Tanzania: Brazil Envoy – Promote Isles’ Platform Diving

IN efforts to promote sea sports here, the honorary consul general of Brazil in Zanzibar Abdulswamad Abdulrahim has embarked on supporting young people engaged in the ‘Jump into the sea and swim’ sports, a famous entertainment at the Forodhani public beach, Stone Town.

The Isles young boys normally play, run, and jump high into the sea in the mornings and as the sun sets in the evenings, an entertainment named ‘Makachu’ which attracts hundreds of visitors and tourists who visit the Forodhani stretch of sea front.

“I want you to develop this sport. We must find ways of helping you do it better to minimise risks of accidents which include drowning and hitting stones in the sea,” the Honorary Ambassador said when distributing food stuff to the Young Members of newly registered ‘Makachu or Zanzibar divers for fun Association.”

He said that the ‘Makachu sports can also be used to…