Boikhutso Primary School

Our last school for the day was Boikhutso Primary School. When we visited the school some weeks before to arrange for the visit by the Peace Run team, we met both the Head Teacher, Mrs Kgati, and the Head of Department for Sports, Miss Nono Kgamanyane, who had been at Ben Thema Primary when we visited Gaborone as the World Harmony Run in 2008. Mrs Kgati deferred respectfully to her very capable sports teacher and assured us that she would organise everything. Of course, we remembered the amazing welcome we'd had at Ben Thema in 2008, but little did we expect that Bhoikhutso would give us an even more memorable welcome. As Shree and Balarka arrived a few minutes early at the school gate, a group of young runners from the school assembled to shepherd the Peace Torch into the school. As we rounded the school buildings a deafening cheer arose from the assembly area and flags from nearly every African country waved at us from all sides.