Mrs. Winter taught a class in Botswana before she was married or had kids.

   She taught a agriculture class at a High School for nearly 3 years. She taught a class in Francistown, near Zimbabwe.   

Some facts about Francistown and Botswana.

• Francistown it is still in the high 80's mainly 90's. It is very humid.
• In only four years Francistown’s population grew by 305 percent.

• They are still mining for gold in Francistown.

• The Francistown abattoir has in captivity 400 cattle and 150 small stock sheep and goats.

• The population of Botswana is 1,579,436.

• The total area of Botswana is 600,370 km.

• Botswana is a little smaller than Texas, U.S.

• English is official, but most people talk in Setswana.

• The Kalahari Desert covers eighty four percent of Botswana and parts of Namibia, South Africa and Angola.

Click the Picture to see some of the questions that I asked Mrs. Winter.

    Francistown was named after Daniel Francis, a prospector and trader who was the central of the gold rush. Although over the years Gaborone has grown tremendously, the town is also known as "the old lady of Botswana."