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Pickleball tournament to fund 600 school desks in Dar es Salaam

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The Rotary Club of Dar es Salaam held a pickleball tournament on 14 October to fund the provision of 600 desks for the city’s primary schools. The project aims to improve pupils’ learning conditions, reports The Citizen.

A charity pickleball tournament held on 14 October in Dar es Salaam aims to raise funds to provide 600 school desks, reports The Citizen. The Serve & Smash Charity Tournament was held at Tanzanite Park, in the Mikocheni district, in support of the Dar es Salaam Rotary Club’s school furniture project.

The desks are intended to help improve the learning conditions of primary school pupils in the city. The tournament brought together participants and members of the Rotary Club, according to the Tanzanian daily.

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