What We Do

​Playhouse Mothers - A program designed for mothers, which supports them in the areas of food distribution, health education, parental education and spiritual guidance. 
Rehabilitation - Our aim is to protect children and women from harsh conditions such as abuse, neglect, extreme hunger and to support families who are unable to provide basic daily necessities. We do this through home based care.
Bowls for Botswana- Over 200 Children attend our daily breakfast program.  We deliver to those who are unable to support themselves. These are the sick, elderly and disabled.
Kindergarten Playgroup-ADORE supports One hundred and twenty children to attend kindergarten for the purpose of learning 
Setswana (national language) and English (Business Language) to prepare them for formal education.  Children speak their native language and struggle to learn in Preschool due to a language barrier. Children who attend the program learn through a play based technique.
ADORE Women - Workshops are held for women at intervals throughout the year. ADORE has hired tutors in carpentry, sewing, brick making, baking, arts, basketry and jewellery making.  ADORE assists women where possible to start their own small businesses to bring a self sustainable income to the family. 




 

"a child is so precious ....... they just want to be loved"

-MamaPaula

​Where We Are

Botswana​ is a landlocked desert country located in Southern Africa and bordered by South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Botswana became independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966. Since then, it has maintained a strong tradition of stable representative democracy, with a consistent record of uninterrupted democratic elections. Botswana has enjoyed one of the fastest growth-rates in per capita income in the world since independence.
Mining, tourism, agriculture and transportation contribute to the country’s economic structure. Its population is reaching just over the 2.200 million mark.

Okavango Delta The river that never finds the sea, is one of the world's great natural phenomena. When the Okavango River floods from March to August, the area swells to 3 times it's normal size. As this happens during Botswana’s dry winter months it attracts huge concentrations of animals. Okavango Delta is situated in the far north west of Botswana and attracts thousands of visitors per year due to the vast wildlife, staying in numerous camps situated on this magnificent island. The people known as Hembukushu live in clusters of mud huts with no electricity or running water. This remote part of Botswana is where most of the nation's poverty and HIV & Aids Virus are prevelant.  Hembukushu are farmers, however due to the drought harvest is minimal and not being able to sustain the families' food intake. Adore Little Children was lead to this area after a visit to Social Services. Here we learned that this was the most needed area in Botswana. 
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Rehabilitation

(Left) Njangu is one of ADORE rehabilitation patients along with her eight children. Njangu has been disabled since she was five years of age. She can not walk. She shuffles along the ground. Her husband of fifteen years died last year of Hiv & Aids and Tuberculosis. This left Njangu in a desperate state of needing assistance. Her family members do not help her. ALCB takes food daily, cleans her surroundings, and collects water for her from the standpipes, educates the children and makes sure they receive medical attention, thanks to sponsorship. Njangu has realised the importance of needing to have a relationship with Jesus. This gives her strength, a hope and a security for her future. ADORE has assisted Njangu in starting her own basketry business. Her baskets are now being sold in stores and Njangu is able to buy groceries for her family. We would like to help more families in need. Through sponsorship we can partner together and give a family an opportunity to live a happier and healthier life. 




​​Basketry is one of ADORE Self sufficiency programs. Women make baskets to bring income into the family home. ADORE provides materials, resources and training to start small businesses.





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​​DID YOU KNOW?
Batswana is the plural term for people who live in Botswana. The singular term is Motswana

Pula, the currency of Botswana, is also the Setswana word for rain.


​​DID YOU KNOW?
The Hambukushu shared many of the hardships of the Bayei and were driven westwards from southern Zambia to the main Okavango River where they tilled the land along its banks. The last major influx of Hambukushu arrived from southern Angola as refugees during the Angolan civil war of the 1970s. They settled in the Etsha region along the western fringe of the Okavango and are regarded as master basket weavers.




Most of ADORE children live in a mud hut with up to eleven siblings/ cousins sleeping on a mat on a dirt floor.



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