In celebration of the annual Global Recycling Day on 18 March 2020, with the theme #Recycling Heroes 2020 for this year, the Recycle Namibia Forum (RNF) decided to highlight and award its top-performing schools in the annual Schools Recycling Competition (SRC) with the same accolade – namely that of being Namibia’s own recycling heroes. The…
The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) is celebrated on 17 May and features a number of international events aimed at raising awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) persons’ rights and promoting interest in their rights worldwide. Across the world, entire societies are under lockdown in an effort to prevent the…
Sanlam Group CEO Tertius Stears, today handed overprotective and screening equipment to the City of Windhoek. The items were handed over in support of the City of Windhoek’s efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic within the city. Speaking at the handover event this morning, Sanlam Group CEO Tertius Stears said Sanlam was committed to fighting…
Old Mutual delivered food parcels to the value of N.dollars 20 000 (Twenty Thousand Namibia Dollar) to 170 vulnerable members the Walvisbay Child and Family Centre in the Erongo region. The Centre, also known as Sunshine, operates as a day-care and stimulation facility for about 126 individuals living with disabilities. Unfortunately, the Centre had to…
Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL) – a subsidiary of the Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group – donated a total of 53 tents to the Ministry of Health & Social Services (MoHSS) in support of government’s initiative to provide shelter for homeless Namibians during the COVID-19 war, in the Khomas and Erongo Regions. Some of the tents…
Bank Windhoek’s Otjiwarongo Branch, in partnership with the town’s Municipality, handed over around 160 essential food parcels to the Otjiwarongo Multipurpose Help Centre. The Centre distributed the donations to the town’s less fortunate, especially the elderly and street children who are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Established in 2003, the Otjiwarongo Multipurpose Help Centre is…
The world continues to face an unprecedented time in fighting an unseen enemy. Many countries are struggling to take care of the needs of their people and meet the demands to combat a virus at the same time. Namibia is no different than the rest with several impoverished communities in desperate need of relief. That…
In support of fighting the COVID-19 war, the Ministry of Health & Social Services (MoHSS) department in Lüderitz was this week empowered with equipment to the value of N$ 100,000 sponsored by the Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group, through its subsidiary, Hangana Seafood, in particular, Hangana Abalone in Lüderitz. The donation will empower first responders…
De Beers Group today donated a COVID-19 testing machine to the Government of Namibia as part of its committed N$15 million in-kind donation in response to the pandemic. The machine was delivered to the Namibia Institute of Pathology Limited (NIP), today Wednesday 6 May 2020. The extraction machine has the capacity of 32 tests per…
FNB and Bokomo Namibia have partnered on a Food Drive initiative via the FNB Happiness Store which aims at alleviating hunger and assist the most vulnerable of our nation during the current Covid-19 pandemic. Revonia Kahivere, FirstRand Namibia Foundation Manager: “We know, that during these challenging socio-economic times, food security has become a fragile concept…