Hundreds of schoolgirls in the Erongo Region are set to benefit from a major sanitary pad donation aimed at promoting personal hygiene, dignity and uninterrupted access to education.

Caprivi Senior Secondary School in the Zambezi Region received a donation of N$430,000 from the Chinese embassy for the purchase of tables and chairs.

In an effort to improve teaching and learning, Karaku Marine has donated teaching and learning support materials to Outjo Project Primary School.

The equipment will provide learners with sufficient study resources and promote discipline and structure within the school.

QKR Navachab Gold Mine donated industrial equipment worth N$250,000 to the Namibia Institute of Mining and Technology -NIMT in Arandis.

The donation is aimed at strengthening practical skills development for future artisans and technicians.

Ten learners from Abraham Iyambo Primary School received their school uniforms through a back-to-school programme.

The initiative aims to assist learners from vulnerable households in the community, with hopes to boost the learners' morale and keep them engaged in school.

To help boost learning outcomes for vulnerable school-going children, Hangala Foods has donated bags of maize meal to two school feeding programmes at Otavi.

The leadership of the Ovaherero Traditional Authority in the Aminius Constituency has pledged to assist local schools in bridging the resource gap.

The authority has also committed itself to helping the education fraternity address discipline issues among learners.

The Amarok Club, with support from various corporate organisations, has made a donation of various items, including stationery, printing paper and school shoes, to the Baumgartsbrunn Primary School.

The Office of the Kunene Regional Governor has commenced the distribution of more than 300 stationery parcels to learners who have lost their parents, aimed at easing the hardships faced by vulnerable children in accessing education.

The initiative kicked off at Alpha Combined and Opuwo Primary Schools. 

The Office of the Governor of Oshana has donated 22 school uniforms to learners of Engombe Junior Primary School in Uuvudhiya constituency.
 
Governor Hofni Iipinge handed over the items on Friday.