17 Mar 2020

Ms Direpang Segosebe is the epitome of an honourable woman who lives a purposeful life and adheres to the Vision 2036 pillar of human social development.

In an interview, Ms Segosebe said her volunteer work has helped her to form friendships with members of the international community, and was recently invited to attend a recirculate workshop at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom.

The workshop was attended by researchers, entrepreneurs, policy makers and community leaders from 10 African countries. It was intended to deliver innovative approaches needed to integrate the different uses of water which support sustainable and equitable development.

Ms Segosebe said her attendance of the workshop which was themed: Driving eco-innovation in Africa, capacity-building for a safe circular water economy, helped her to assist the street boys’ car wash at African Mall in Gaborone which she spearheaded in 2012.

She said she would help them to explore their water usage and to come up with innovative solutions for their car wash as well as how they used water and safety.

She further said she wanted to come up with other sustainable projects that would benefit the youth around the country and also promote sustainable development goals being clean water and sanitation, decent work and economic growth; good health and well-being of the community.

Ms Segosebe, who is a nursing officer within the greater Gaborone District Health Management Team (DHMT), has dedicated her life to volunteering her services to the less privileged as well as advocating for the elderly outreach health services, street children, youth health and human dignity, integration of road traffic accidents into community health, pedestrian crossing ramps and HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination education outreach at churches.

In 2018 she was awarded the annual alumnus of the year award from the University of Southern Queensland in Australia. She earned the award for her role in community work, particularly the implementation of speed bumps along a road nearby a clinic in Maun.

“I realised that the elderly were at risk when crossing the road so I came up with the speed hump idea which was embraced by other stakeholders and implemented in 2016.”

Additionally, Ms Segosebe was recognised for working with children and street youth where she assisted some to test and enroll for ARV’s.

In 2017 she was awarded a service star by Consumer Watchdog Botswana for exceptional consumer service, community service alumni of the year and Vision 2016. Ends