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Had I decided to say, ‘The government isn’t helping me,’ I wouldn’t be where I am today

— Lesego Chombo

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Men must seek help when facing mental and emotional challenges.

I'm a young person living in Botswana, passionate about youth development, gender equality, but also so passionate about the development of children.

A woman can’t be young and in leadership, that’s what people say. But when you do something and do it well, being a woman or being young will never be enough to stop you.

We want to teach children what GBV is to ensure that we prevent that culture from the root.

I don't think that my youth is a prejudice or a disadvantage. I think that it's my exact superpower.

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Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.

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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

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