Mr and Miss Beauty with Albinism king,queen crowned
Monday, November 07, 2022 | 210 Views |
Mr and Miss Albinism winners walked away with exciting prizes
The duo, 26-year-old Kabo Balotlhanyi (king) and the new queen Laone Baile (23) went home each P10,000 richer courtesy of the Botswana Housing Corporation (BHC) and the Gaborone University College (GUC) of Law and Professional Studies.
Baile, who also scooped Miss Personality title, was awarded an acoustic guitar together with Gift Ntwakgolo who was also crowned Mr Personality. Ntwakgolo also scored himself a first prince title.
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...