Former US President Bill Clinton during his visit last week to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. He was highly impressed by
the conservation efforts especially sustaining the co-existence of wildlife and human beings. Above: Mr. Clinton being
received by NCCA officials. The first time that Bill Clinton landed in Arusha was in August 2000 when still the President of the United States of America.
Last week, Clinton and daughter Chelsea returned here, but chose to venture into the wilderness of Ngorongoro, this time as an ordinary American Pensioner, except still popular and very much guarded as he toured the legendary crater.
Tanzania’s most visited destination proved once more to be a reckoning force in tourism after the legendary Crater impressed the former US President Mr Bill Clinton who visited Ngorongoro Conservation Area over the weekend.
Making a brief stop at Loduare Gate on his way to Manyara, after visiting the NCAA, the former American Head of State took time to make a direct phone call to President Jakaya Kikwete to express his excitement after what he witnessed in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Former US President Bill Clinton inoculating a Maasai child among
those who turned up for vaccination at Nainokanoka Dispensary in
Ngorongoro.
Shortly after descending into the caldera, Bill
Clinton was received by the astounding pride of 19 lions, a pack of
buffaloes and wildebeests, some stuck in the mud, the rare black rhinos
that can never be seen roaming freely elsewhere in Africa apart from
the crater.
Previously Mr Bill Clinton had gone round the Ngorongoro Division where he toured the fog-clouded, chilly-cold location of Nainokanoka Ward within the Conservation Area where his trust, the Clinton Foundation is supporting health service initiatives.
Previously Mr Bill Clinton had gone round the Ngorongoro Division where he toured the fog-clouded, chilly-cold location of Nainokanoka Ward within the Conservation Area where his trust, the Clinton Foundation is supporting health service initiatives.
The Clinton Foundation built a dispensary at
Nainokanoka Ward. During his recent visit, Clinton promised to install
another solar-powered refrigerator, in addition to the one in operation
at the health facility, to help with storage of medicine, laboratory
test samples and sterilized vaccine equipment in the area which is yet
to have electricity power.
“After retiring from presidency all I want to do now is to help needy people especially those in the developing world like Africa where the gap between the wealthy and those without happens to be the widest,” he said.
For the Nainokanoka Dispensary, Bill Clinton said that he intends to empower the facility for it to be in better position to improve the mother and child health in the remote Ngorongoro District of Arusha Region especially through disease prevention via vaccinations which reduces the cost of treating emerging diseases.
He also took part in the exercise to vaccinate the children of Nainokanoka Village; “I am impressed to see Maasai women turning up in large numbers bringing their children for health services,” said Mr Clinton and went against protocol in posing for series of photographic sessions with the locals.
Later the former US President descended into the legendary Ngorongoro Crater where he together with his delegation were impressed with the sighting of animals and the well-maintained Northern Highland Forest.
On his way out through the Loduare Gates, he called President Kikwete expressing how he was impressed with conservation activities at the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority where wild animals co-existed peacefully alongside human beings and their livestock.
“After retiring from presidency all I want to do now is to help needy people especially those in the developing world like Africa where the gap between the wealthy and those without happens to be the widest,” he said.
For the Nainokanoka Dispensary, Bill Clinton said that he intends to empower the facility for it to be in better position to improve the mother and child health in the remote Ngorongoro District of Arusha Region especially through disease prevention via vaccinations which reduces the cost of treating emerging diseases.
He also took part in the exercise to vaccinate the children of Nainokanoka Village; “I am impressed to see Maasai women turning up in large numbers bringing their children for health services,” said Mr Clinton and went against protocol in posing for series of photographic sessions with the locals.
Later the former US President descended into the legendary Ngorongoro Crater where he together with his delegation were impressed with the sighting of animals and the well-maintained Northern Highland Forest.
On his way out through the Loduare Gates, he called President Kikwete expressing how he was impressed with conservation activities at the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority where wild animals co-existed peacefully alongside human beings and their livestock.
“NCAA is an outstanding type of conservation
never seen elsewhere in the world and the area must be fully maintained
and protected to retain UNESCO’s status as world heritage site of
global importance,” said Mr Clinton, who later also visited some
farming villages in the adjacent Karatu District.
Ngorongoro, as a destination attracts over 600,000 visitors annually and this number accounts for over 50 percent of all tourists who tour the country annually. The Tanzania Tourist Board figures indicate that the annual tourists traffic stands at 1.2 million.
Ngorongoro, as a destination attracts over 600,000 visitors annually and this number accounts for over 50 percent of all tourists who tour the country annually. The Tanzania Tourist Board figures indicate that the annual tourists traffic stands at 1.2 million.
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