Ramonyaku hosts a charity festival in Tswapong
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Entertainer and former member of Triple-R, Arnold ‘Ramonyaku’ Sekgee is spearheading the event, which is a fusion of a music festival and a soccer tournament. The music festival is scheduled for Tumasera community hall on September 29. “We will donate at least 30% of the funds to the needy within the community. We have identified five families and they will receive groceries,” Ramonyaku said. The event will feature local artists Swaggerlady, Ramozara and Ramonyaku.
“We want this to be an annual event so we can help people in the community with the funds that we raise. With time we want to help raise funds for the SOS and also build houses for people.” Ramonyaku further said the soccer tournament proceeds would go towards buying school uniforms for four children that they have already identified.
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...