Dekar

D'Kar is a village in Ghanzi District of Botswana. It is located 40 km to the east of the district capital, Ghanzi. The population was 943 in 2001 census. It was first a farm of someone, but then evolved into a rural village, most of the village is owned by the church, but this village also houses a shop and a garage. A tar road runs 1 km from it, but unfortunately there is no tar road in the village itself, only a gravel road. This small village also houses Kuru, a bushman iniative. It has a shop were handcrafted Bushman articles can be bought. The money is then used to help the little people of the Kalahari. It also owns a game farm which is about 15 to 20 km outside D'Kar, on the road to Ghanzi. This village consists mainly of bushmen. It houses a school and also a clinic.