Debswana Restores Hope At Pudulogong
Monday, January 16, 2017

Debswana donates vehicle to podulogong PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
Giving welcome remarks, the trust’s board chairman, Richard Letsatsi, who was evidently excited, told the gathering that even though Pudulogong had many challenges, one of them had for more than three years been transport. He added that due to lack of transportation for their students, they could not fulfill their outreach targets.
“The combi that we had reached its lifespan. I have been praying for this mini bus. As we know, it is a challenge to travel with visually impaired people using local transportation, which is also expensive for a non-profitable organisation like ours.
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