Donating a dress to the less fortunate

Tunohole MungobaThe Namibia Tourism Expo and Motorshow is an event that, every year, brings together a number of exhibitors and attendees from all over the country. Next year, it will be bigger and better.One of the events scheduled for 2019 is the Miss High Competition taking place on 30 May 2019. All the current Miss Highs from various schools will compete for a national Miss High Namibia title. “Our main objective is to see what the various Miss Highs have committed as their community projects and it appears that these young ladies have some brilliant ideas,” said Maggy Mbako, public relations executive of NMH. “We equally noticed that their schools are not really supportive in assisting them to carry out their projects successfully. Our motto for this event is 'beauty with a purpose' hence the decision to postpone the event to May next year and to allow the girls to carry out proper campaigns for their projects,” she said. Jorina Smit, Miss High School 2017 was the brainchild behind the Donate a Dress project and she is excited to finally work with a school. “Matric farewells are something that we often take for granted and we do not realise that some learners do not come from backgrounds to help them with finances,” she said. “That is why I came up with the project to at least make sure one of the girls has a perfect night and enjoys her matric farewell.”Smit wishes to help other girls her age by giving them a chance to have a memorable night. “There are so many girls out there who still have their matric dresses and do not plan on wearing them again. Even if only one girl benefits from the project, at least we made that one girl's night special.”Joe Sasa, principal of Hage Geingob High School thanked NMH for choosing their school and said he is looking forward to the official handover when their management has picked a learner. “Our school has a lot of needy learners that would really benefit from the donation. Our main aim is to pick a learner that comes from a poor background with an excellent academic track record and good behaviour,” he said.“Matric farewells are important events in every scholar's life and they are an important milestone. That is why we as a school try by all means to make sure we provide this event to our learners.”

Donating a dress to the less fortunate

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Namibian Sun 2025-05-07

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