In a rather surprising discovery, some youth, do not view the council as a structure with any relevance to them even after 38 years of operation. Phetso Danabe from Nata village described the BNYC, as a youth programme - but could not tell what it does. The Information and Technology graduate has never come across a young person who benefited from this 'scheme'.
"I know that BNYC is a youth programme, I don't know when it started and it held district council elections recently," Danabe said.
He does not hink the council can benefit the youth in anyway because it is event-oriented. The only time he hears about the organisation is during the Month of Youth Against AIDS and waits for a whole year to hear the acronym BNYC again. Adding that even those who usually attend some of its event may not know what it stands for and how beneficial it is to young Batswana, as entertainment pieces usually overshadow informative activities.
He is not the only one who does not see the role BNYC plays in addressing the plight of the youth. In its official website, the council list the following as its core business, aligned to its mandate; advocacy and lobbying, capacity building, research information dissemination and networking, resource mobilisation and adolescent sexual reproductive health.
Oratile Mooka*, a public worker based in Shakawe does not know much about the BNYC. In fact he hastened to say, "maybe I do not anything about the council"
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