Safaricom has officially flagged off the Nyanza regional finals’ games of the Chapa Dimba football tournament with a series of community engagements aimed at transforming the lives of the locals in the region.
The community engagements involve a free Medical Camp, free Digital and Financial Literacy training and Safaricom Engineering Community Campus Tours. These will lead up to the regional finals matches scheduled for the weekend of September 30th and October 1st, 2023.The medical camp will offer free medical check-ups, physician consultations, eye and dental check-ups, blood sugar tests, blood pressure measurements, body fat assessments, and Body Mass Index (BMI) screenings, among other services.
On the free Digital and Financial Literacy training, the telco is partnering with Britam Insurance Company to provide training tailored to Boda Boda riders, vendors, small business operators, shopkeepers etc. who are Safaricom customers in the region. The training is geared towards providing tips that can inculcate a saving culture and enhance credit and investment readiness.
Further, the telco has organized the Safaricom Engineering Community Campus Tour at Maseno University on 28th September 2023. This is aimed at cultivating technological talent within Kenyan Universities by nurturing a culture of engineering excellence through technical experiences. The tour will serve as a platform to demonstrate the impact of Technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and leveraging the power of online platforms to grow a career in the tech space and earn a decent livelihood.
The community engagements will then build up to the Safaricom Chapa Dimba regional final matches that will be played at Moi Stadium, where eight teams, comprising four boys’ teams and four girls’ teams from the six counties – Kisumu, Siaya, Migori, Homa Bay, Nyamira and Kisii are expected to battle it out for Regional Championship. The finals will be preceded by the Inter-County playoff scheduled for this weekend, 23rd and 24th September.