Local art to grace AU conference centre
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The African Union inaugurated the new African Union Conference Centre and the Commission office building early last year. At that point, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr Jean Ping, requested member states to donate artworks to decorate the walls of the Conference Centre. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under Hon. Utoni Nujoma, brought the request to the Ministry of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture who then facilitated the selection of four artworks belonging to the government.
“I am therefore happy that Namibia has taken this important decision to donate these pieces of art to be displayed in the Conference Centre of the African Union as a semblance of Namibia’s commitment to the unity of Africa” said current minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, when she accepted the pieces from the National Art Gallery last week.
House of Women learn financial wellness
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A specialist workshop slated for early April aims to teach women the skill of managing their personal finances. The event is sponsored by Bank Windhoek.
The bank re-affirmed its commitment to the empowerment of women by sponsoring this Personal Financial Wellness workshop for women, organized by the House of Women (HOW). The workshop is presented and facilitated by certified Financial Advisor, Afra Schimming-Chase of Chase & Associates. It takes place on 4 and 5 April 2013 at the Vineyard Lodge in Avis, Windhoek and the aim is to empower women to take charge of their personal financial matters.
Bakpro prize to Hope for Life
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Anne Mans and Christine Venter from Radiowave 96.7 FM, this week gave N$10,000 to local charity, Hope For Life. The Radiowave team won the prize money as part of the 2013 Bakpro Celebrity Bake-off competition that took place at the Namib Mills Bakery and Training Centre in Windhoek at the beginning of the month.
“Hope For Life runs a pregnancy crisis centre and supports the Jackson’s Ridge Royal Family Kids’ Camp (RFKC) every year. These funds will go towards the RFKC specifically. We are extremely grateful for this generous gift,” says Charlene Uakuramenua, founder of Hope For Life.
Charlene, a social worker by profession, started Hope For Life in 2010. She explains that Hope For Life consists of two parts: a pregnancy crisis centre and camps for abused children, known as Jackson’s Ridge Royal Family Kids’ Camp (RFKC).
The RFKC is an annual five-day long camp with 20 children and 30 adults. The purpose of the camps is to create happy memories for the children, which in turn builds resiliency. The camps also assist with breaking the cycle of abuse in their lives, by showing them what healthy adults look like.
Several other nominated charity organisations also received a donation of N$1000 from Namib Mills.
Kindergarten kids smile
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Trevor Ndjadila, Investment Specialist at Old Mutual (rear left) this week handed a donation of N$30,000 to the Beautiful Kids project in Katutura. The donation was accepted by the project’s Youth Development officer, Gabriel Nghuuyepa. The children from the Beautiful Kids pre-school shared in the joyous occasion. (Photograph by Lorato Khobesti)
Windhoek Rotarians make 60
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Rotary Club Windhoek was established 60 years ago in the same year that clubs were formed in Saigon, Vietnam and in Ndola, Zambia. Chartered on 31 March 1953 it was the first community service club established in the capital of South West Africa. Since then and over the past six decades, Rotary Club Windhoek has been instrumental in providing support to numerous organizations and institutions. This include the establishment, with the support of other Rotary Clubs around the world, of SOS Children’s Village, Herman Gemeiner School and Oponganda Community Centre.
One of eight Rotary clubs in Namibia, support to the community by Rotary Club Windhoek is not restricted to the capital city. Instead, their activities cover the broader Khomas Region. Presently there is a focus on working with young people at schools and at tertiary educational level with the object of helping prepare the leaders of tomorrow.
