Senior soldiers adopt needy children
Tuesday, November 04, 2014
The beneficiaries of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) adopt-a-child initiative are two girls and a boy. Three senior army officers Major Beach Ndubo, Lieutenant Boitumelo Lehutso and Major Modiege Leepile identified these children during the Francistown Military Heath Services (MHS) outreach proaject. They donated clothing and toiletry to 47 needy people in Mowana village during the project.
During an interview, officers disclosed that they were touched to witness the children receiving school uniforms and this had prompted them to be their caretakers. They added that this noble gesture was inspired by President Ian Khama’s proposal of helping the needy.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...