MAFIA Boxing Promotion recently visited orphanages and some entrepreneurs in Tanga and donated various items, including gas cylinders, for a clean cooking energy drive.

The firm's officials and several boxers fighting under it visited, among others, the Green Crescent Foundation located at Bombo Street and donated food items, soft drinks, and gas cylinders. 

The boxing promotion firm officials and boxers also visited Makorora, Mgandini, and Mlango wa Chuma markets and handed over gas cylinders to some female food vendors 'Mama Lishe'.

According to Omari Clayton, Mafia Boxing Promotion's Advertisements and Production Director, the Dar es Salaam-based firm decided to provide the items to celebrate victories the boxers fighting under the firm have garnered in various bouts.

"We decided to travel from Dar es Salaam to Tanga to give back to the communities what we earned through boxing, vouching for Community Social Responsibility (CSR)," he said.

Clayton noted: "The donation of the gas cylinders also aims at backing President Samia  Suluhu Hassan's agenda on clean cooking energy and environmental conservation to mitigate climate change, as well as support female entrepreneurs." 

Mafia Boxing Promotion's leader Ibrahim Mustafa, who is also the World Boxing Council (WBC) Africa Bantamweight title holder, expressed his happiness for winning his bout, pointing out that the government has significantly contributed to his achievements. 

"We termed all our bouts 'Knockout ya Mama Samia Suluhu Hassan' because of her contribution to boxing promotion and we hoisted our nation's flag high," Mustafa added.

Zainati Saidi - Green Cresent Foundation carer - thanked Mafia Boxing Promotion for the donations, adding the backing supported them greatly.