On Friday 10th September 2011, the ferry M.V. Spice Islander, travelling between Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Pemba and Tanga, capsized in deep waters in the Pemba Channel, north of Zanzibar island.
The true numbers of those injured or dead in the tragedy has yet to be established, but it is now acknowledged that there were many more passengers than the 610 listed on the ship manifest. As of Saturday night, 200 are dead, 500 have been rescued and many are still missing. The full extent of the tragedy will not be known for several more days.
Saidia Zanzibar (www.saidiazanzibar.org) is an emergency fundraising website, to provide caring members of the public, in Zanzibar and the world at large, with a framework to commit some of their time and money for the assistance of those tragically affected by the disaster.
We will be posting updates in the coming days, including a Zanzibar bank account to which money can be sent, and details of those organizations to whom the money will be subsequently disbursed on your behalf.
The fundraising effort will be overseen by the Zanzibar Association of Tourism Investors (www.zati.org), a registered NGO, who will co-ordinate donations and offers of assistance from their office located in the Cine Afrique in Malindi, Stone Town, Zanzibar.
Further updates will be posted throughout the period starting 12th September 2011. Email enquiries can be sent to: saidia@saidiazanzibar.org.
There may be an additional method to send funds, especially for mobile phone users within Tanzania. The Tanganyikan mentioned this on Twitter earlier today: “Help the victims of #ZanzibarBoatAccident by sending: ZNZ to 15580 (Zantel), Maafa to 15599 (vodacom), HELP to 15741 (TIGO) #TanzaniaNiMoja“
Serikali ya Zanzibar imekataa msaada kutoka kwa Vodacom. Nashauri msaada utumwe kwa hiyo mitandao mengine
Hasira hasara, kwani wanaoumia ni waliofikwa na janga hili. Hawa wanataka kuleta siasa kwenye kila kitu. Kwani Vodacom ndio waandalizi au wao ni sponsors tu, mbona haya mawili tunayachanganya.
Kama Hashim Lundenga aliona ni poa shindano liendelee, vodacom wangefanyaje sasa. Wao ni sponsors tu, Miss Tanzania wameikuta, na wakimaliza mktaba wao wataiacha, watu wasitafute visababu kuficha uzembe wao. Sumatra ya ZNZ ina mengi ya kujibu, wasitumie vodacom, kujibalaguza.
Na huyu Mh. Kabwe eti alisitisha kutumia huduma yake ya Voda kwa siku moja, okay we’ll give you a Rosa Parks medal. I nearly jumped off the window when I heard of such nonsense. But seriously, that’s what I call a small insignificant victory, and narrow thinking to say the least. If you’re so pissed, you should lose your Voda line all together. As a Tanzanian, its such shallow thinking that gets us nowhere.
We should talk about the real issues, the real problems about the ferries and not boycotting, hows that going to change anything. Hasira hasara ndugu yangu, leta mada sio kuchochea uhasama.
Eti mna-boycott, basi boycott na kodi wanazolipa nchi, acha kutafuta cheap popularity by playing with peoples emotions, this is a new generation, we see through BSness. But mwisho wa siku, kila mtu na mawazo yake, its a free country after all.
Would have been nice if Tanzanians abroad could contribute as well. I’m sure a lot of people would like to help.
@ Bahati
Wananchi wa Zanxibar ndio waliogomea msaada huo na serikali ingeuchukua pangeanguka vurugu kwa sababu wakati wa kutolewa huduma watu wangekataa huduma ya Vodafone
Sidhani Kama wanarushiwa Vodafone lawama ya kusababisha ajali, lakini kwa wao kutokuwa insensitive kwenye msiba mkubwa kiasi kile.
Si uungwana hata kidogo jirani yako kufiwa akiwa bado anasubiri maiti, wewe bila kumwambia chochote ukafungulia mziki na ngoma kisha siku ya pili ukajitia majonzi kuwa una huzuni nyingi na ungependa kumsaidia mazishi
Hasara ni ya Vodafone na sio ya Zanzibar kwa vile wao hutoa misaada kujitangaza na kwenye hili imekuwa bad publicity.
Market ya Zanzibar hawakuwahi kuwa nayo ila sasa hata hiyo ndogo ndio waisahau.
Shindano linaitwa Vodacom Miss Tanzania so the buck stops with them. Na hii reaction sio ya ajabu hata kidogo, imagine Vodafone U.K idhamini shindano Kama like right after 7/7 au BT ingeendesha shindalo Kama lile likarushwa live Marekani siku ya pili baada ya 9/11!
Tumeshasikia nchi zilizoendelea makampuni kugomewa kwa sababu yalidhamini tu vipindi vya TV vilivyoonyesha au kupromote vitu vinavyokwenda kinyume na maadili.
Nafikiri utamaduni huu wa kukomalia kila mkosa ungeelekezwa serikalini pia ungezaa matunda na nchi ingejikwamua. Wameweza kwa Vodafone sasa na waikomalie serikali iwajibike
@Sakura,
unachosema ni kweli kabisa, mia kwa mia, lakini mimi kwenye hili nimeamua kuwa realistic. Kwakuwa Vodacom ni kampuni moja, ndio watu wameshikia baaaango, mimi nasubiri kuona hii energy ikitumiwa kwenye kuishinikiza Serikali, lakini kwa utamaduni wetu, I DOUBT THAT.
Mbona Barrick Gold na kuuwa watu, hakuna aliyeandamana? Tena hiyo scandal mimi sisikii tena, au kwakuwa waliuwawa watu wachache ndio maana. Tena maiti zao zilitelekezwa kama wanyama mabarabarani, lakini kelele zilikuwa siku chache tu, zikaisha, sasa leo imekuaje tena.
Mimi sikatai, Vodacoma walichofanya sio kitu cha ubinadamu, lakini narudia tena, wanachofanya wahusika kwa kuacha usafiri wa majini kuwa wa hatari kiasi hiki, ndio wamekosa ubinadamu zaidi kuliko hao voda. Mimi I hope I will be proven wrong on this, kuwa vodacom as a company wont suffer, na watu wataendelea kulonga nao kama kawaida, manake ndivyo tulivyo.
Kama nilivyosema awali, boycott wont change anything, na msamaha wa vodacom hautanunua meli mpya, haya yote tunayopigia kelele ni symbolic stuff tu, huku tukifumbia macho real issues. Ndio maana jana nikasema hivi, wengi wetu tumekubali emotions zetu zi-lead the way. Hebu tujaribu kuwauliza watu wanaotumia ferry kama usafiri wa wa kila siku, alafu tusikie wanalipi la kusema. Point being is, sitashangaa kama overload na matatizo mengine ni kitu cha kawaida tu, sema hii meli ya Spice ndio hivyo tena, arobaini yake ilikuwa imefika.
All am asking is this, lets deal with the real issues, and the real culprits, vodacom sio sumatra, vodacom hawauzi ticket feki za meli, vodacom hawajazilii watu kwenye hizo meli, na sio kosa la vodacom kuwa mmeshindwa kununua meli mpya na zilizo salama kwa kusafiria.
Mwisho, kama ni kweli walichosema Sumatra juu ya meli ile kusimama baharini kwa saa nzima huku injini ikiwa imezima, kabla ya kuanza kuzama, then Sumatra ya ZNZ wasitake kutufanyia mazingaombwe hapa, they have some serious answering to do, ilikuaje Meli itoke Dar na weight sawa, ika overload kwao, sasa hapo mzembe ni nani. Mchawi yupo huko huko znz lakini anatafutwa bara..
Its high time we call a duck a duck, people have dropped the ball and its not helping that we’re looking for answer from all the wrong places. Jamani, nunueni meli mpya, si mliweza kununua ndege na rais, tena kwa ubabe na majani tulikula, sasa meli ndio imekuaje, au kwakuwa ni watu masikini ndio wanapanda. Viongozi wasijitie wako so emtional, its their fault na mipango yao mibovu ndio ilifanya MV Bukoba izame, na hii izame, na kama hatutataka kubadilika, subirini tu, this wont be the last time.
Hakuna anasema Voda inahusika na ajali moja kwa moja tutambue hilo, wao wanaadhibiwa kwa kukosa utu.
Ikiwa Kama jamii tulishindwa kulivalia njuga la Barick hakuiondolei jamii kuipigia kelele Voda. Mwanzo wa ngoma lele. Hatutakiwi kubeza hizo efforts za walioweka mgomo, bali kuzikuza na kuhakikisha zinasambaa na kwa jamii nyengine ili kuyagomea mashirika mengine na serikali. Iliwa raia wameweza kuishinikiza serikali kutopokea msaada kwa faida Yao wenyewe, hakuna kitakachoshindikana nguvu zao hizo zikielekezwa kwengine.
Ikiwa wazanzibar wameweza, kwa nini watu wa Mara au kwengineko washindwe? Hii na itumike kama warning kwa makampuni mengine na serikali kuwa at the end of the day, raia ndio wenye kauli ya mwisho ikiwa watajua kuji-organise
Tujifunze mbinu zilizotomika kumobilize boycott hiyo ili tuzitumie sehemu nyengine.
Tuwaambie waelekeze wapi sasa hilo la Voda ndio limefanikiwa. Zanzibar SUMATRA ndio nani? Iwapo Mimi na wewe wenye uwezo wa kupata taarifa, si rahisi kwa mtu wakawaida kuelewa. La Voda lilikuwa wazi kuwa mimi ninalia Voda inashereheka, mtu wa chini kulaumu ni rahisi. Let’s give them a name and mobilize ppl to act.
@Neema: The Saidia Zanzibar Initiative has some information on their “How to help” page about how people who are not currently in Tanzania can send funds as well via wire transfer.
@Sakura, kuudhabiwa kwa Voda kwa kukosa utu, kuzae matunda ya maana, thats all am saying, kwani tukiishia kususia tu huduma yao, then maana yake inakuwa haina uzito.
Mimi nasubiri kuona Tanzania ikianza mjadala kuhusu usafiri wa majini. Ndio maana nikasema, Voda ni mpangaji, nyumba ambayo in this case ndio Tanzania ndio yenye ufa. Hata tukimshikia bango Voda (mpangaji) yeye anaweza kuhama, lakini ule ufa utabaki pale pale. Sijui kama nimeeleweka hapo.
Kwenye hili la kususia Voda, kila mtu ana uhuru wa kufanya analotaka, hilo lipo wazi. Mimi binafsi am reluctant ku-endorse hiyo movement moja kwa moja, kwani isipo zaa matunda ya kuamsha mjadala wa the real problems ambazo zinatukabili katika usalama wa usafiri basi, mgomo huo utakuwa haujafanya kitu.
Ngoja nitoe mfano mmoja wa civil rights movement na ule mgomo wa “sit-ins”, watu weusi wakidai kuwa served kwenye counters kama wazungu. Sasa nadhani MLK kama sikosei, akasema thats well and good, lakini then what? Why go through all that trouble to want to be served at the counter, when you dont have the money to buy the burger. His point being, the real issue kwanza ni kugombania kupata ajira kwa weusi then hayo mambo ya sit-ins can follow, after you have that money to spend. Huu ndio msimamo wangu kwenye hili.
Nasikia kuna basi limeanguka na kuuwa 10, I guess thats exactly my point AGAIN. Si Dar Express ilipoanguka watu walisusia kulipanda. Dar Express inawezekana walikula hasara, lakini that never stopped road accidents. Mimi msimamo wangu ni pale pale, lazima tufanye kitu tukiwa na malengo ya leo na kesho, kama tunafanya kitu bila kuwa na malengo, we’re just doing so we can have a good sleep at night, then we’re wasting our time.
I went even further kusema, sioni umuhimu wa kumfunga nahodha, kwani hata yeye akifungwa, bado tatizo wa usafiri umekuwa sugu sasa, na kila siku watu wanaotumia vyombo hivyo roho juu juu. Watanzania ni mengi hatufahamu, kwani hatujiulizi, mbona tatizo hili lipo kwenye Meli tu, mbona tuna boti za kwenda kazi mia kidogo. Why?
Boti za kasi zinawawekezaji kibao akina Bakhressa and friends, mbona hatuna mtu wa kuwekeza kwenye Meli, coz obviously there is a demand so there is money to be made, lakini mbona hatujaona uwekezaji huo, kuna siri gani hapo.
Barabara za kwenda mkoa, baadhi, ni nyembamba sana, tena chini ya kiwango, sasa watu tumekalia tu issue ya spidi. Barabara ni nyembamba kupita kiasi, hapo hapo yapishane mabasi na maroli ya mizigo, nini mnategemea. Hakuna mtu ameshangaa ajali imetokea basi likimpita lori, hata kama alikuwa sio kasi, what could be one of the causes, barabara hazina upana wa kuweza kuhimili vyombo hivyo. TUna issues which need to be dealt with.
All I can say ni, I hope ku-boycott Voda will lead to big, something that will actually bring attention to the real problems, otherwise, I will have to wish everyone GOOD LUCK, na mimi nitafungua ka-akaunti kadogo niwe nina save shilingi kadhaa za kuchangia rambirambi za majanga, kwani kwa mwendo huu, hayataisha leo…