South African Visitors

This past month (May) a team of leaders from Hillcrest Christian Fellowship in Durban, South Africa came to Botswana for a leadership training time hosted by one of our partner churches: Church For All Nations (CFAN). We were privileged to have the team participate in our local outreach programmes and it was clear that the experience had a lasting impact on our South African guests. “I was blown away by what you are doing in the local communities around Gaborone and by the impact Christ, through The King’s Foundation, is having on children, the poor and the marginalized” said one of the leaders in a recent email.

If you want to be part of our outreach work please email us at botswana@xt.kingsfoundation.org

Puso Kirby (16th Sept 1972 – 5th June 2008)

This past week we received the shocking news that our good friend Puso Kirby had died in a vehicle accident in Gaborone. Puso was the driving force behind many initiatives at “Mokolodi Nature Reserve” and in recent years he oversaw “Creations of Africa” which prints all of our King’s Foundation t-shirts in Botswana. What started as a purely business relationship quickly developed into a personal connection.

Puso was a dear friend and supporter of any initiative focused on the development of his beloved Botswana. “Puso was born in this country, to white parents who came to Botswana from Zimbabwe. He could never live anywhere else, I suspect, because like just about everyone else I have met who has spent time in this country, he finds it impossible to be indifferent to it. Here was a man who was obviously in love with the place in which he lived.” (Alexandar McCall Smith)

The funeral / memorial was done well and was a nice way to bring closure to the life of Puso Kirby. People in attendance included everyone from His Excellency Lt-Gen Seretse Khama Ian Khama and Botswana Ministers to local staff that worked at Mokolodi Game Reserve. The eclectic mix of people was a great testimony of Puso’s indiscriminative love for people and the vast impact he had on Botswana. The saddest (fitting) moment for me personally was when Puso’s coffin was placed into the little Creations of Africa bakkie he always drove around in and proceeded to the burial site.

We are deeply saddened by Puso’s sudden departure and will continue to lift his family up in prayer. Please join us in praying for his wife (Maddie) and four children (Seretse, Reeves, Owen and Hunter) during this painful time.

Click Here to read “Beguiled by Botswana” (2003) by Alexandar McCall Smith