Kgoshi Rammupudu shows appreciation for Ipopeng Cultural Group projects

DIKGALAOPENG – Kgoshi Rammupudu Boleu II, together with Bakgaga Ba Kopa Traditional Council solidified ties with Ipopeng Cultural Group during a support visit to the group’s centre recently.

Ipopeng runs various projects that are aimed at promoting cultural awareness, fighting unemployment and poverty, especially among the youth.

The traditional leaders’ show up at the centre sought to get first-hand experience on the group’s operations and possibly provide support where needed.

Three projects are currently running at Ipopeng, including ASSITEJ SA with 20 employees comprising of both youth and the elderly, Charisma Music Foundation with 18 employees who are strictly young people and Youth Life with 90 youth employees.

The group’s Youth Life project has 60 participants stationed in Dikgalaopeng and Mpheleng villages. Kgoshi Rammupudu expressed pride in the cultural group’s work.

Rammupudu praised the efforts of the group to change lives of people in the communities, especially women and children.

“Community projects are vehicles for job creation and development. We are always encouraging our residents to come forward with ideas or programmes that are aligned to uplifment of lives. We would also like to see the communities working together with the traditional council to resolve any matter that may arise. They must approach the traditional council for assistance. We would also like to see businesses coming forward to provide help for the group to get a mobile office from which they can properly operate,” stated Rammupudu.

Nthwaleng Tlaka, Ipopeng Cultural Group founder, appreciated Rammupudu’s visit, saying it provides them courage and hope to prosper.

Tlaka indicated, “We need assistance with mobile offices or any form of shelter. We are struggling to accommodate all the participants and that delays progress of our programmes. Our aim is to ensure that all our youth and women are directly involved in the project. We are truly honoured for the support of Kgoshi Rammupudu since 2017 and we will continue developing and creating sustainable programmes for our respective communities.”