FAWENA Handover Donation for Flood Victim School Children in Ohangwena Region
24 February 2023
The Ohangwena region, in the northern part of Namibia has experienced persistent flooding reportedly coming from Angola, as the South of Angola continues to receive heavy rainfall. As a result, the Ohangwena Directorate of Education, Arts and Culture closed down the affected schools, and communities have been forced to relocate to higher ground and housed in camps. This posed a significant emergency risk to community members and school children’s lives and health. Teaching and learning has been affected as classes had to be put on hold until the water levels subsided. The food distribution and sanitation situation in the households remained a challenge as it became difficult for the communities to close the flood water and buy their necessities. Against this background, FAWENA with support from African Deli, a Walvis Bay based factory, donated ready-made food packages to the value of N$383,000. The packages consisted of 6,000 packs of matangaras, 6,000 packs of chicken gizzards and 4,800 packs of speckled sugar beans. The food packages were donated to 32 schools to benefit about 4,453 schoolchildren affected by the flood. A handover ceremony took place at Helao Nafidi Town in Oshikango. The ceremony was attended by representatives from FAWENA ,African Deli as well as Ohangwena Regional authorities, Teachers, Principals and members of the media.
Girl's Club Training & Launch
01 October 2022
FAWENA in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture’s regional directorates and with financial support from Global Fund, conducted Girls Club training workshops in Ohangwena and Omusati regions. Girls Club refers to school clubs that are specifically established for girls’ in-school only and, as the name implies, it is a unique platform that intends to bring in-school girls together. The formation of Girls’ Club is a deliberate attempt to provide an enabling environment for the in-school girl, which will make school and learning more interesting for her. It is aimed at giving the opportunity for in-school girls to come together under one umbrella and share experiences, discuss solutions to issues peculiar and of common interest to them, and also learn new ideas and skills. During the month of April and September, 3-day Girls Club Training workshops were conducted in Omusati and Ohangwena regions.
FAWENA Girls Club Members Receive Dignity Packs
01 October 2022
During monitoring and evaluation school visits, FAWENA distributed dignity packs and school stationeries to 1,113 Girl Club members during September and October 2022. The items included sanitary pads, toothpaste, tooth brush, face cloth, roll on, bath soap washing powder and drawstring bags.During the visits the girls were inspired and motivated to take their education seriously and not allow circumstances to hinder their progress in life.
Our goal is to empower girls and women through quality education and training to give them necessary skills, competencies and values to be productive members of their society.