Okavango Flood Bet Raises P51,000 For Charity :: Mmegi Online

MAUN: The eagerly awaited annual flooding of the Okavango Delta and the subsequent filling up of the rivers it feeds is a huge and welcome event for the people and animals who depend on its lifegiving waters.

This year, what started as a casual conversation in April between two friends discussing the whereabouts of the flood turned into a fun and educational initiative that ended up raising P51,562 split between Women Against Rape (WAR) and the Polokong Centre for The Elderly in Maun and captured the attention of thousands of people in Botswana and beyond.

Hennie Rawlinson and Lin Cassidy were reminiscing about the old days when the Thamalakane River dried up regularly. At such times it was traditional for people in Maun to have a friendly betting competition to guess the exact arrival of the flood waters at Old Matlapaneng Bridge.

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