05 Oct 2015

G4S Botswana recently handed over household items to special unit children at the Aerodrome Primary School. Officially handing over the donation, G4S managing director, Mr Michael Kampani said their project was to invest on children’s lifeskills.

He said it was their duty to give back to the community and touch the lives of those in-need and also support those in particulate, courses adding that they would continue to touch the lives of people.

Mr Kampani explained that they were there basically to oblige to support the children of special unit and believed that providing them with householdapplianceswould change their lives. He complemented the community, staff, the government on their efforts for supporting the children of special unit so that at the end of the day they would be equipped with the skills and knowledge of life skills. 

Furthermore, he said he believes that children would be much empowered when using them as a part of fund raising activities.

Those household appliances consist of washing machine, irons, Television sets, and iron boards and urged the school to look after them. G4S human resources director, Mr Olefile Setswamokwena highlighted on the health and safety at workplace, noting that their values is to put safety first because of the nature of their work.

He stated that they have employees who work day and night, those that are transporting money from shops to the banks and those travelling long distances securing the world and that is why they prioritize safety.

Mr Setswamokwena said as much as they put safety first, he urged the school also to consider safety for the children, especially at the toilets and at the kitchen.  

In her welcoming remarks, the school head Ms Chedza Mujiwa noted that the school has both abled and disabled children. Ms Mujiwa said the unit also is for the learners with intellectual challenges but they have some who are physical, wheelchair bound and other conditions.

In addition, she mentioned that they had 83 learners currently, aged six years to 20 years with six teachers and 10 care-takers. Ms Mujiwa said that there are three male learners integrated in mainstream, standard one, six and seven.

She said when they are 18 years, they are enrolled in vocational or rehabilitation colleges for various skills such as horticulture, carpentry and sewing and appealed to companies to employ them after graduations. Ends