Children sensitised about NCDs through book

During the book launch this week, Kabotho who is the founder and director of Maranyane Medical Lab, stated it serves as a torch of hope for children in the Diaspora for them to finally acquire knowledge about such conditions. Kabotho stated the children in rural settlements are always overlooked and wanted to break the cycle. “The vision actually started because of the people around me as they made me realise that I very much like to engage with children, which made me go to the library on Saturdays to go and teach children about the NCD’s though crossword puzzles in a very basic manner,” she said.

She added that because of being able to teach children in the library, she wondered about children that are disadvantaged and do not have the opportunity and wanted to do something for them. “Because of this I realised that these children like to learn about the NCDs, and they would even go to the extent of telling me stories so I wondered about the child in Ramatlabama, Charleshill and Mamuno about how they can also benefit from the information I’m sharing with children in the library,” Kabotho said.