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Namibian Children from the after school centre
OKONJIMA and The AfriCat Foundation played host to a group of wonderful, enthusiastic Namibian Children. The children spent a weekend on OKONJIMA learning about environmental education; - they loved every minute! They all come from a Center in Windhoek, called the After School Centre who does amazing work.

Background about the After School Center:

The After School Center is a government initiative towards strengthening the social well being of Namibian Children. The After School Center specifically focuses on disadvantaged children, street children and children from economically challenged families and communities in Windhoek. The After School Center is a direct plight of the street children of Namibia. The Chinese government donated the funds for the construction of the building. This project was under the auspices of by then the ministry of Local Government and Housing but now under the ministry of Gender Equality and Child welfare.

What the center offers:

The After School Center has the capacity to cater for up to five hundred children between the ages of six to fourteen years old on a daily basis:

  • Children who have single working parents and have no one to take care of them after school
  • Children coming from disadvantaged backgrounds of which families live under overcrowded circumstances with no facilities for the children to play or learn extra curricular activities.
  • Children who hail from smaller towns, e.g Gobabis, Otjiwarongo, Luderitz, Oshakati, Keetmanshoop and Rundu in search of greener pastures in the capital. These children found on the street are temporary accommodated at the shelter and provided with three meals a day, and the basic necessities until the return of their families and regions.
  • The center also assists the Ministry of Basic Education in providing classrooms for grade eights who are unable to find a place.
Namibian Children from the after school centre
Dax Frieke – Okonjima Guide, taking the children on the Bushman Trail
Namibian Children from the after school centre
Learning how to set the "humane & environmentally friendly" bird traps
Namibian Children from the after school centre
Learning how to make rope from the very popular "Mother In-law’s Tongue"
Namibian Children from the after school centre
Learning how to make rope from the very popular "Mother In-law’s Tongue"
 

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