15 Mar 2024

Miss Philanthropist Botswana, Antoinette Letsholo is set to represent Botswana in Nigeria for the Miss Philanthropist Africa title. Botswana, Madagascar and Nigeria will be competing for the African crown on March 16.

Speaking during Letsholo’s farewell celebration in Oodi kgotla this week, Letsholo said the desire to promote the welfare of others had always been enacted in her as she had been donating to the less privileged children in her community.

Letsholo said she joined the competition so that she maybe able to lure the business community to help out and advocate for orphans and vulnerable children in different communities.

 She encouraged people to embrace the desire to promote others by donating money to good causes to close the disparity gap between the rich and the poor.

Letsholo however said her P10 shop situated in Oodi, a tuckshop which sell goods for not more than P10 with the proceeds solely for donation to the vulnerable children and donating to charitable organisations, had helped her to also adopt three children.

 “The primary concern of my shop is not about profit making but how much it can contribute to charity and the overall involvement in activities that are meant to uplift other people,” she said. Letsholo, also a direct sales agent at Letshego Financial Service, encouraged Batswana to adopt the mindset change and embrace the spirit of compassion.

For his part, Kgatleng District Council chairperson Daniel Molokwe thanked Letsholo for embracing humanity and showing love to other people despite their background.

 Molokwe said philanthropy had the power to influence lasting social change and that it could be looked at it as a cornerstone of a stable society and as such much support should be given to the reigning queen. He encouraged the community to support pageants.

In his welcome remarks, Kgosi Simon Semele thanked Letsholo for a job well done. Kgosi Semele however urged men to support women in such endeavours to eliminate social problems, promote equality and thus shape a better future for all.

Letsholo won nine awards from the Miss Philanthropy Botswana 2023 amongst them the top model award and the long evening gown award. Miss Philanthropy existed to develop and deploy the innate skills and abilities of young women thereby inculcating leadership qualities in them to transform Africa. ENDS