More often after getting the electorates’ votes and get to hold public office, politicians usually hit a U-turn on promises they made while campaigning and turn a blind eye on their constituents’ problems. Not so with Gantsi North MP, Noah Salakae. The youthful MP together with his constituents, are working together to establish the Gantsi North Community Trust, whose primary aim is to assist the needy children commonly referred to as ‘street kids’ who are now a common sight in the village and whose numbers are growing by the day. If all goes according to plan, Salakae says the trust will be launched over the festive season in a three-day fun filled event. The launch – on December 24 – will have Maun West M, MP Kgosi Tawana Moremi officiating and will be preceded by a beauty pageant fundraising night on December 22. Gantsi North Soccer Tournament takes place on December 23rd. Lobatse-based Extension Gunners is expected to be the crowd puller for this event. Gantsi, unlike other rural townships and villages in Botswana, is experiencing a rising number of street children who – according to MP Salakae – move from nearby farms following their parents who migrate to Gantsi…