Red Cross, Coca-Cola team-up to aid Kweneng West during COVID-19

The Botswana Red Cross Society has utilised Coca-Cola Foundation’s $50,000 (approximately P600, 000) donation to assist hundreds of vulnerable villagers in the Kweneng West district.

Coca-Cola Foundation made the funds available to the humanitarian organisation in May and the donation has already begun to benefit hundreds of people in different villages in Kweneg West.

The three phased project, is already 90 percent complete and received considerable buy-in from the village leadership, according to Botswana Red Cross Society chief executive officer, Kutlwano Mukokomani.

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BDF visitation approval a welcome development

BDF camps are military camps, and there is a need for stricter rules and regulations to safeguard their operations as well as ensure the safety of civilians. Of course, military personnel are human, and they have relatives as well as girlfriends and boyfriends, but the fact remains that the BDF is responsible for ensuring national security and stability and, as such, will be one of the first targets in the event of possible attacks. The decision...

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