Africa-Press – Botswana. Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Private Basic Military training Course Intake 81 of 2024 has handed a poultry house and heavy duty photocopier to Pandamatenga Primary School as part of their outreach project.
Handing over the projects in Pandamatenga on Friday, commandant – military college, Brigadier Benjamin Masunga said the projects were a brainchild of the Intake 81 who were currently undergoing private military training at Pandamatenga base camp.
He said the recruits achieved this by raising P89 000 from their own pockets which were then channeled to building a poultry house and buying 100 layers’ chickens, feeds and a three in one photocopying machine. He said the project signified that BDF treasured communities where their training camps were housed.
“Our pillar is to serve and protect the nation and this can be achieved through acts of kindness to uplift Batswana wherever they are,” he said.
Brigadier Masunga said the poultry house would help learners acquire business skills as they would be taking care of the chickens and selling the eggs.
School head Ms Olaotse Tautona thanked BDF for choosing their school as a beneficiary of their corporate social responsibility outreach.
She said the school had an enrollment of 528 learners inclusive of a reception class and Special Education Unit.
She indicated that the school performance had been average over the past three years obtaining 67.8 per cent in 2021, 73.1 in 2022 and drastically dropped to 47 per cent in 2023.
This, she attributed to indiscipline from learners and lack of resources like printing material and visual aids.
However, Ms Tautona said in order to address indiscipline the school in partnership with BDF held a boot camp for inductions and training on discipline and social awareness.
She said BDF had been a valuable partner to the school having donated 10 computers to the school in 2014.
For his part Chobe District Deputy Council Secretary Mr Ogoditsemang Seleme lauded intake 81 for spreading the spirit of giving.
He said the council would ensure sustainability of the project.
Furthermore, he said the council would service the three in one photocopier, printer, and scanner and supply the school with printing papers.
He urged the school management to take good care of the gifts.
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