19 Apr 2016

Completely Automated Recovery Plant employees at OLDM and Rosepan hotel have been commended for securing a dignified life to a needy person.

The Minister  of Local Government and Rural  Development Mr Slumber Tsogwane made the commendation on  Saturday in Mokobaxane.

Mr Tsogwane also the area MP noted that they had heeded the President’s call by restoring dignity of Ms Banyaditsemang Modumedi.

He stated that OLDM employees under CARP department and Rosepan hotel had fulfilled one of Vision 2016 pillars of a compassionate, just and caring nation. Shelter he said was valued by millennium development goals as critical in the life of a human being.

Mr Tsogwane said shelter did not only fulfil physical needs by providing security and protection from inclement weather and climate.

He said it also fulfiled psychological needs by providing a sense of personal space and privacy.

OLDM CARP employees and Rosepan hotel he said deserved to be commended  as it would go a long way in significantly helping government  achieve the intentions and plan to take its citizensout of poverty.

Government he said was at the forefront of ensuring that poverty ridden families were alleviated from it.

He stated that 643 houses were pledged for President’s housing appeal and among them 583 houses were completed.

He stated that from 2006/7 to 2015/ 2016, 1883 houses were allocated to destitute housing, some have been completed and some in progress.

During 2016/17 financial year 1 000 houses have been allocated for destitute housing and Remote Area Development Programme( RADP).

Strategy and BI manager at OLDM Mr Kgolagano Banabotlhe said the project started in 2012 when CARP peer educators came across Ms Banyaditsemang Modumedi in Mokobaxane whilst working with home based care support group.

Mr Banabotlhe stated that as they were moved by the company’s value of “show we care” they felt obliged to provide help.

They started by providing her with food and clothes. The team he said discovered that she had a plot closer to the clinic and the form of shelter on the plot was a dilapidated mud hut.

They proposed to renovate it and make it more conducive to live in.

Mr Banabotlhe said they then decided to push a little further and build a more decent structure.

The process of building a more durable structure he said was very slow and challenging at times as the team contributed money from their pockets and built only during weekends.

He said they engaged a local businessperson Mr Seretse of Rosepan hotel who volunteered to construct the house for free.

Mr Banabotlhe said their intension was to mobilise employees to work in partnership with the community to define, develop and implement community projects of CSI objectives and “show we care value.”

The project was estimated to cost P150 000, with provision of building materials by CARP, while  Rosepan provided employees and builders. ENDS