Youth embark on a patriotic bundle
Spira Tlhankane | Wednesday January 27, 2016 14:53
The projects include sponsor-a-song campaign, Simon Phuthego for Mt. Everest, Botswana National Painting, Bots Stand-up Comedians Go International, Bots Movie Goes to Hollywood and Bots Fashion Goes Worldwide.
In an interview with Showbiz, the bundle coordinator, Taylor, said they formed the bundle in January this year after observing challenges individual projects face.
“Coming together and working as a group would help us share ideas, contacts and in the end it will benefit our economy,” he said.
He said there are seven projects and each having a status of either being open, closed or funded. “Open projects don’t have enough talented people and therefore we are looking for interested people to join. Closed projects are projects with enough experts,” he said. Taylor said the reasons for doing the projects is to market Botswana exports and contribute towards increasing the demand for Botswana products and services. “This brings money into the country and increases job creation and reduces overdependence on the government,” he said. He pleaded for Batswana’s support as well as help from organisations like Brand Botswana and Botswana Tourism Organisation. “They have laid a foundation for us. It's time to fill in the gaps,” he said.