Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) says the performance of Beatrice Masilingi and Christina Mboma on the various international stages last year inspired the ‘We Race Together’ charity run under the annual MTC Knockout Project.
The We Race Together project will bring together over 140 personalities from across Namibia, to race in a 4×100 metre relay on 23 April at Independence Stadium in Windhoek.
Speaking during the announcement of six corporate companies who have committed to support the initiative, Erasmus Nekundi, Public Relations Officer at MTC, said the duo gave the nation hope with their performance after the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020.
“They gave us hope and they did us proud, thereby lifting our spirits during our moments of despair and for a while, we forgot we were going through COVID-19. Through this initiative we would like to promote a culture of working together in unity and raise some funds for a social cause,” he said.
The six companies who have committed to support the cause are Shoprite (N.dollars 120 000), Namib Mills (N.dollars 120 000), Erongo Marine Enterprise (N.dollars 90 000), Bipa (N.dollars 30 000), Namport (N.dollars 30 000) and the Namibia Airports Company (N.dollars 30 000).
These teams will participate in various qualifying heats and the teams that qualify for the final will race against two world-class teams.
One team will consist of Christine Mboma, Beatrice Masilingi, Frank Fredericks and Helalia Johannes and the other team of Johannes Nambala, Johanna Benson and Ananias Shikongo.
Meanwhile, John Ekongo, MTC’s Corporate Affairs Manager, said the practice of corporate companies operating in silos and solely focusing on accumulating profit while ignoring pertinent social issues should come to an end.
“Let us also support the people who support our businesses. The time is ripe for us to come together to address some of these shared common social problems,” Ekongo said.
This will be the third edition of the MTC Knockout Project. The first tackled gender-based violence through a boxing tournament, and the second addressed homelessness through a musical show.
The previous two editions raised over N.dollars 2 million.
Source: The Namibian Press Agency