Bolobedu women start a campaign to clean up villages
Linah Rabothata’s distaste for dirty and littered spaces has led her to establish the Vision Hygiene and Cleaning Project.
Rabothata from Medingen village in the Kgapane area recruited a group of women to join her in cleaning their village, which she says was littered with beer bottles lying in the streets. “We are also available to help clean the homes of the elderly and also help them collect their medication from the clinics. “We do this for free because we love our people and our community.
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We also have the support of our local community leader, Joel Kgapane,” she said. Rabothata and her team of ten unemployed women say they want to grow this initiative into a drop-in centre and an afterschool programme. “We need land or an office space where we can put all our equipment, help learners with homework and feed them.
We currently don’t have any funding, we buy equipment ourselves but are appealing for sponsorship for working tools and equipment such as work suits, gloves and rubbish bags,” said Rabothata. Anyone willing to assist the women can call Linah Rabothata at 063 732 5993.
