Thekiso adds colour to the dusty streets of Nata

Thabiso Thekiso PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
Thabiso Thekiso PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES

NATA: Thabiso Thekiso, a young art teacher from Gaborone, found himself with a dying soul in small dusty village of Nata in the northern end of Makgadikgadi Pans, where children are bored as they sit aimless without recreation.

The young artist-turned-teacher decided to add colour to the children’s lives through art and entrepreneurship.

“I was uninspired with a dying soul at my teaching job,” he said somewhat cryptically. “I wanted freedom and also to assist these kids by growing their talent.”

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