Inspiring Stories Galore At TEDx Gaborone
Monday, April 03, 2017
One of the top photographers Fify Louwen also shared her story during the TEDx Gaborone PIC: BOINGOTLO SEITSHIRO
TEDx is a programme of local, self-organised events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience.
The event was facilitated by a number of speakers such as Wilson Ngoni, Donald Molosi, Alice Mogwe, Jabu Stone, FifyLouwen and Baba Bantu to mention just a few. The speakers shared stories and experiences from their respective professions and lives.
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...