Bone project excites Phikwe�s jobless youth

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Hard at work: Brothers for All on duty. PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG

SELEBI-PHIKWE: A very unusual business opportunity has emerged in the mining town where a group of unemployed youth use cattle horns and bones to design bracelets, key holders and necklaces.

The youth group known as Brothers for All, operates under Mothers for All Charitable Organisation. It has carved a niche into the business that is the first of its kind not only in Selebi-Phikwe but in the country. Mothers for All provides support and training for caregivers of vulnerable children in Botswana.

Brothers for All youth are already dreaming big that the business will catapult their economic lives to greater heights.

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Bone project excites Phikwe�s jobless youth

SELEBI-PHIKWE: A very unusual business opportunity has emerged in the mining town where a group of unemployed youth use cattle horns and bones to design bracelets, key holders and necklaces.