Help in Kunene
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In response to a request by the Office of the Prime Minister dealing with marginalised communities, Ehanga Holdings this week donated basic necessities to the value of N$10,000 to the David //Khamuseb Primary School hostel in the Kunene Region. The company decided to make the donation after its management heard reports that some children at the hostel have been sleeping on the floor. Items donated included amongst others, 41 blankets, 41 mattresses as well as 250 (155gr) tins of fish. Ehanga has also decided to adopt the school as part of its social responsibility programme and will put resources aside annually for the school. General Manager of Ehanga Holdings handed the donation to Gerson Kamatuka, Deputy Director: special project at the Office of the Prime Minister. (Photograph by Lorato Khobetsi)
Luckless Lady May
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The Namibian Big Brother Stargame contestants will host a joint eviction party this Friday at D-club. The “special” Big Brother Stargame contestant and local artist, Lady May returned home last week. She survived numerous evictions and made it to the finals. Lady May was accompanied by her aunt and local businesswoman, Hilda Basson-Namundjebo at a media briefing in the capital last Wednesday. (Photograph by Lorato Khobetsi)
Six months maternity leave for mothers to breastfeed - LAC
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The Legal Assistance Centre has called on the government to review the law on maternity leave to consider the viability of six months maternity leave, or require employers to institute other measures to facilitate continued breastfeeding.
This call was in the wake of the 20th anniversary of World Breastfeeding Week, commemorated from 1 to 7 August under the theme “Understanding the past, planning for the future.
According to the LAC the World Health Organisation recommends that mothers exclusively breastfeed their children for six months. However breastfeeding in Namibia is low.
“The percentage of mothers who exclusively breastfeed their children for 0-2 months is 53.6%, dropping to 22.9% for children aged 2-3 months and further dropping to 5.7% for children aged 4-5 months,” it said.
Read more: Six months maternity leave for mothers to breastfeed - LAC
Alcohol not tolerated on Poly campus - Tjivikua
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The Polytechnic of Namibia this week hosted its 17th cultural festival under the theme “Our culture blossoms like flowers”. The week long event ends this Friday with the crowning of Miss and Mr Polytechnic at the Windhoek Country Club and Resort.
In line with the theme, this year’s cultural festival showcased the dynamism and diversity of the range of cultures found among the Polytechnic community. The festival provided an abundance of entertainment, with various traditional dance performances, live music performances as well as a gospel show.
Speaking at the official opening, Polytechnic rector, Dr Tjama Tjivikua said that the growing culture of violence perpetrated by men against women, is not entirely to be left to law enforcement only but society needs to speak in one voice against it.
FNB funding for child development
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The FNB Foundation and the Regional Psychological Support Initiative - REPSSI, have signed a partnership deal in which the professional skills of 40 community-based caregivers will be improved while at the same time the capacity of 100 lifeline counselors will be enhanced.
These counselors will be enabled to provide psychosocial support to children and their families through outreach programmes and face-to-face counseling.
FNB has pledged N$915,230 over a three-year period aimed at improving the professional skills of the 40 community based caregivers through the distance learning programme on Community Based Work with Children and Youth.
