Okavango students brace for winter of woe
Friday, April 25, 2025 | 330 Views |
In the Delta: Eretsha children are not receiving the best education or government care PIC: TIMOTHY LEWANIKA
ERETSHA: In this little village nestled between Seronga and Gudigwa, students walk to school every day in an effort to use education as a key out of the dire poverty that has troubled the people of Okavango for many years.
But to learn here is a daring feat requiring endurance in the most challenging conditions a child should never experience.
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...