Early Christmas for Old Naledi elders

Christmas came early for Old Naledi elders who received food hampers from Miles Nan Charitable Foundation yesterday.

During a ceremony, which was characterised by happy traditional music, praise and worship songs and lots of dancing, old men and women took turns to receive their packages of food that included 2.5 kg sugar, one litre milk, 410g KOO beans, two litre cooking oil and 2kg rice.  There were 150 packages and more than 50 elders who had gathered at the Kgotla to receive a package.

Chairman of the Chinese foundation, Miles Nan said that during his 12 years of stay in Botswana he has come to appreciate elders as he has learnt and continue to learn a lot from them."All of us has elders and we all know how important they are to us," he said.

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