A local shop in Rundu, Kavango East Region, donated food and merchandise to the Cocoma Primary School, located some 160 kilometres east of Rundu.
The donation follows a request by the school principal for assistance to the vulnerable children living in a deplorable hostel at the school.
Farmers and residents of Amarika village in Otamanzi constituency, Omusati Region, still depend on hand-dug wells that have saline water.
The traditional water sources in the area, villagers say, do not produce sufficient water for both humans and livestock.
The Rundu Town Council has expressed its desire to exit its partnership with the Northern Regional Electricity Distributor.
At a stakeholders' consultation meeting with the Electricity Control Board, Mayor Gabriel Kanyanga said NORED's services to the town were poor.
Residents of the Otjimuhaka village in the Kunene Region will no longer be vulnerable to crocodile attacks after the Ondjongo Fishing and Product Company installed a water pump cylinder.
The pump works with a solar panel and filter system to make water fit for both human and livestock consumption.
The Omaheke Region to date has 3800 HIV-positive people.
Speaking during a Regional Aids Coordinating Committee workshop at Gobabis, the Regional HIV Clinical Mentor, Dr Francois Lumbala, says through coordination and stakeholders' engagement, the region can greatly reduce HIV/AIDS among communities.
The Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare in the Kavango East Region is inundated with cases of child marriages and rape involving children as young as 13.
Senior Social Worker Aurelia Mukundu says child marriage is fueled by harmful cultural practices and poverty.
A programme aimed at equipping community members with firefighting skills will take place at Walvis Bay in the Erongo Region next week.
Namibia's two Olympians, Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi, united to promote food nutrition in schools and communities.
Residents of Divundu Village in the Kavango East Region who were relocated by the settlement committee and the council to pave the way for development are at loggerheads with the council over the non-payment of compensation fees.
The long-awaited Constituency Development Fund Bill will soon be tabled in the National Assembly.
The proposed legislation, which was approved by the National Council and referred to the National Assembly seven years ago, is aimed at empowering constituencies with financial resources.
