…Hands Over 102 School Unforms To Two Schools
By: Staff Writer
The Rob Youth Foundation on Thursday handed over toiletries and food items to 70 households that were affected by a fire that broke out in Twaloloka informal settlement in Walvis Bay.
At the handover ceremony, Walvisbay rural constituency councilor, Florian Donatus said his constituency is prone to fire and only stood to survive through samaritans and well-wishers like the foundation.
“A youth foundation called Rob Youth Foundation called our regional office in response to the fire of 12 August 2022 in Twaloloka asking us how they will be of help. We told them all our challenges and they decided to help on the side they are affording.”
During the same occasion, the foundation also handed over 102 school uniforms to learners of Tutaleni Primary and Kuisebmund Secondary schools.
Speaking on behalf of the education ministry Yvonne Tjerivanga commended the Foundation adding that for the past two years, Namibia had been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic that resulted in many people losing their jobs and loved ones.
The Foundation partnered with the ministry through DSPS to donate items to resource schools.
This campaign will see the distribution of the care packages to all 14 regions in the country.
“The ministry would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the Rob Youth Foundation under the leadership of Robert Maseka for their generosity and partnership. The ministry acknowledges that good hygiene is critical for preventing the spread of infectious diseases and helping children live healthy lives. Promoting good hygiene means avoiding illness and spending less on health care,” said Tjerivanga.
The foundation’s regional manager for Erongo Region, Natalia Augustinus stressed that it was important to recognise gender equity in access to and participation in quality primary and secondary education, especially for disadvantaged adolescents and young people.
“It is a powerful strategy to prevent new HIV infections, EUPs, gender inequality, GBV, and child marriages. This includes the recognition that boys and young men are central to achieving gender equality.”
Augustinus added that the foundation also acknowledges that girls’ completion of the secondary school enables both them and their communities to reap socio-economic benefits and break the cycle of poverty.
“It also increases such girls’ prospects for securing jobs and women’s higher income earning potential,” she said.
In addition, Susana Hangula the foundation’s Erongo media officer highlighted that the problem of teenage pregnancy is a hindrance to education.
“Not only does it set back the lives of teenagers, but some of them don’t go back to school after they give birth. A schoolgirl makes an unwise decision. Or she is pressured into having sex against her will using physical force, economic or peer pressure. She becomes pregnant. The father may be a schoolboy, teacher, sugar daddy, or even a relative.”
Eric Eric, a learner from Kuisebmund said most kids were struggling to get school uniforms and expressed gratitude that they would be able to attend school in proper uniforms.
“I thank you, the foundation, and the councilor for the organisation this for us it really means a lot to us.”
The foundation also donated health care packages to Swakopmund Primary School to the hearing impaired unit.
