Single Mothers Thrive In Fashion & Design Business

Serowe-born duo of Gonthaletse Ratau (40) and Constance Mokalake (37) say they have been very unfortunate to be abandoned by their lovers together with their five and three children respectively and at the mercy of poverty. “I thought that was the end of me. I had lost hope and thought my children were going to be in endless poverty. What was more difficult was that their father did not support them, it was through God’s mercy that we managed to pull through although some days were bad than others,” Ratau said.

Mokalake shared same sentiments as Ratau that she was forced to stand up and do whatever she could just so to put food on her children’s table saying that at times she would clean people’s yards and do laundry just so her children could get a school uniform. However, these women did not just fold their arms. They knew that their children had no one else except them and what they had in common was that they wanted to provide a better future for their children.