NED youth collaborate against poverty, crime, HIV/AIDS
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Last Friday, the Committee of Youth Empowerment Against Crime and HIV/AIDS (CYEAC) held a ceremony here, where they displayed one of the weapons they intend to deploy against the scourges that have left families in tatters.
The weapon is in the form of a tuckshop built for a needy youth in Butale with the help of the Botswana Savings Bank (BSB). The tuckshop is intended to spirit Keitumetse Tshupelo out of the abject poverty she has been living in. This is part of the organisation’s mandate – to help each other beat poverty.
The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...