Home Economics
This programme facilitates the provision of socio – economic empowerment and skills development to disadvantaged families especially young persons. Services provided are entrepreneurship training and development, advocacy and lobbying for young women and girls; promotion of local products by providing exhibition at District and National Shows. It coordinates the implementation of
· Early Childhood Care and Education
Early Childhood Care and Education
This service is aimed at licensing of early childhood care and education centres in all districts. The programme includes supervision and monitoring of operations of Day Care Centres for children in Kweneng District.
Who qualifies for the service?
Service providers who meet the following policy standards:
- Acceptable hygienic conditions
- Acceptable physical structures
- Acceptable quality of the environment
- Acceptable quality of food and nutrition
- Adequate education and development material
What kind of assistance do I get?
- Registration ( Social and Community Development – Home economics )
- Inspections for required standards by the following council departments: Environmental health (Health), Physical Planning ( zoning and landuse), Buildings ( building standards )
- Licensing ( Commercial Affairs department )
Types of early childhood care & education services
- Daycare / Nursery ( 2 ½ - 4 years )
- Pre- primary ( 4- 6 years )
Rehabilitation of social welfare beneficiaries and economic empowerment of those willing to engage on small scale businesses
This entails welfare services that are geared towards and maintaining the (socio –economic and cultural) well being of individuals, groups and communities. In addition, it provides services that reassert the individual to live harmoniously with the environment.
The projects include:
- Food processing/preservation (production of jams, marmalade, pickles, dried foods etc
- Bread baking
- Catering
- Crocheting
- Beadwork
- Macramé
- Woodwork
- Toy making
- Laundry
- Basketry
- Pottery
- Sewing
- Weaving
- Knitting
- Flower arrangements
- Screen printing, tie & dye, batik
- Vegetable gardening
- Poultry
- Early childhood care and education (day care/nursery)
Training in different skills is offered free of charge
For more information and services contact your nearest office:
- Chief Social & Community Development Officer Tel: 5920650/5922159
- Principal Community Development Officer I
(Letlhakeng Sub District) Tel: 5943242/5943013
- Principal Community Development Officer I Tel: 5922122/5910619
- Principal Home Economics Officer I Tel: 5922121
- Principal Social Welfare Officer I Tel: 5922153
Area Offices
- Molepolole Community Centre 5920336
- Lentsweletau 5779211
- Thamaga 5999281
- Mogoditshane 3912469
- Metsimotlhabe 3102753
- Kopong 3102650
- Sojwe 5930759
- Hatsalatladi 5931230
- Botlhapatlou 5932201
- Gabane 3947055
- Mmankgodi 5999203
- Motokwe 5889079
- Lephephe
- Kubung
- Gamodubu
- Mmopane
- Gakuto
- Kumakwane
- Kweneng
- Dutlwe
- Khudumelapye
- Moshaweng
- Kaudwane
- Salajwe
- Sesung
- Ditshegwane
- Takatokwane
- Khekhenye
- Sorilatholo
- Diphuduhudu