Old Naledi Children Get An Early Christmas
Monday, December 08, 2008
A group of children from Old Naledi got an early Christmas party, thanks to the head of Youth Alive Organisation Bakang Sebele and Big Dawg Productions Botswana managing director, Tshepo Sikwane who organinsed a Christmas party for Matlo Go Sha Mabapi children held at Memorial Apostolic Church in Old Naledi.
The young ones came dressed in their 'Sunday best' to set the festive season in motion, and the happiness on the young faces, gave meaning to the work of various organisations, men and women of goodwill in Botswana who gracefully give back to the needy, particularly children, who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...