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Epako Women's Center
Epako Women's Center is a Community Empowerment Center constructed by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare of Namibia. Epako Women's Centre is an establishment meant to serve as a coordination hub for various activities with the potential to help rural and underserved urban communities advance on the socioeconomic ladder. It consists of offices, a community hall, training workshop rooms, a waiting room, a kitchen and ablutions facilities, which can be rented out at minimal rates. The centre serves as a venue for training community members in skills development, community meetings and information sharing, exhibiting and marketing products made by community members, and awareness-raising events for issues such as Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and child care and protection.MGECW. (2015). Community Empowerment Centres Guideline. History Epako Women's Center was constructed in 2011 and became functional in 2012. It was officially inaugurated by former Minister of Gender ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the northeast, approximating a quadripoint, Zimbabwe lies less than 200 metres (660 feet) away along the Zambezi, Zambezi River near Kazungula, Zambia. Namibia's capital and largest city is Windhoek. Namibia is the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa, and has been inhabited since prehistoric times by the Khoekhoe, Khoi, San people, San, Damara people, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century, immigration, immigrating Bantu peoples arrived as part of the Bantu expansion. From 1600 the Ovambo people#History, Ovambo formed kingdoms, such as Ondonga and Oukwanyama. In 1884, the German Empire established rule over most of the territory, forming a colony known as German South West Africa. Between 1904 and 1908, German troops waged a punitive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosalia Nghidinwa
Rosalia Annette Nghidinwa (26 October 1952 – 14 January 2018) was a Namibian politician.Profile , Namibia Institute for Democracy website; accessed 16 January 2018. Born in Nkurenkuru, Kavango Region, Nghidinwa joined SWAPO in 1974 at the age of 22. A health worker by profession, Nghidinwa ran several community health centres in the Okavango Region for the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omaheke Region
Omaheke (the Otjiherero word for sandveld) is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, the least populous region. Its capital is Gobabis. It lies in eastern Namibia on the border with Botswana and is the western extension of the Kalahari Desert. The self-governed villages of Otjinene, Leonardville and Witvlei are situated in the region. , Omaheke had 48,594 registered voters. Geography In the east, Omaheke borders are three districts of Botswana: * North-West - northern * Ghanzi - eastern * Kgalagadi - southern Domestically, it borders the following regions: * Hardap - south * Khomas - west * Otjozondjupa - north Omaheke is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude. A large part of this region is known as the ''Sandveld''. The northeastern part of the region is still very much wilderness. According to the 2012 Namibia Labour Force Survey, unemployment in the Omaheke Region is 34.1%. Anthropologically, almost the entire Ovambanderu and Gobabis-Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
