Mascom Calls On Botswana To Step Up For Child Safety
The Mascom Batanani Walk in Botswana is scheduled for August 2026 to raise awareness for child safety and support the creation of child-friendly reporting centers. The initiative addresses alarming statistics regarding violence against children in the region.
Why it matters
This community-led effort highlights the critical need for systemic protection and support services for vulnerable youth in Botswana.
Protecting children is not the responsibility of parents alone. It belongs to every one of us. That is the message at the heart of this year’s Mascom Batanani Walk, which returns on Saturday 8 August 2026, under the theme “Step Up for Child Safety”, rallying Batswana around one of the country’s most urgent social priorities.
While the annual walk has become one of Botswana’s best-known community initiatives over the past eight years, this year’s campaign shines a spotlight on the growing need to create safer environments where every child can live, learn and thrive.
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