The true village girl in Miss Botswana 2022/23, Lesego Chombo, came out to play this week as she was spotted in Maothate Village stirring pots over open fire while interacting with members of the community.
With the Miss World Grande Finale only 3 months away, our queen is hard at work currently running her Beauty with a Purpose project campaign which was officially set in motion in early February.
Maothate settlement is a village far from all amenities with the nearest sign of civilization being the Thebephatshwa army base camp that is 18 km’s away. The rural settlement is defined by rife
unemployment and under-resourced families where three meals a day is considered a luxury.
Chombo spent an entire day at Maothate Learning Centre where community members got a first-hand experience of their Mma-Botswana. The Learning Centre was first established to aid adults by teaching them how to read and write in order to better their quality of life in some manner. It was later extended to become a learning facility for children to mitigate the root cause of the poverty that has struck the village, which is a lack of education.
The Centre envisions a community that will one day be removed from the firm grip of
generational poverty.
Miss Botswana says that her project which is called The Genesis Project aims to solve such problems by first treating the root cause.
Her project aims to create a conducive environment for the development of economically disadvantaged children through a developmental program that equips their parents with the skills and behavioral attributes that are necessary in promoting their children’s emotional, social and cognitive well-being.
“As part of my project, I have also hosted developmental outings for economically disadvantaged children in Maun comprising of specialist medical checks, educational activities, and introduction to artistry, the goal of which was to expose the children to a conducive environment and shape their perspective.”
She dedicated her day to interacting with community members and learning about Maothate Village and the struggles they are faced with. She also played with the children who were stunned by her beauty. However, the highlight of the day was definitely seeing the beauty queen stirring pots over open fire while interacting with the village elders.