Maria David WHILE the odds of having a child born with a cleft lip and palate are 1 in 700, the odds increase significantly for parents who already have a child with cleft lip and palate. Thus, the NAMDIA Foundation continues to give hope to children with cleft palate by handing over a second donation...
As part of its social responsibility, Swakop Uranium Foundation assisted Nossobville Primary School in the Kalahari Constituency of the Omaheke Region with N$100,000 for the construction of a school hall. The hall will host various activities that have been lacking at the school, such as general school meetings and the end-of-year examinations, among others. The...
The National African Students Association (NASA) has taken the initiative to assist students in applying for the Namibia Student Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF). NASA’s National Secretary for Higher Education, Bonifatius Andreas, says the initiative is to give students a fair chance to benefit from the student loan. The online application process started last year on...
NDN Staffer WINDHOEK, Oct. 14 — The World Food Programme (WFP) Namibia Country Office (CO) extended its assistance to 13,187 individuals in September 2023, encompassing 11,730 schoolchildren through the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme and 1,457 beneficiaries via Integrated Community-based Food Systems Projects. WFP Empowers Namibian Innovators at Regional Expo WFP played a pivotal role in...
Hundreds of senior people in the Donkerhoek, Katutura, have been identified by Round Table Namibia, a nonprofit organisation that focuses on community-based projects to improve the lives of communities, as beneficiaries of their programme. During the winter, the organisation has been raising funds to support elderly people and vulnerable communities that are at risk across...
Martin Endjala The Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia has disbursed grants to the tune of N$88 300 000 under the ‘Building Resilience of Communities across Targeted eight landscapes threatened by climate change through an ecosystems-based adaptation approach’ initiative. The project is funded by the Green Climate Fund and geared towards addressing communities threatened by climate...