Botswana and HIV/AIDS Facts
  • Botswana has been a continuously stable democracy since independence in 1966.
  • Botswana was the first African country to provide antiretroviral (ARV) therapy to its citizens on a national scale (medications for AIDS).
  • 160,000 children have already been orphaned because of HIV/AIDS in Botswana (almost 10% of the total population)
  • Approximately 24% of the population is currently HIV +.
Reneetswe Orphan Centre
  • Is a community based, volunteer run Orphan Day Centre in Mmankgodi, a rural Botswana village of 2,000 with over 250 registered orphans.
  • Offers a safe place for children coping with loss, abuse, neglect and exploitation.
  • Volunteers provide nutritious food, counseling, and educational and psychosocial support for healthy development to over 160 village orphans.
  • Orphans are at high risk for physical, sexual and emotional abuse and neglect.
  • Through their relationships at the centre, the children can begin the process of healing from their traumatic losses.