{"id":31314,"date":"2023-07-26T16:36:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T16:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?p=31314"},"modified":"2023-07-26T16:55:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T16:55:37","slug":"dikolotiassociates-donate-to-gasita-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dikolotiassociates-donate-to-gasita-community","title":{"rendered":"DIKOLOTIASSOCIATES DONATE TO GASITA COMMUNITY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Member of Parliament for Mmathethe\/Molapowabojang, Dr Edwin Dikoloti in collaboration with Optical Centre and India Association of Botswana have donated eyeglasses and blankets to Gasita community.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the donation ceremony on July 23 in Gasita, Dr Dikoloti who is also the Minister of Health, thanked Optical Centre and India Association of Botswana for the donations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have nothing to give them but just to say thank you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Dikoloti said the event was in line with vision 2036 pillar on human and social development.<\/p>\n<p>India Association of Botswana president, Mr Raj Kukreja, pointed out that they were donating and at the same time building relations with the community.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kukreja thanked Gasita residents and other sponsors for having afforded them the opportunity to assist the less privileged. He added that they had also donated to different communities in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Director of Optical Centre, Mr Shyam Arora, also thanked the community for the opportunity to serve them, adding that nothing could be better than assisting them.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that they prayed to God for blessings and upon getting results, it was right to share with others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been involved in numerous eye camps, such as this one, which focuses on providing free vision screening, free eye glasses as well as providing meals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Arora said they were looking forward to develop relationship, trust and mutual support leading into the future.<\/p>\n<p>He said acknowledged the India Association of Botswana for being devoted to improving relations between the people of the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Simon Ramaphoi, the councillor for Gasita, said the donation would play a vital role in assisting the country in attaining Vision 2036.<\/p>\n<p>Good eye sight, he said, was important as it enabled people to easily carry out their daily activities, hence it was necessary for eyes to be looked after.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ramaphoi thanked the donors on behalf of the government and residents of Gasita, noting that the donations would definitely make a huge difference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand that you receive requests for assistance on daily basis and we thank you for making us a priority,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>About one hundred eye glasses were given to residents after free vision screening while about hundred other community members received blankets<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. Member of Parliament for Mmathethe\/Molapowabojang, Dr Edwin Dikoloti in collaboration with Optical Centre and India Association of Botswana have donated eyeglasses and blankets to Gasita community. Speaking during the donation ceremony on July 23 in Gasita, Dr Dikoloti who is also the Minister of Health, thanked Optical Centre and India Association of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":31313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-31314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DIKOLOTIASSOCIATES DONATE TO GASITA COMMUNITY - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Member of Parliament for Mmathethe\/Molapowabojang, Dr Edwin Dikoloti in collaboration with Optical Centre and India A ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dikolotiassociates-donate-to-gasita-community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DIKOLOTIASSOCIATES DONATE TO GASITA COMMUNITY\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Member of Parliament for Mmathethe\/Molapowabojang, Dr Edwin Dikoloti in collaboration with Optical Centre and India A ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dikolotiassociates-donate-to-gasita-community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-26T16:36:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-26T16:55:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/07\/sm_1690372083.67341.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dikolotiassociates-donate-to-gasita-community#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dikolotiassociates-donate-to-gasita-community\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"DIKOLOTIASSOCIATES DONATE TO GASITA COMMUNITY\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-26T16:36:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-26T16:55:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dikolotiassociates-donate-to-gasita-community\"},\"wordCount\":391,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dikolotiassociates-donate-to-gasita-community#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/07\/sm_1690372083.67341.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dikolotiassociates-donate-to-gasita-community#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dikolotiassociates-donate-to-gasita-community\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dikolotiassociates-donate-to-gasita-community\",\"name\":\"DIKOLOTIASSOCIATES DONATE TO GASITA COMMUNITY - 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