On an icy morning in southern Ukraine, football coach Vyacheslav Rol shouts to his team over the sound of distant explosions: “Everybody on the bus!” A group of girls aged between nine and 11 pile in. Krystal Kherson were headed for a competition in Mykolaiv, some 70 kilometres (43 miles) west of Kherson, their hometown...
The Rob Youth Foundation last week signed an agreement that will see the 200-metre Tokyo 2020 Olympics silver medallist Christine Mboma donate 10% of the proceeds of the Mboma Street Wear collection to the foundation in support of Namibian girls. The support wil be facilitated by the countrywide sanitary pad drive the organisation has initiated....
Maria David MANY underprivileged schoolgirls miss school during their periods because they do not have sanitary pads. The lack of access to sanitary pads for schoolgirls who are financially disadvantaged touched the heart of Helao Nafidi Mayor Darius Shaalukeni and prompted him to step in and assist. Shaalukeni on Monday handed over 107 sanitary pads...
No fewer than 16,620 adolescent girls will benefit from a viable education support under the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment, (AGILE) project in Bauchi State. The Project Coordinator, Dr Jamila Mohammed-Dahiru, said this during a breakfast meeting with heads of media organisations in Bauchi on Saturday. AGILE is being implemented by the Federal...
Staff Reporter A seven-year-old girl was raped by an 18-year-old male cousin with whom she shared a bedroom. According to Inspector Raimbert Muronga of the Namibian police, the incident took place on Thursday, 28 September 2023 at about 21:00. It is reported that the seven-year-old Namibian female minor was raped at Oshetu no 3 at...
Maria David Dr. McDonald Homer, USAID Country Representative, has announced that the Adolescent Girls and Young Women program will be expanded to cover all 14 regions starting from October 1st. Currently, the program benefits adolescent girls in the Oshana, Kavango West, Kavango East, Khomas, Oshikoto, and Zambezi regions. Homer said, “We will continue to support...
Maria David IN an effort to empower out-of-school girls in Namibia, a total of 55 adolescent girls and young women from six regions have received startup business toolkits. These regions include Oshana, Oshikoto, Khomas, Kavango East, Kavango West, and Zambezi. Minister of Sport, Youth, and National Service (MSYNS), Agnes Tjongarero, presented the toolkits in Oshakati...
Women in Engineering and the Debmarine Namdeb Foundation are focusing on empowering young girls about the importance of studying science and mathematics to pursue careers in engineering. Hendrina Mouton, who’s responsible for community development, says the idea is to plant seeds and create awareness among more than 250 girls in the field of engineering. “We...
Niël Terblanché Two little girls, who disappeared from their home in the Kuisebmond neighbourhood of Walvis Bay on Saturday, were taken to hospital for observation after they were tracked down in the desert behind the Rooikop military base. According to Inspector Ileni Shapumba, the head of the Namibian Police’s community affairs division in the Erongo...