A Namibian woman raising funds for charity has so far covered about 1,700 kilometres by foot.
Ray Sasman, who walked from the ||Kharas Region, is now in the Kavango East, headed towards the Zambezi Region.
Kavango East Region has so far recorded 15 mortalities due to malnutrition.
This was shared during an engagement meeting between the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Gender Equality Social Development and Family Affairs, the Health Directorate, and stakeholders at Rundu.
The Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication, and Social Welfare has called for collective action among lawmakers, government agencies, and the community to tackle hunger and avoid preventable deaths.
Swapo Secretary General, Sophia Shaningwa, is urging the community of Mashare in Kavango East to register for the November elections.
Shaningwa spoke at a mini rally in Rundjarara Village over the weekend.
The Home Affairs office at Rundu is inundated with stateless and undocumented persons who turned up for the mass registration process over the past few weeks.
A delegation comprising Japanese Ambassador Hisao Nishimaki, UN Resident Coordinator Hopolang Phororo, and UNICEF Country Representative Sam Ocran visited the Rundu Intermediary Hospital in the Kavango East Region recently.
Japan has, to date, dispatched more than 100 teachers across different schools, while the construction of additional classrooms in Namibia continues.
Four minors from Livaye Village in Kavango East who died from suspected food poisoning were buried in a mass grave over the weekend.
Eight children initially ate the food, of whom four died and the others survived, while the remaining four were discharged.
The incident happened on February 26.
Employees of Kayova Lodge and the community in Kavango East are demanding the removal of the lodge's manager.
They claim that the management has diverted from the project's initial plan, from which the community was due to benefit.
The Rundu Rural Constituency councillor says that despite various studies revealing that Kavango East is one of the poorest regions, the central government has not done enough to turn the tide.
