23 August

7 Wheelchairs were donated to individuals at Tlokweng Clinic on the outskirts of Gaborone.

Recipients together with caregivers and rotariansPresident Mike Lakin addresses the crowdRecipient in her new wheelchair  

Recepient poses for Wheelchair Foundation PhotographRecepient, Kabo Matlho, together with Rtn Ignatius Ndzinge and President Mike LakinRecipient with President Mike Lakin and Rtn Yash Gureja

 Elderly recipient posing for the Wheelchair Foundation photographYoung receipient in his new wheelchairRecipient, Yvonne Bogatsu, with her caregiver

11 August

Craig Chow and Michelle of the Vision Group donated clothing amounting to approximately P 10 000.00 to the club for distribution to the needy.

Craig addresses the club(Left to Right) PDG Reg, President Mike, Michelle (Vision), Craig (Vision), Rtn GrahamThe Vision Team with President Mike

9 August

The club's Annual Charity Gala Dinner was held at the G.I.C.C. The guest of honour was His Excellency the President of the Republic of Botswana, Mr Festus G. Mogae. The guest speaker was the Governor of the Bank of Botswana, Mrs Linah K. Mohohlo.

President Mike Lakin welcomes dinersHis Excellency Festus Bogae with Rotary President Mike LakinMrs Mohohlo delivering her speach

2 by 5 litre bottles of Zandvliet Shiraz wine, which had been signed by His Excellency the President, where auctioned. The first bottle was secured by Mr Jagdish Shah for the sum of BWP 5 000.00 and the second was secured by a visitor to Botswana from Canada, Mr Allen Clarke, for the sum of BWP 10 500.00.

The 2 wine bottles waiting to be auctionedMr Jagdish Shah with this magnum of wineMr Allen Clarke receiving his magnum of wine

Thanks to the generosity of Mr Clarke and Mr Shah, the diners and the various sponsors, a substantial amount was raised for the various Rotary projects.

              The Top Table               PP Dick Jamieson, Myra Thomas, PP Brian Thomas, Marty Jamieson, Olive Parton & Rtn Claude Rossi

              Rtn Sam McConnell, Margret McConnell and Rtn Jay Salkin with their guests               Bucky and Gail Buchanan, Rona Burt, PP Barney O'Reilly and President of Inner Wheel Dympna O'Reilly

A big thank thank you is extended to our main sponsor for the past three years, the FNB Foundation. They have helped to ensure that the event was a success.

                

 
7 to 13 August

15 members of Youth Challenge, Singapore spent a week in Gaborone and the surrounding area providing food and clothing to orphans and disabled children. The group of youngsters were assisted by the Rotary Club of Gaborone's President Mike Lakin. President Mike ably assisted by Rtn Jim Parton organized the vists and the transport to various day care centres and rehabilitation centres.

Youth Challenge is an organization of teenagers that obtains sponsorship from companies in Singapore and has the backing and support of UNDP and they visit various countries supplying humanitarian support.

While this was not a Rotary project, we as the Rotary Club of Gaborone made it a club project to assist Youth Challenge with their logistics and supported them where we could

Offloading supplies on the evening of arrival from Singapore via JohannesburgGroup photograph with Mr Vincent Lam (Exective Present of Youth Challenge), Mrs Ralegkobo of the Department of Social Services and Mike Lakin (President of the Rotary Club of Gaborone)A Youth Challenge member playing with some of the children at Kamogelo Day Care Centre

Youth Challenge members telling a story of the mouse and the cat to the Kamogelo Day Care childrenHanding out of jackets to the children at Kamogelo More Jackets handed out at Kamogelo

Youth Challenge members at the Annual Charity Dinner. They were guests of the Rotary Club of GaboroneYouth Challenge sing for the diners at the Charity DinnerPresident Mike Lakin hands over a club banner to Gokilavani Muthusamy (Goki), the coordinator of the Youth Challenge team