The Dalumi Group diamond company said it will support the social development organization SOS Children’s Villages by donating to SOS Children’s Village Tlokweng in Gaborone, Botswana.

The children’s village of Tlokweng includes 16 family houses. Dalumi said it will fund the yearly purchases of food, clothes, medications, and school materials for a family house that accommodates 12 children.

The move by Dalumi followed its of Dalumi as one of 16 sightholders by DTC Botswana.

The charity initiative was officially announced on Nov. 28 when Hang Van Den Broeck, acting general manager of Dalumi Botswana, Derek James, national director of SOS Children’s Village Association in Botswana, met the children’s village staff and visited the family house in the Tlokweng village.

“Being part of this project enables Dalumi to be really close to the local population, supporting their needs and continuing the ethical and responsible way in which we conduct our business” says Yuval Kemp, director of Marketing and BD at the Dalumi Group. “I’m proud to highlight that our commitment is a long lasting one. At the end of the first year of this project we will meet again with SOS Children’s Villages Botswana and discuss ways to develop our support to this project based on the feedback we’ll receive.”

JCK