How do they get to school?

The beginning of each year parents and/or caregivers find themselves in a hair-pulling situation about how to transport their children to school. 

This is because in Botswana, as in many parts of the world, schools are a long way from home.

Elsewhere in the world transporting children to school forms part of the government education budget. In the United States, purpose-built school buses are the primary means of student transport, almost always provided without charge to families, a phenomenon they have dubbed bussing.

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Routine child vaccination imperative

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...

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