The University of Namibia (UNAM) is spearheading a Child Research Initiative and Training Conference that aims to promote evidence-based, multi-system child wellbeing approaches and establish a national research agenda on children.
The community of Stampriet became the latest beneficiaries of the Anglo-American Foundation Namibia, which constructed a fully-fledged early childhood development centre.
The centre boasts four classrooms, five toilets, a storeroom, a kitchen, and a playground.
Namibia's Ambassador to Angola, Patrick Nandago, says the issues of the alleged Angolan children roaming around the streets of Windhoek and the northern parts of the country are a security concern.
Legal practitioner Kadhila Amoomo is calling for the urgent establishment of a dedicated team to address the issue of Angolan children on the country's streets.
The end of a school day often brings chaos to roads close to schools and difficulty for drivers navigating them.
With children crossing roads in undesignated areas and a lack of road safety education among young people, the risk of accidents increases.
Swakopmund Constituency Councillor Louisa Kativa urged parents and guardians not to label their children as failures, as it can affect the children's potential.
Kativa says the way parents or other adults label a child can have a lasting effect on how that child thinks of himself or herself.
Grootfontein Mayor Talitha Garises has warned parents to always ensure that they know the whereabouts of their children, as many are said to be flocking to the town's sewer ponds to swim.
In an emphatic call to action, Zambezi Regional Education Director Jost Kawana is advocating for heightened parental involvement in their children's education.
Two children were lucky to emerge alive after a shack fire broke out at the One Nation informal settlement in Windhoek's Tobias Hainyeko Contiuency on Monday afternoon.
The two children, aged three and ten, were reportedly on their own when the incident occurred.
1647 barefooted children in the Kunene Region will each receive a brand new pair of shoes this weekend through the Project Never Walk Alone initiative.
