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, 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).
It caters for children...

Restricted content

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

Community

Testing begins at Kavango West as Namibia advances onshore oil exploration

2026-03-27 11:00:55

Nandi-Ndaitwah urges parents to register newborns without delay

2026-03-27 08:21:38

Kantema urges mothers to seek help instead of abandoning infants

2026-03-26 14:28:02

Pupkewitz Megabuild donates building materials to Mokganedi Tlhabanello High School

2026-03-26 12:10:55

Financial constraints hinder development at Karibib

2026-03-26 11:48:13

Teen suspect accused of raping eight-year-old girl at Oshitudha village

2026-03-26 11:28:44

MVA Fund targets truck drivers’ health to improve road safety

2026-03-26 06:26:47

Nujoma calls for shared vision to boost Khomas Region growth

2026-03-25 12:44:15

High Court sets 2026 pre-trial date for Frederik murder suspects

2026-03-25 10:15:08

NAMPA offers free access to news platform to mark 36 years of independence

2026-03-24 17:19:03

Women in uniform honour the past, look to an empowered future

2026-03-24 16:55:12

Latest NAMPA photos

WINDHOEK, 26 March 2026 - Vice president Lucia Witbooi (second from left) receives donated equipment bound for Mokganedi Tlhabanelo High School from Pupkewitz Megabuild's Financial Director, Danie Du Toit (right). (Photo by: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

NAMPA

KARIBIB, 20 March 2026 - Chief Executive Officer of the Karibib Town Council Tangeni Enkono. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

NAMPA

KARIBIB, 20 March 2026 - Children fetching water at a prepaid water station in the Harambee informal settlement in Karibib. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

NAMPA

KARIBIB, 20 March 2026 - A portion of the Haraambe Informal settlement in Karibib. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

NAMPA

NEU-SCHWABEN, 22 March 2026 - Raw tourmaline extracted in a mining pit at the Neu-Schwaben small-scale mining settlement. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

NAMPA

NEU-SCHWABEN, 22 March 2026 - Chairperson of the Small-scale miners at New-Schwaben Metirapi Lucky Kapekarua looks on as an excavator digs in a mining pit for extraction of tourmaline. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 25 March 2026 - The Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund has intensified efforts to reduce road crashes by placing greater emphasis on the health and wellbeing of truck drivers through its Truckers’ Wellness Campaign. (Photo: Contributed)

NAMPA

NANKUNTWE, 10 March 2026 – The Nankuntwe Combined School and two other schools that were closed recently will relocate to higher ground, where they will operate from tents. Nankuntwe CS will operate from Luhonono. (Photo: Contributed)

NAMPA