Mr. Speaker, today the world will mourn Julius Nyerere, the former president of Tanzania, who passed away last week.
Mr. Nyerere was the president of Tanzania for 24 years. He was highly respected for his honesty and dedication to development at the grassroots level and for his role as a leading African statesman.
Throughout his country he was known simply and affectionately as Mwalimu, which means teacher. Today the Minister of International Co-operation is representing Canada in Tanzania at his funeral.
Canadians should know that CIDA will honour Mr. Nyerere's memory and legacy by naming one important community project every year in Tanzania the Julius K. Nyerere Memorial Project.