GBV awareness walk to kill the silence

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Farida's Love For Mother and Child Trust has donated food parcels to residents of Tawana, Tsholofelo and Ext 27.

Gender-Based Violence (GBV) remains one of the biggest challenges many families face around the world and Botswana is no exception.

Sadly, while GBV statistics offer an idea of how huge a problem GBV is, the fact remains that many of the cases go unreported and mostly women and children continue to suffer at the hands of their male counterparts.

All children deserve to grow up in a healthy nurturing, and loving environment, but there are still many who grow up seeing violence within their family, to a point of seeing the situation as a normal way of life.

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GBV awareness walk to kill the silence

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