Hope pageant ploughs back
Friday, September 06, 2019
Mpolokang (left) and Rampipi (right) are working hard towards winning the upcoming Miss Hope International pageants this coming December. PICS: MOMPANE TLHANKANE
“I took the opportunity to audition so that I could use the platform to do my project called DiaBEATthis. Derived from chronic disease diabetes, the project is aimed at raising awareness on paediatric diabetes. The project deals with children living with the disease and their parents. It raises awareness on diabetes and comes up with ideas on how we can assist them,” she said n an interview with Arts and Culture.
Hope pageant is a Christian based pageant that focuses on community service. The pageantry has inspired this year’s Miss Hope and Miss Teen queens to dedicate their reign to giving back to their communities.
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...