Gava soup kitchen gives hope to children

NAMPA
2025-04-17
NKURENKURU, 15 April 2025 - Vulnerable children queue up to receive a meal at the Gava Village Soup Kitchen in the Kavango West Region. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA NKURENKURU, 15 April 2025 - Vulnerable children queue up to receive a meal at the Gava Village Soup Kitchen in the Kavango West Region. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA
NKURENKURU, 17 APR (NAMPA) – About 174 children from Gava village in the Mpungu Constituency in the Kavango West Region are being provided with meals three times a week at the Gava drought response soup kitchen centre.
The regional coordinator for Catholic AIDS Action, Kakuru Servantius, said the soup kitchen programme was started in March 2025 by Catholic AIDS Action in collaboration with the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
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NKURENKURU, 15 April 2025 - Vulnerable children queue up to receive a meal at the Gava Village Soup Kitchen in the Kavango West Region. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA NKURENKURU, 15 April 2025 - Vulnerable children queue up to receive a meal at the Gava Village Soup Kitchen in the Kavango West Region. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

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