Madikwe: The hope of Gamodubu
Friday, October 14, 2016
Shirley Madikwe PIC. KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Shirley Madikwe is the founder of Gamodubu Child Care Trust, a centre located in the small village of Gamodubu in Kweneng District. Madikwe has made a tremendous impact in the lives of many young people.
The Child Care Trust began simply out of a realisation of the deep need in the village. Madikwe began feeding desperate children out of her own resources at her own home.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...