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Child and Youth Upliftment

Child and Youth Upliftment

GABS supports children, orphans, vulnerable children, and youth by providing educational, emotional, psychosocial, and developmental support that helps them grow into confident and responsible individuals.

Objectives

To provide moral education and life-skills development.

To provide remedial lessons and academic support.

To offer psychosocial support to orphans, vulnerable children, and youth.

To improve access to education and mentoring opportunities.

To identify and support the needs of orphans and vulnerable children.

To promote youth empowerment and leadership development.

To provide job shadowing and skills-building opportunities for unemployed youth, young single mothers, and vulnerable community members.

Our Challenges

The realities below paint a heartbreaking picture of the challenges facing children and young people across Botswana. Behind every figure is a child facing poverty, a young person struggling to access opportunities, or a family overcoming hardship.

Through mentorship, psychosocial support, educational assistance, and youth empowerment programmes, GABS helps vulnerable children and youth build confidence, create opportunities, and brighter futures.

Our Impact

Children and youth gain confidence, life skills, academic support, and mentorship that empower them to make informed decisions and build brighter futures, while developing resilience, leadership abilities, and the skills needed to overcome challenges and achieve their full potential.

Below is a summary of our proven impact, showcasing the contact sessions and workshops facilitated, along with the number of beneficiaries positively reached through our initiatives.

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About These Success Stories

Guardian Angels Botswana Society (GABS) works alongside individuals, families and communities to address barriers that can prevent people from accessing health services, education, psychosocial support and opportunities for self-reliance. The stories in this document reflect the practical impact of community-based interventions delivered through the organisation’s HIV/AIDS Care, Wellness Education, and Child & Youth Upliftment programmes.

The original beneficiary accounts have been professionally edited for clarity, grammar, dignity and readability, and expanded into a consistent narrative suitable for a website, donor communications, organisational profile or annual report. The expanded wording remains grounded in the information provided in the original source document and does not add unsupported beneficiary details or outcomes.

To protect privacy, beneficiaries are described by age, gender and community rather than by name.

A 14-Year-Old Boy Returning to School Through GABS Advocacy

At the age of 14, a young boy from Gaborone had already spent approximately two years out of school after leaving during the second term of Form One at Bokamoso Junior Secondary School. His absence from education was linked to challenging personal and family circumstances and had placed his educational future at risk.

Being away from school for such a long period can make it difficult for a young person to reconnect with learning and can increase vulnerability to negative influences within the community. Despite the setback, the young man continued to express a desire to return to school and build a better future for himself.

Through its community work, Guardian Angels Botswana Society identified the situation and began engaging with the family and school administration to understand the barriers preventing his return. The GABS team provided consistent follow-up, counselling and awareness on the importance of education and worked with the relevant stakeholders to support his re-entry into the education system.

Through this advocacy and continued engagement, the young man was successfully re-enrolled in Form One. His return represented a fresh start and an opportunity to rebuild his academic journey after a prolonged absence.

Today, according to the original account, he is attending classes regularly and showing improved discipline, confidence and motivation to learn. His experience demonstrates the importance of timely intervention when children and young people become disconnected from education.

This story is a reminder that a period away from school does not have to define a young person’s future. With advocacy, counselling, family engagement and community support, young people can be given a second opportunity to return to education and pursue their goals.

A 15-Year-Old Young Mother Given a Second Chance to Return to School

In Bontleng, Gaborone, a 15-year-old young mother faced circumstances that interrupted her education and placed her future at risk. She became pregnant with her first child and subsequently left school before completing Form Three. The transition from being a student to becoming a young mother was difficult, particularly in the context of limited family resources.

Her parents were unemployed and were already struggling to support her six siblings and the growing responsibilities within the household. The young mother later became pregnant with her second child, further increasing the pressure she was experiencing. Over time, she began to lose hope and felt that opportunities for education, personal development and a better future were beyond her reach.

Through its ongoing community work, Guardian Angels Botswana Society became aware of her circumstances. The organisation recognised not only her vulnerability but also her resilience, potential and willingness to improve her life and provide a better future for her children.

GABS engaged the relevant education authorities and advocated for her reinstatement into the school system. The organisation emphasised the importance of second chances for young mothers and highlighted her desire to continue her education, as well as the long-term benefits that education could bring to her, her children and her family.

Following persistent engagement and support, the education authorities agreed to reinstate her into the education system.