PASSOBO ready to host games despite limited funds

Optimistic: Keoagile
Optimistic: Keoagile

The Paralympics Association of Botswana (PASSOBO) is ready to host the national Paralympic and Deaflympic Games from May 27 to 29 despite limited resources.

PASSOBO president, Shirley Keoagile told journalists in Gaborone on Tuesday that the Local Organising Committee (LOC) had made considerable efforts to mobilise resources, but financial challenges still persisted.

Their budget is P300,000, but they have only raised P65,000.

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