Creatives to share love on Valentine’s Day
Friday, February 02, 2024 | 40 Views |
Some of the themed artworks to be exhibited during the event
To celebrate this month, a group of creatives will be hosting a Valentine's Day Gala Dinner in Borolong near Francistown. One of the event coordinators, Lamorena Giri otherwise known as YG Nation explained that one of the key concepts in bringing about strong bonds in citizens is unity.
“Without love people cannot be unified, so as a measure of bringing people together, we saw it fit to organise an event where people will come and dine together in the same place with their loved ones and families. Also what inspired me, as a fine artist to make such an event is to try and find ways to penetrate the already full market and create employment opportunities for different parties involved in building the whole agenda. These include event organisers, musicians, event planners, catering agencies and multimedia personnel,” he said.
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...