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RUSSELL HEADS BACK TO BOTSWANA:
Russell’s recent trip to Botswana to help raise funds to celebrate the great Pitseng Gaoberekwe & to provide the San leaders with vital transport to visit their people living in the CKGR.
The San are one of the origins of mankind from around the ancient mega-lake Makgadikgadi in the north of Botswana. The part of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) set aside for them is roughly the size of Switzerland, with around 4,000 San dotted around the area. They are kind, generous people despite having little. The inhabitants live primarily from the land in small basic thatched huts, roaming the reservation foraging for roots and berries whilst being mindful not to deplete natural supplies. However, they also need clean water and the basics of life. The San leaders need sturdy 4x4s to navigate the rough, sandy desert terrain (there are no roads) to visit their people and help provide them with essential supplies and medicine.
“I first met the wonderful people of the San in the 1980s when I lived in the Kalahari bush for 4 years as a diamond exploration geologist. I have returned many times and am proud to call many of them friends.”
