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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The plight of orphans and vulnerable children, particularly inthe Five Rand Camp informal settlement near Okahandja, is appalling.<\/p>\n

This is reflected by the sad scenes of children who after school flock in their numbers while embracing the hot sun<\/p>\n

with their plates and lunch boxes to a community daycare centre to get a meal before heading home.<\/p>\n

This is all thanks to Kaunapawa Philemon, who feeds over 1 000 poverty-stricken<\/p>\n

and vulnerable children in her community. She is of the opinion that these children cannot be expected to learn in school if their stomachs are empty.<\/p>\n

Philemon is also a local authority councillor for the Okahandja municipality, and runs a community centre called Ileni Tulikwafeni, catering for 103 learners in kindergarten and pre-school, and over 1 000 children in the area coming to the soup kitchen.<\/p>\n

When New Era visited the centre this week, Philemon said it is progressing,<\/p>\n

and good Samaritans continue to give donations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe challenge is that the number of our orphans and vulnerable children is<\/p>\n

increasing day by day. We are feeding over 1 000 orphans and vulnerable children. We can\u2019t afford to feed them every day anymore. We can only feed them<\/p>\n

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. We noticed that every time these kids come<\/p>\n

from the weekend, they are often very<\/p>\n

hungry.<\/p>\n

This tells you the background of their homes. Most come from broken homes. If you go to their homes, you will feel pity.<\/p>\n

The level of poverty is real here in Five<\/p>\n

Rand,\u201d she lamented.<\/p>\n

She is appealing to good Samaritans to donate any food items and other related goods to help feed these growing numbers of needy children.<\/p>\n

The centre has 17 workers helping on various projects such as the soup kitchen, gardening, poultry, daycare, kindergarten and pre-primary, after-school programme, bricklaying and laundry.<\/p>\n

These projects are aimed to sustain the centre and keep it running to help needy communities.<\/p>\n

The centre offers meals such as rice, macaroni, pap, fish, meat, chicken,<\/p>\n

spinach, mixed vegetables, cabbage,<\/p>\n

potatoes, carrots, fat cakes, instant porridge, bread and juice to the beneficiaries.<\/p>\n

The Five Rand informal settlement only has a primary school, meaning all those at secondary level travel to Okahandja or elsewhere, such as Windhoek.<\/p>\n

The sad part is that those vulnerable children who are attending secondary<\/p>\n

school have to rush from Okahandja to Five Rand where they live to make it for a meal before the soup kitchen closes at 14h00.<\/p>\n

Most parents in Five Rand are unemployed.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, those who work earn<\/p>\n

meagre incomes as their only source of employment includes working as casual workers at nearby farms in the gardens and on poultry farms.<\/p>\n

They earn between N$500 to N$750<\/p>\n

every fortnight.<\/p>\n

Due to these sad realities, many children are surviving without adequate food and shelter. The centre also caters to best-performing children under its guardian angel programme, where such learners are given free school uniforms, stationery, paid school fees, casual wear and winter wear, amongst other benefits.<\/p>\n

There are 16 children under this programme, and Philemon is confident that the number of beneficiaries will<\/p>\n

increase next year. The centre is also catering to senior citizens and people with<\/p>\n

disabilities. Therefore, she is appealing for a donation of seven wheelchairs for those with disabilities receiving aid at the centre.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of these people had wheelchairs, but they got old and are no longer in use. They are struggling to move around without wheelchairs,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n

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