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Botswana Society for the Deaf received a donation of three blocks of classrooms from First National Bank Botswana (FNBB) on Wednesday. The society, which is tasked with advocating for people with hearing difficulties, and helping to build a better environment that recognises their challenges and accommodates their needs, had approached the bank for assistance on the development of Ramotswa Centre for the Death.
When handing over the blocks of classrooms worth P1.3 million at Ramotswa Centre for the Deaf, FNBB CEO, Lorato Ntakhwana said that they continue to commit to the development of Batswana, and they believe that pupils with hearing impairment equally deserve to be empowered.
She said that they had found the need to assist the society after embarking on an assessment of the centre. "We realised that there was great need for us to help these special pupils," she said. She said that it was not the first time they had assisted the centre as they had previously donated books for hearing impaired pupils. The society, owned by Botswana Council for the Disabled, is a NGO and a non-profit making institution that provides nursery and primary education centres for hearing impaired children aged between three and 18 years in the country.
Ntakhwana said that they are concerned that an estimated 20,000 people in Botswana are badly affect by hearing difficulties, and of this number, 50 percent are children. She said that statistics also indicate that due to inadequate resources, only 514 out of the 10,000 have access to formal education. Currently there is a waiting list of up to 214 children seeking enrolment.
Addressing the gathering, Executive Director of Botswana Society for the Deaf, Reverend Phillip Butale said there was a serious need for the donation as two classes had been sharing classrooms. He commended FNBB for the assistance adding that as a society they face the challenge of developing plots that they own. He said that the society has plots in Masunga and Tati Siding and called on other communities to assist in the development of the schools.
Guidance and Counselling Senior Teacher at the centre, Monica Nkwe said that currently they have 193 students from around the country and other countries. "Pupils here are not necessarily from Ramotswa. They are from different places around the country and even outside the country," she revealed. She said that they have only 10 classrooms that are inadequate to accommodate all the pupils.
She said pupils are assessed for special needs at Central Resource Centre in Tlokweng, which then refers them to the centre. While the society revealed that it receives annual grants from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education, the funds are used on daily operations. Since its inception the society has established two schools for the hearing impaired, in Ramotswa and Francistown.
Botswana Society for the Deaf received a donation of three blocks of classrooms from First National Bank Botswana (FNBB) on Wednesday. The society, which is tasked with advocating for people with hearing difficulties, and helping to build a better environment that recognises their challenges and accommodates their needs, had approached the bank for assistance on the development of Ramotswa Centre for the Death.
When handing over the blocks of classrooms worth P1.3 million at Ramotswa Centre for the Deaf, FNBB CEO, Lorato Ntakhwana said that they continue to commit to the development of Batswana, and they believe that pupils with hearing impairment equally deserve to be empowered.
She said that they had found the need to assist the society after embarking on an assessment of the centre. "We realised that there was great need for us to help these special pupils," she said. She said that it was not the first time they had assisted the centre as they had previously donated books for hearing impaired pupils. The society, owned by Botswana Council for the Disabled, is a NGO and a non-profit making institution that provides nursery and primary education centres for hearing impaired children aged between three and 18 years in the country.
Ntakhwana said that they are concerned that an estimated 20,000 people in Botswana are badly affect by hearing difficulties, and of this number, 50 percent are children. She said that statistics also indicate that due to inadequate resources, only 514 out of the 10,000 have access to formal education. Currently there is a waiting list of up to 214 children seeking enrolment.
Addressing the gathering, Executive Director of Botswana Society for the Deaf, Reverend Phillip Butale said there was a serious need for the donation as two classes had been sharing classrooms. He commended FNBB for the assistance adding that as a society they face the challenge of developing plots that they own. He said that the society has plots in Masunga and Tati Siding and called on other communities to assist in the development of the schools.
Guidance and Counselling Senior Teacher at the centre, Monica Nkwe said that currently they have 193 students from around the country and other countries. "Pupils here are not necessarily from Ramotswa. They are from different places around the country and even outside the country," she revealed. She said that they have only 10 classrooms that are inadequate to accommodate all the pupils.
She said pupils are assessed for special needs at Central Resource Centre in Tlokweng, which then refers them to the centre. While the society revealed that it receives annual grants from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education, the funds are used on daily operations. Since its inception the society has established two schools for the hearing impaired, in Ramotswa and Francistown.