On 9th June 2017, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) paid a courtesy visit to the office of the Botswana Federation of the Disabled as part of JICA’s networking efforts with various potential partners that they they could collaborate with in the project for the Promotion of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities and Disability Mainstreaming
The Hon Speaker of the National Assembly Ms G. Kokorwe was officially launched as the Patron of BOFOD at event that took in place in Gaborone. view the video here. She promised to help BOFOD move forward as the umbrella organisation of DPOs in Botswana.
On 23 November 2016, Botswana became the latest country to launch the Living Conditions Studies for Persons with Disabilities.at a ceremony graced by Guest of Honor, Ms. Kebonye Moepeng, Permanent Secretary for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration.
