Parish priest Father Michael Cleary said the church would also try to foster close personal links with the centre and take more than a passing interest in the work carried out there. Lesang Bana (which means 'let the little children come') was set up by Father Gaby Faimau, who now runs it from the caravan he lives in adjacent to the centre. Father Gaby said: "HIV and Aids is now the most crucial problem faced by our people. This disease has killed so many and as a result there are so many orphans in the Botswana.
 | | Previously, some children had water for breakfast |
"In the first two or three months after my arrival in Metsimotlhabe, I found so many orphans in so many families, mostly taken care of by grandmothers and they do not have access to any type of education. "I also met so many vulnerable children. There is a family headed by a single mother. She has to take care of four children from a wheelchair since she is paralysed and yet she has no regular income. "The lady once told me that most of the times her children only have 'warm water' as their breakfast before they go to school." The Lesang Bana Care Centre has developed a preschool programme for the three to six-years-olds and a Saturday kids club programme for three to 15-years-olds. "I appreciate the contributions from the people of Bristol and St Mary-on-the-Quay parish have made," added Father Gaby. "It is needed and it is put to very good use." | 
