A resident of Gibeon Village in the Hardap Region, Elwin Bloodstaan, has risen to the challenge of tackling unemployment and poverty.

The Nampharm Foundation has received N$200,000 from the FirstRand Namibia Foundation.

The donation aims at improving medical professionals with the funding and resources needed.

The Nampharm Foundation is a children's trust fund that assists state patients that need facial reconstructive surgery.

Sara Ekondo, from Awana Foods, which provides solutions to stem the sourcing of excess and b-grade produce from farmers, walked away with N$100,000 in prize money.

The founder of National Mental Health Care Namibia,Cathy Kambanda has encouraged employees to immediately report any inappropriate behaviour, such as bullying at work, to management.

Financial constraints are the leading cause of people with visual impairments not being able to own white canes.

To address this situation, the Eastern Association for the Visually Impaired in the Zambezi Region is appealing to the business community and other stakeholders to help those in need.

The Petwa Foundation, a registered welfare organisation that aims to tackle issues facing communities, is in dire need of donations and sponsorships to meet its obligations.

The Foundation, among others, supplies young girls with menstrual cups that last up to ten years.

Farmers in the ||Kharas Region are counting their losses after a devastating veld fire ravaged the ||Kharas mountains, destroying vast tracts of grazing land and killing livestock.

The Grunau settlement control officer, Simasiku Muteko, confirmed that the fire had been extinguished last night.

Many residents have appreciated the City of Windhoek for building and delivering on its low-cost housing initiative.

The devastating veld fires in the ||Kharas mountain area are still raging out of control.

On Friday afternoon, farmers, with the assistance of the community, were still battling the inferno that started on Tuesday night.

With young people immensely affected by unemployment, the Otjozondjupa Regional Council is offering training to youth, with the aim of helping them develop as entrepreneurs.

Another group is undergoing training in poultry production.