Senior citizens whose government social grant is their only source of income continue to bear the burden of caring for family members.
However, the household of Kapango Kapango, a resident of Fumbe Village in the Kavango East Region, is worse off than many others and is in a sorry state.
The Omaheke Region is set to benefit from India's assistance in the areas of agriculture, small and medium enterprises, information technology, and scholarship programmes for youth.
Omburo Fishing Enterprise has come to the rescue of Coblenz Combined School in the rural constituency of Okakarara by donating building materials and paints.
The family of two toddlers who died in a fire at Oshikulufitu village in the Omusati region is appealing for financial support to bury the children.
It is alleged that the siblings, aged one and three, were alone at home when the incident occurred.
Even though the Sauyemwa Centre for the visually impaired in the Kavango East Region has been around for 16 years, students continue to fend for themselves.
A destitute family at the Ndama location in the Kavango East Region is moving on from sleeping in makeshift structures, thanks to assistance received.
The family has found it difficult to meet basic needs.
People affected by leprosy in the Mashare Constituency of Kavango East say they are in need of various forms of assistance.
Earning too low an income can present a variety of problems for families, with access to health care being the most complex and prevalent.
38-year-old Olga Ngola worked as a domestic worker until an interstitial lung disease robbed her family of an income and subjected her to an oxygen machine.
The Kangungu family is calling on good Samaritans to assist them with food that they can use as they wait for the burial day, despite assurances from the government to assist with funeral arrangements.
A 44-year-old resident of Oipapakane Village, Elizabeth Joseph, is seeking urgent medical assistance following a snake bite that resulted in the loss of two of her limbs—an arm and a leg.
