Chobe Holdings Limited has announced that it is the Diamond Sponsor of the CEO Council for Child Rights Charity Golf Day, hosted by UNICEF Botswana in partnership with Mpepu Mme Boko’s Programme. Funds raised on the day will support programmes that give Botswana’s children a better start in life, in line with the campaign theme, “A better start for every child.”
Investing in people, investing at home
The sponsorship reflects Chobe Holdings’ sustainability pillar of investing in people and investing at home. As the only tourism company listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange, Chobe Holdings is owned largely by Batswana its largest shareholder is the Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund, and around 1,600 individual Batswana hold shares in the company.
Through this sponsorship, Chobe Holdings Limited, through its purpose subsidiary company Chobe Impact, is delivering on its Memorandum of Understanding obligations with UNICEF.
“We employ more than 1,000 Batswana across our lodges, and many of them are parents. Standing with UNICEF and Mme Boko’s Programme to give every child a better start is an investment in the same communities that make our business possible.”
“Our business is built on Botswana’s people and its natural heritage, and the next generation is the future of both,” said MC Odumetse, Managing Director of Chobe Holdings Limited. “We employ more than 1,000 Batswana across our lodges, and many of them are parents. Standing with UNICEF and Mme Boko’s Programme to give every child a better start is an investment in the same communities that make our business possible.”
Chobe Holdings employs 1,042 Batswana, with 98% of its workforce localised. Its operations span lodges across the Okavango Delta and Chobe region, as well as Sedie Hotel in Maun.
The CEO Council for Child Rights brings together business leaders in Botswana to champion children’s rights and mobilise private-sector support for child-focused programmes.
