FNBB Foundation donates 3500 pairs of school shoes
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
FNBB staff, media and other invited guests at the barefooted walkthon held in Gaborone
The event saw invited guests, media and FNBB staff brave the cold winter breeze for a barefooted walkathon from the Dikgosi monument to First Place where official proceedings began.
The walkathon was part of the proceedings aimed at having guests experience the plight of children who attend school barefoot every day. Xaixai, Xere, Lepokole, Khekhenye, Sekhutlane, Bere, Matlhako, Moineedi, Ntshe, Mpiti, Jackalas 1, Ipeleng, Ralekgetho and Camp Primary school each received shoes for all their pupils, courtesy of the FNB Foundation.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...