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Mpule Kwelagobe Foundation

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Culture
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Humanitarian Affairs
  • Sustainable Development
  • Women/gender Equality
  • Youth

    • Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Human rights of women
  • Millennium Development Goals
  • Policy advice
  • Research
  • Women and HIV/AIDS
  • Women and health
  • Women and poverty
  • Women and the economy

    • Social Development:
  • Poverty
  • Youth

    • Sustainable Development:
  • Agriculture
  • Capacity-building
  • Gender equality
  • Partnerships
  • Poverty
  • Sustainable development for Africa

    • NEPAD:
  • Agriculture and Food Security
  • Crosscutting issues (Gender and Capacity Development)
    • Geographic scope: Regional
  • Africa
    • Country of activity:
  • Botswana
    • Millennium Development Goals:
  • Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
  • Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Improve maternal health
  • Develop global partnership for development
    • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 2001
    Organizational structure: The Mpule Foundation is registered according to the laws of the Republic of Botswana and is run by a Board of Trustees with power to delegate the operations and activities of the Foundation according to its Deed of Trust.
    Number and type of members: The MPULE Foundation has 11 members of the Board of Trustees, including: 1. Mpule Kwelagobe (Founder and President) 2. Joe Matome (Chair of the Board) 3. Thuli Johnson (Secretary) 4. Dudu Garekwe (Treasurer) 5. Joy Phumaphi (then Minister of Health of Botswana) 6. Linah Mohohlo (Governor of the Bank of Botswana) 7. Dr. Ric Marlink (Harvard AIDS Institute) 8. Paul Paledi 9. Parks Tafa (Legal Counsel) 10. Magic Johnson 11. Maurice Templesman
    Affiliation with NGO networks: Botswana Council of Non-Governmental Organizations (BOCONGO)
    Funding structure:
  • Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
  • Fundraising campaigns
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Grants from Governments
  • Foreign and international grants
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