More than 60 families are included in the Okahandja direct-help programme by Austrian charity Child-Care-Afrika (CCA), which is now based in Swakopmund. Namibian Representative and Gender Commissioner Konny von Schmettau brought food and clothes to the mothers and children in the Okahandja location.

Child-Care-Afrika donated food, clothes and toys destitute families in Okahandja Location.

“We know how important any help for this people is,” says von Schmettau, who visits the families regularly. “Most of the single mothers have no job and no income and it’s very hard for them to feed their children. Thanks to Shoprite Swakopmund who gave a discount on the food for Okahandja, more items could be bought for the poor.”
One of the main problems is school fees. So, von Schmettau paid school fees for some of the children who can now return to school. “Dramatic was the situation for one boy who’s already in Grade 10 but could not finish his last school year since nobody has the money to pay for his school fees, books and the other needs,” von Schmettau explains.
One of the orphans in urgent need is little Victor, 3, whose chest was burned with boiling water some weeks ago. A group of German donors has taken him as their godchild and paid hospital and medicine costs.
When von Schmettau entered the hospital and saw three more children in the room with Victor, she also paid their medical costs. “But that’s a never ending story,” says the CCA Gender Commissioner. “There are so many children in need and actually much more help is needed.”