Benn Haidari is unquestionably one of the first well known Africans on the Åland Islands. He currently lives in Mariehamn with his wife and eight year old daughter.
According to news reaching Hej Åland, he recently shipped a container full of hospital items to Zanzibar, his native island in Tanzania. This island enjoys almost a similar status like Åland. They are semi-autonomous and have their own government and national flag.
Some of the items in the container include beds, wheelchairs among other things. An amount of 4,300 Euros have been spent on shipping the container. Benn is still poised to continue assisting his people in any way he can.
In a UN report it was indicated that Zanzibar’s population of nearly one million needs better access to quality health care. Preventable and communicable diseases including malaria are widespread and health facilities suffer from a crippling shortage of nurses, doctors and supplies.
Benn’s container will go a long way in boosting health care delivery in this popular East African island. Thumbs up for this Tanzanian-Finnish national and his eight year old daughter!
Photo credit: Ålandstidningen
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