Orange Babies need nappies
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- Lorato Khobetsi
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Orange Babies Namibia, a growing welfare organisation hosted a networking breakfast late last week at Arebbusch Travel Lodge to introduce the organisation to the local business community and to invite business people to support Orange Babies projects.
Orange Babies has supported several projects since 2006 with money received from its mother organisation in the Netherlands. The local arm of the organisation was registered recently with the Ministry of Health and Social Services.
The projects running this year are the Dinner of Hope which will be held during August, a bicycle tour by cyclists from the Netherlands and a Gala Dinner and Fashion Show on 05 October. On 01 December the organisation will host a Bounce for Orange Babies Funfest, where companies enter teams to participate in the bounce.
The main focus of the organisation is to provide vulnerable children access to quality life by caring for HIV positive mothers and their children as well as orphans and vulnerable children. The project aims to raise money locally to sustain current welfare projects in Windhoek, Rehoboth and Okahandja as well as implement new projects countrywide.
Best bakers wanted
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The Bakpro National Baking Competition 2012 launched at the Tourism Expo earlier this month.
The aim is to entice the best local bakers to come up with their wonderful oven concoctions and at the same time, compete for the title of Baking King.
“The winner in the amateur category will receive a total of N$30,000 while the winning bakery receives Bakpro products to the value of N$20,000 and participating bakers each receive N$5,000” explained Margareth Gustavo, Marketing Manager at Namib Mills.
In the Amateur category the runner-up will receive a total of N$10,000, while the third place will receive N$5,000. In the Professional baker (Pro-baker) category, the runner-up and third place bakeries will receive Bakpro products to the value of N$5,000 and participating bakers will receive N$1,000 each.
Bakers in the amateur category must not be involved with the baking industry professionally. Entrants in the professional category must earn their living from baking.
The baking competition runs over several months with the finals set for 05 and 06 October in Windhoek. Qualifying rounds have started and are taking place in Windhoek, Walvis Bay, Ongwediva,
Breweries brings joy to Oonte OVC
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Namibia Breweries decided to assist local youth groups this year with fundraising, using the internationally celebrated Day of the African Child as platform to give a local training institute a boost.
Last weekend, Ikolelela Ekandjo of the Breweries travelled to Ondangwa to tell the surprised children at Oonte OVC, that they will be receiving N$10,000 from the beer company. To make the celebrations even more delightful, the Breweries also donated twenty cases of Fruitree to Oonte’s children.
Receiving the sponsorship was Ms. Petrine Shiimi who confirmed that Oonte has prevented more than 5,000 orphaned and vulnerable children over the last six years from becoming street children.
Speaking at the handover event, Ekandjo said that the Breweries had supported Oonte in the past and was impressed by the comprehensive life improvement approach the organisation follows.
He said: “Over the years we have seen Oonte make a significant contribution to improving the lives of children – be it helping a child heading a household to finish school, or by equipping him or her with skills to feed the family. The work they do at Oonte truly complements our purpose of Creating a Future, Enhancing Life, and we are therefore very pleased to once again support them in their good work.”
Voices of Namibia to the US
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Time has come again for Namibia to take part in the international Choral Olympics which will be held in Cincinnati from 04 to 14 July. The Namibian choir is finalising their travel plans to ensure the group arrives in the US ahead of the competition.
Namibia participated at the World Choral Olympics which were held in Shaoxing, China and under the leadership of veteran Ernst van Biljon they scooped one gold and two silver medals. Namibia was also selected by the judges to participate in the 2010 Mass World Choir which consisted of 300 of the world’s top singers.
The Namibian choir consists of 35 members from all the regions. These are the best voices in the country, proud to continue the legacy of choral music. Van Biljon said the level at which choral singers compete is not important, the main idea with choral music is to sing for pleasure. “The sheer enjoyment or reaching for artistic stars, the power and the vibe of singing connecting the soul to a subtle force of inner satisfaction which is so powerful.”
The choir works with well-known Namibian composers such as Robert Nautoro and Engelhard Unaeb under the masterful guidance of Ernst van Biljon. The choir itself is conducted by Rayno Burger.
This year more than seventy three countries from across the globe will participate in the World Choir Games in Cincinatti.
Elderly abuse prevalent in Namibia
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Last week Friday was World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) with the main purpose of raising awareness of elderly abuse through out the world. According to the Legal Assistance Centre (LAC), one in ten people who apply for protection orders in Namibia are over the age of fifty. This data illustrates the fact that domestic violence affects people of all ages, and crimes commited to elderly people in the country is prevalent considering the media reports of parents killed or beaten up by their own children.
In its forthcoming report, which will be released in a few months, titled Seeking Safety, the LAC stated that violence between a parent and child or grandparent and grandchild is the second largest cause of complaints falling in the domestic violence category. Only violence between husbands and wives or between couples living in a close domestic relationship, ranks higher.
Remarkably, within the child parent group there are more cases of violence by children or grandchildren against their parents or grandparents, than the other way around. Elderly people are particularly exposed to attacks from younger people.
The study also showed that elderly people who applied for protection orders requested provisions such as no communication, custody of grandchildren, limitations of access by the abuser to grandchildren and temporary maintenance.
