Welcome to my home!

"Hello my name is Kumisso. Welcome to Botswana

I am proud to be Botswanan. Botswana is a beautiful country and I hope you’ll agree.

My main passion in life is singing.  I love to sing and I sing all the time. I like hip hop, R&B, classical and gospel music. Chris Brown is my main inspiration and favourite artist.  I could sing all day, if people let me!”

Kumisso is passionate, sensitive and thoughtful.  He has lived at the SOS village in Botswana since he was four months old, brought up by a loving family that he cherishes.

Also meet Offana

"Hello, I'm Offana and I am 17 years old.  I am applying for university to study information systems. I am pretty good at computers.

I live in a house at SOS Children’s Village in Botswana with my four brothers, two sisters and my mother, Bridget. We have a lot of fun together.  We love competing at school and playing games.”

Find out more about Offana, his hobbies and his favourite book. You might know it... It’s quite well-known.

Kumisso and Offana explore their much-loved country. Find out what they have discovered as you explore the various topics and videos.

Discover Botswana

Botswana is a country bursting with culture and tradition.

But droughts are common in Botswana. Every couple of decades they can last up to five or six years. Imagine the affect on agriculture. These droughts can ruin harvests and badly affect livestock. Here are some more facts:

Botswana is now a middle-income nation. It was one of the poorest countries in world, until the discovery of diamonds.

A quarter of adults living in Botswana have HIV/AIDS, one of the highest infection rates in the world.

Literacy among young people in Botswana is high at 95 per cent of 15-24 year olds.

Botswana’s safari offers some of the richest wildlife areas in the most unspoilt of natural environments – the envy of many countries.