DILAPIDATED KAVANGO WEST SCHOOLS DESPERATE FOR HELP

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2025-04-16

NKURENKURU, 09 April 2025 - A classroom at the Kaguni West Junior Primary School in Kavango West Region. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

By Lylie Joel
(NAMPA FEATURES SERVICE)

NKURENKURU, 16 APR (NAMPA) - In the Kavango West Region, two rural schools are on the brink of collapse. Kaguni West Junior Primary School and Katope Junior Primary School are grappling with crumbling infrastructure and a lack of basic facilities, making the environment unsafe and unfit for meaningful learning.
These schools also only have one teacher each trying to serve their communities against all odds....

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NKURENKURU, 09 April 2025- A classroom of the Kaguni West Junior Primary School in Kavango West Region. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

NKURENKURU, 09 April 2025- The classroom of the Katope Junior Primary School in Kavango West Region. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

NKURENKURU, 09 April 2025- The school building structure of the Katope Junior Primary School in the Kavango West Region. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

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