Vision 2016 National Awards

On Thursday, 20th September The King’s Foundation Botswana received their first national award. Darius Chiseni accepted the Vision 2016 [A United and Proud Nation] award on behalf of the hard working volunteers in Francistown.

Vision 2016 was established in 1996 and is a national programme for the people of Botswana. It reflects the views of many different parts of our society. It is a statement of long term goals that identifies national challenges and proposes a set of strategies for meeting them.

Vision 2016 is comprised of seven “pillars”: 1) An Educated, Informed Nation 2) A Prosperous, Productive and Innovative Nation 3) A Compassionate, Just and Caring Nation 4) A Safe and Secure Nation 5) An Open, Democratic and Accountable Nation 6) A Moral and Tolerant Nation and 7) A United and Proud Nation.

I’d like to thank Ache from The Voice Newspaper for the above picture.

Victoria Falls Engagement

The King’s Foundation would like to congratulate Ruth Deaville (our Gaborone Coordinator) in her recent engagement to Mark Middleton. While Darius was receiving the 2016 award Ruth was being handed a ring at Victoria Falls and being proposed to!! What a great day for our Botswana team. We celebrate with Mark and Ruth and pray for their future together.

Another Season of King’s Camps Comes to an End

These past two weeks 320 children from around Botswana took part in another season of King’s Camps at Northside, Westwood and Clifton School. This was the third consecutive school holiday that King’s Camps has conducted activity programmes for children. Daily activities included various sports, swimming, games, team competitions, drama, singing, arts & crafts, dress up days etc. Once again it was a great success…click here to view pictures.

September Newsletter

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Dukwi Refugee Camp

From 26th-29th August The King’s Foundation conducted an outreach programme at Dukwi Refugee Camp. The King’s outreach team consisted of individuals from Botswana, Kenya, Zambia and the UK. Having such a cross cultural team not only benefited our sessions but was a great testimony to the children in Dukwi. Dukwi Refugee Camp is comprised of people from various countries, backgrounds, faiths etc. and segregation is a real problem.

The event was the first of its kind and was initiated by UNHCR and the Botswana Red Cross Society. Sessions began early each morning with leadership training for older individuals within the camp. Developing local leaders is essential if similar work is to continue and eventually become sustainable. Daily sports sessions with approximately 300 children in the camp gave the “rookie coaches” a chance to put newly learned skills into action and was a great opportunity for the King’s Foundation team to encourage the many children in Dukwi.

The King’s Foundation would like to thank Rotary Club [Gaborone] for making a P5000 contribution towards printing t-shirts for all of the children in Dukwi. We are also proud to be associated with “Creations of Africa” who graciously printed all of our t-shirts this holiday season.

Click here to view pictures from the Dukwi Outreach.