Balloti urges ministries to rekindle Cheshire Home

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2025-09-20

KATIMA MULILO, 19 September 2025 - Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture Dino Balloti and Zambezi Regional Governor, Dorothy Kabula pictured with some of the children at Cheshire Home on Friday during the 30th aniversary celebration of the non-governmental organisation. (Photo: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

KATIMA MULILO, 20 SEP (NAMPA) - Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Dino Balloti, has urged government ministries to rekindle their relationship with Cheshire Home.
Speaking at Cheshire Home's 30th anniversary celebration on Friday, the deputy minister, who was assigned to represent Vice-President Lucia Witbooi, said it disappoints him to see that some vital needs of people with disabilities are not standard...

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