Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko

Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko is a community development specialist in the field of adult education, University of Botswana. She did her graduate studies, Masters and Doctoral Degree in Adult Education at the University of Alberta, Canada and Pennsylvania State University, USA, respectively. She has written extensively on the area of community development; exploring and addressing pertinent issues of the excluded and vulnerable groups such as rural communities, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and older adults. Her professional development in this area can be explained as weaving together experiences in diverse fields such as out-of-school education, non-formal education, open and distance learning and lifelong learning.

Publications

The Crossroads That Were Never Meant to Be: An Account of Promises and Challenges in an Orphan's Empowerment Journey
The Crossroads That Were Never Meant to Be: An Account of Promises and Challenges in an Orphan's Empowerment Journey
Oitshepile MmaB Modise, Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko. © 2019. 13 pages.
Today's world faces challenges of increased number of orphans. In Botswana, HIV/AIDS scourge widens figures and poverty increases vulnerability. Beyond existing empowerment...
Dynamics of Public Training in a University Setting: Promoting Excellence through Leadership
Dynamics of Public Training in a University Setting: Promoting Excellence through Leadership
Bantu Morolong, Rebecca Lekoko, Veronica Magang. © 2017. 12 pages.
The case presented in this chapter submits a general consensus about the role of leadership in a university public training program. Focusing on short training programs provided...
Cases on Grassroots Campaigns for Community Empowerment and Social Change
Cases on Grassroots Campaigns for Community Empowerment and Social Change
Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko. © 2015. 378 pages.
In modern times, political and social reform often starts at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder; common people with ordinary lives enact change through community organization...
Empowerment through Elegant Designs: Perspectives inside a Bag Manufacturing Business by Some Batswana Women
Empowerment through Elegant Designs: Perspectives inside a Bag Manufacturing Business by Some Batswana Women
Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko. © 2015. 17 pages.
This chapter illustrates that self-empowerment cannot be achieved with strong doubts about capability or confidence. Rather, self-initiative is facilitated by ‘power-within'...
Visible Barriers to Economic Empowerment: Lessons from San Wood Carvers of Botswana
Visible Barriers to Economic Empowerment: Lessons from San Wood Carvers of Botswana
Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko, Andy Chebanne, Maitseo Bolaane, Tumelo Matlhongwane. © 2015. 14 pages.
This chapter presents some barriers to grassroots empowerment; namely, when government prescriptive approaches take precedence over the felt needs of those to be empowered;...
The Crossroads that Were Never Meant to Be: An Account of Promises and Challenges in an Orphan's Empowerment Journey
The Crossroads that Were Never Meant to Be: An Account of Promises and Challenges in an Orphan's Empowerment Journey
Oitshepile MmaB Modise, Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko. © 2015. 17 pages.
Today's world faces challenges of increased number of orphans. In Botswana, HIV/AIDS scourge widens figures and poverty increases vulnerability. Beyond existing empowerment...
Dynamics of Public Training in a University Setting: Promoting Excellence through Leadership
Dynamics of Public Training in a University Setting: Promoting Excellence through Leadership
Bantu Morolong, Rebecca Lekoko, Veronica Magang. © 2015. 15 pages.
The case presented in this chapter submits a general consensus about the role of leadership in a university public training program. Focusing on short training programs provided...
Cases on Developing Countries and ICT Integration: Rural Community Development
Cases on Developing Countries and ICT Integration: Rural Community Development
Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko, Ladislaus M. Semali. © 2012. 260 pages.
ICTs have the potential to make a huge impact on developing countries. Not only can ICTs be used to integrate rural communities into wider economic and social development, but...
Libraries as Portal for Knowledge Driven Rural Community Development Cases from Botswana
Libraries as Portal for Knowledge Driven Rural Community Development Cases from Botswana
Rebecca Lekoko, Josephine Modise-Jankie, Christopher Busang. © 2012. 8 pages.
Realizing that the rural communities lag behind with information that can help improve their lives, the government has set up the Rural Communication Program (RCP) with a goal...
Socio-Economic Empowerment Through Technologies: The Case of Tapestry at Lentswe La Oodi Weavers in Botswana
Socio-Economic Empowerment Through Technologies: The Case of Tapestry at Lentswe La Oodi Weavers in Botswana
Oitshepile MmaB Modise, Rebecca Lekoko, Joyce Mmamaleka Thobega. © 2012. 8 pages.
The chapter presents a case of a community development project known as Lentswe La Oodi Weavers in a rural village, Oodi, in the Kgatleng district of Botswana with a goal of...
Supporting Work-Family Amalgamation through E-HRM
Supporting Work-Family Amalgamation through E-HRM
Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko. © 2009. 6 pages.
Managerial practices and changes can be understood and appreciated when placed in a historical context. Kramar (2006) suggests that the starting point should be in the1980’s...
Poverty Reduction through Community-Compatible ICTs: Examples from Botswana and other African Countries
Poverty Reduction through Community-Compatible ICTs: Examples from Botswana and other African Countries
Rebecca Lekoko, Bantu Morolong. © 2008. 20 pages.
ICTs are an integral part of both scientific and lay cultures. However, scientific know-how, whose significant features are high expertise and highly trained personnel, is...
Poverty Reduction through Community-Compatible ICTs: Examples from Botswana and other African Countries
Poverty Reduction through Community-Compatible ICTs: Examples from Botswana and other African Countries
Rebecca Lekoko, Bantu Morolong. © 2007. 22 pages.
ICTs are an integral part of both scientific and lay cultures. However, scientific know-how, whose significant features are high expertise and highly trained personnel, is...