Recently, the Vice President of the Republic of Botswana and Member of Parliament for Mmadinare Constituency, Dr. Ponatshego Kedikilwe made a plea to the business community and other stakeholders to lend a helping hand to the under privileged children in the Mmadinare constituency where there are shortage of classrooms.
Recently, the Vice President of the Republic of Botswana and Member of Parliament for Mmadinare Constituency, Dr. Ponatshego Kedikilwe made a plea to the business community and other stakeholders to lend a helping hand to the under privileged children in the Mmadinare constituency where there are shortage of classrooms. In response to this, the Hindu Foundation of Botswana sponsored the V.P’s project with three classrooms which were donated to Kelele Memorial School in Mmadinare, Sefhophe Junior Secondary in Sefhophe and Sediba Primary School in Damochujenaar in the past weekend.
Under this project, which is dubbed ’Foundation for a knowledge based Society’, the Vice President seeks not only to promote and embrace one of the pillars of vision 2016, that of ‘an educated and informed nation, but to also enhance the education sphere in the rural and urban communities, as well as build effective structures and systems that can sustain themselves in the future ensuring global competitiveness. Furthermore, donations such as these, not only promote the spirit of Botho, but also enhance lives and restore human dignity to rural communities.
Limkokwing university of Creative Technology honored the invitation to partner in this project as they associate themselves with the national vision of bridging the information and education gap in communities, bringing in their element of creativity, technology and innovation which is their niche. In this respect the university donated Nine (9) computers and Three (3) printers to the schools to show their support and enhance the project. According to the university’s Vice President for Corporate and Industry Relations Mr. Mosoma Kgotla, this opportunity is the beginning of a long term relationship and involvement in the Vice President’s Project in the three communities. The university made a pledge to support on a yearly basis, to offer Information Communication Technology (I.C.T) support to the teachers, students and communities in the three villages. Furthermore, the university will eventually adopt one of the classrooms as a centre for I.C.T learning.
Other sponsors for the project included;
Hindu Foundation, which was the main sponsor and donated the three classrooms.
Brand Botswana, which branded all the classrooms;
Mr. Taolo Moshaga, Founder of Global Transformation & Networks, who was the overall Project Coordinator.
Botswana Post, which donated chalkboards to the classrooms.
Cresta Hotel which provided accommodation for the invited guests and technical team.
Parents, Teachers Association from Kelele Memorial School as well as Village Development Committees from the three villages.
SPEDU just to name a few.
All the stakeholders were awarded certificates of appreciation by the Vice President, Dr Kedikilwe.
