Teachers, pupils no longer share rooms
Two business people have donated money to provide better accommodation for learners at the Sikarosompo Primary School community hostel in the Kavango West Region.
The situation at the Sikarosompo Primary School community hostel in the Kavango West Region, where learners had to share makeshift structures with their teachers, is now a thing of the past.
This is after two local business people, Charlene Chen and Mwahafa Ndilula, reacted to the Namibian Sun report and collectively constructed a number of temporary structures furnished with new mattresses for the learners.
Chen also gave an additional N$1 000 for the school to buy food for the learners.
During the handover of the four structures - a room for the boys, another for the girls, a kitchen and a storeroom - Chen said she was touched by the situation.
“Honestly, once I saw the pictures, my heart was really broken. We know Namibia has a lot of challenges but let us build together, not with an empty mouth but through doing something. So, if tomorrow the principal calls me asking for chairs, I will say yes. God blesses us to bless others,” Chen said.
Acting principal Miriam Kaihoto thanked the two donors for their response, saying they defined what is meant by meeting the government halfway.
Kaihoto said the new structures would surely lead to an increase in the number of learners enrolled at the school.
“On behalf of the entire staff, allow me to extend our gratitude towards our donors for responding positively to our cry. This will go far in the history of Sikarosompo. You have done a great job in meeting the government halfway by providing a decent shelter to a Namibian child. I strongly believe this will help increase the enrolment for next year and the years to come,” Kaihoto said.
On 18 February Namibian Sun reported how some learners at the school opted to walk up to 20 kilometres to and from school every day rather than staying in the community hostel, which was in a deplorable state.
The dilapidated walls exposed the learners to cold and wet nights, which resulted in teachers sharing their makeshift rooms with pupils.
Sikarosompo Primary School is situated about 30 kilometres south of Nkurenkuru.
The school has enrolled 212 learners for the 2020 academic year. The number of learners in the hostel decreased from over 20 last year to 11 this year, and the state of the accommodation is said to be the reason for the decline.
KENYA KAMBOWE
This is after two local business people, Charlene Chen and Mwahafa Ndilula, reacted to the Namibian Sun report and collectively constructed a number of temporary structures furnished with new mattresses for the learners.
Chen also gave an additional N$1 000 for the school to buy food for the learners.
During the handover of the four structures - a room for the boys, another for the girls, a kitchen and a storeroom - Chen said she was touched by the situation.
“Honestly, once I saw the pictures, my heart was really broken. We know Namibia has a lot of challenges but let us build together, not with an empty mouth but through doing something. So, if tomorrow the principal calls me asking for chairs, I will say yes. God blesses us to bless others,” Chen said.
Acting principal Miriam Kaihoto thanked the two donors for their response, saying they defined what is meant by meeting the government halfway.
Kaihoto said the new structures would surely lead to an increase in the number of learners enrolled at the school.
“On behalf of the entire staff, allow me to extend our gratitude towards our donors for responding positively to our cry. This will go far in the history of Sikarosompo. You have done a great job in meeting the government halfway by providing a decent shelter to a Namibian child. I strongly believe this will help increase the enrolment for next year and the years to come,” Kaihoto said.
On 18 February Namibian Sun reported how some learners at the school opted to walk up to 20 kilometres to and from school every day rather than staying in the community hostel, which was in a deplorable state.
The dilapidated walls exposed the learners to cold and wet nights, which resulted in teachers sharing their makeshift rooms with pupils.
Sikarosompo Primary School is situated about 30 kilometres south of Nkurenkuru.
The school has enrolled 212 learners for the 2020 academic year. The number of learners in the hostel decreased from over 20 last year to 11 this year, and the state of the accommodation is said to be the reason for the decline.
KENYA KAMBOWE
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