Poverty plan goes to the people
The Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare will be hosting a series of workshops throughout the country to popularise the newly launched Blueprint on Wealth Redistribution and Poverty Eradication.
The first workshop took place at Katima Mulilo on Monday, and the next workshop will be held at Rundu today targeting residents of the Kavango East and West regions.
On Friday, a third workshop will take place at Ongwediva for residents of the Omusati, Oshana, Ohangwena and Oshikoto regions.
Next week the workshops will target the Kunene, Otjozondjupa and Erongo regions.
The last workshop will be held at Keetmanshoop for the //Karas and Hardap regions.
The blueprint was born out of countrywide consultations.
According to poverty minister, Zephania Kameeta one of the main issues that came out of the national dialogue was the lack of implementation of the good programmes and initiatives that the government had put in place.
“In this regard, it was deemed absolutely essential to develop an implementation plan for the blueprint. Most of the interventions and activities to be implemented under the blueprint are not new, but are activities that were identified by the people during the national dialogue, which require accelerated implementation if we are to address the basic needs of our people and lift them out of abject poverty,” he said.
“Our people in especially the rural areas raised concerns of lack of access to basic necessities such as water, sanitation, shelter, health services and electricity.”
The implementation plan points out that the government aims to provide more potable water and increase it from 87% to 90%, by 2025.
The plan also states that the government aims to phase out the bucket toilet system and that by 2020 the proportion of the population without provision of proper sanitation facilities will be decreased from 49% to 30%.
According to the blueprint, 50% of the households in Namibia use bush toilets of which 14% are in urban areas and 77% are in the rural areas.
The blueprint states that supply of potable water remains a challenge especially in rural areas where people walk long distances to the nearest water points.
It further states that all schools and health facilities will have access to electricity by 2020 and that by the same year the provision for affordable shelters for the poor and vulnerable will be operational in all regions.
The implementation plan states that all Namibians will have access to primary healthcare by 2020 which would include a nutrition surveillance system and maternity waiting homes.
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The first workshop took place at Katima Mulilo on Monday, and the next workshop will be held at Rundu today targeting residents of the Kavango East and West regions.
On Friday, a third workshop will take place at Ongwediva for residents of the Omusati, Oshana, Ohangwena and Oshikoto regions.
Next week the workshops will target the Kunene, Otjozondjupa and Erongo regions.
The last workshop will be held at Keetmanshoop for the //Karas and Hardap regions.
The blueprint was born out of countrywide consultations.
According to poverty minister, Zephania Kameeta one of the main issues that came out of the national dialogue was the lack of implementation of the good programmes and initiatives that the government had put in place.
“In this regard, it was deemed absolutely essential to develop an implementation plan for the blueprint. Most of the interventions and activities to be implemented under the blueprint are not new, but are activities that were identified by the people during the national dialogue, which require accelerated implementation if we are to address the basic needs of our people and lift them out of abject poverty,” he said.
“Our people in especially the rural areas raised concerns of lack of access to basic necessities such as water, sanitation, shelter, health services and electricity.”
The implementation plan points out that the government aims to provide more potable water and increase it from 87% to 90%, by 2025.
The plan also states that the government aims to phase out the bucket toilet system and that by 2020 the proportion of the population without provision of proper sanitation facilities will be decreased from 49% to 30%.
According to the blueprint, 50% of the households in Namibia use bush toilets of which 14% are in urban areas and 77% are in the rural areas.
The blueprint states that supply of potable water remains a challenge especially in rural areas where people walk long distances to the nearest water points.
It further states that all schools and health facilities will have access to electricity by 2020 and that by the same year the provision for affordable shelters for the poor and vulnerable will be operational in all regions.
The implementation plan states that all Namibians will have access to primary healthcare by 2020 which would include a nutrition surveillance system and maternity waiting homes.
STAFF REPORTER
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