Botswana: The First National Bank Botswana (FNBB) Foundation officially handed over an aquaponics project to Gaborone Women’s Prison, as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility initiative.
The initiative seeks to empower women in Prison with sustainable skills and opportunities for self-sufficiency, nurturing growth even within the confines of their incarceration.
Giving her handing over speech, the Chairperson of FNB Botswana Foundation, Myrah Sekgororoane, expressed her delight at the completion of the project as it marked another successful collaboration between FNBB and Botswana Prison NService.ย
Sekgororoane said the FNBB Foundation had invested P225,251.80 in the project through the three FNBB branches, roping their financial allotments together to implement a meaningful project. This legacy project has far-reaching effects and sustainability for intended recipients.
She emphasized that the project is a brainchild of three female Branch Managers from Riverwalk, Industrial and First Place who chose to support fellow women from Prison in an endeavour to better their lives post-incarceration.ย
“๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด’ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ,” she said.ย
On giving his acceptance speech, Deputy Commissioner Anthony Mokento expressed gratitude on behalf of the Prison Service to receive yet another special donation from one of its key stakeholders. He stated that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity that must be recognized in a special way.ย
Deputy Commissioner Mokento said Aquaponics is a labour-saving technique, saving traditional agriculture work such as ploughing, tilling and digging, and is therefore appropriate for all genders and many age groups.ย
In addition, he said aquaponics systems can be located inside the home, thereby providing a secure means of income generation and nutritional security, as well as offering an opportunity for income-generating activities.
“๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ด๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ง๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 4๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ 3 ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข,” he said.
This is the second donation by the Bank to the Botswana Prison Service in the space of three months. In September, the Service received a donation of information technology equipment valued at P76 689.50 comprising of twenty-five desktop computers, classroom equipment and educational materials from FNB Botswana.