravated sexual assault. That carries a maximum life sentence.
The Supreme Court ruled on two separate cases on the issue from Manitoba and Quebec.
Kwa habari zaidi BOFYA HAPA:
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Meya wa New York Kuokoa Maisha ya Akina Mama Tanzania!
Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City |
Kutoka YAHOO News
NY's Bloomberg Aims to Save Mothers, Children in Tanzania
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Tuesday he is funding the expansion of a pilot maternal health program in Tanzania that is predicted to help 50,000 mothers and their children during the next three years.
A woman dies every two minutes of pregnancy-related problems with 99 percent of such deaths in poor countries, according to the U.N. Population Fund. Common causes are bleeding after childbirth, high blood pressure, infections and unsafe abortions.
"No one should have to die giving birth," Bloomberg told a news conference at the United Nations with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete. "Too many women die due to complications in childbirth because of inaccessible and inadequate care."
The Bloomberg Philanthropies initiative trains assistant medical officers and midwives in remote areas to perform life-saving procedures including caesarean sections and upgrades isolated health centers.
"If you can build a model that you can show works in remote areas where the doctor to patient ratio is 1 to 50,000 then you can start attracting capital from an awful lot of other foundations and perhaps governments," said Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP who has so far donated more than $2.4 billion to charity.
While U.N. data shows maternal deaths globally halved between 1990 and 2010 to 287,000 annually, many states in sub-Saharan Africa are forecast to fail to reach a U.N. target of reducing maternal deaths between 1990 and 2015 by 75 percent.
Tanzania is not on track to meet the U.N. target and has the eighth highest number of maternal deaths in the world - a woman dies almost every hour. Kikwete said that more money was needed to tackle the problem.
"We need to scale up efforts because still too many mothers and children continue to die," Kikwete told reporters.
The Bloomberg Philanthropies maternal health program began in Tanzania in 2006. Bloomberg has now joined forces with Geneva-based H&B Agerup Foundation to spend $8 million to expand the program over the next three years, taking the total spent since the initiative started to $15.5 million.
Bloomberg's third term as New York City mayor finishes at the end of next year and he has said he will then dedicate himself to philanthropy. He hit No. 10 on Forbes latest ranking of the richest people in the United States with an estimated fortune of $25 billion.
In 2011 Bloomberg Philanthropies spent $330 million and Bloomberg has signed up to the Giving Pledge, a philanthropic campaign by two of the world's richest men - Warren Buffett and Bill Gates - that required him to announce he would give away at least half his wealth during his lifetime or after his death.
(Reporting by Michelle Nichols; editing by Andrew Hay)...
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