World AIDS Day Awareness Week
There is a World AIDS Day Awareness Week being held in Lüderitz from the 1st to the 5th of December. It is organised by the Youth Centre in Luderitz. Lots of activities are taking place everyday and here is a timetable of some of the highlights:
Tuesday 1st December
Launching of World AIDS Day
∙ Venue – Benguela [...]
C.A.F.O Donate Foodstuffs To
Making a contribution to the orphans and vulnerable children of Luderitz this month, was the Church Alliance for Orphans. They handed over food during a presentation, the goods included jam, juice, rice, toothpaste, soup, roll-on, tea, coffee, cooking oil, macaroni, Vaseline, salt, sugar, top score, bread flour, sunlight soap and blankets.
All of this went to [...]
Rapes: A Common Occurence
Too many rapes have occurred in recent months, and these are just the ones that have been reported. How many are ignored by the victims, their families and witnesses?
On the 3rd of October, at around 2.30pm a rape occurred on Diaz Street. The rape was of a 37 year old woman.
Another rape happened on the [...]
Elite Women’s Soccer Player To Go To Singapore
One lucky grade 8 girl from Luderitz secondary school has been selected to represent Southern Namibia in Singapore. Thandi Malo, who is 16, will be in Singapore from the 8th to the 12th of December 2009 at a Friendship Camp, all because of how talented she is at women’s soccer.
The event is organised by Singapore’s [...]
Silence Breaker
By Gregory de Vries
HIV affects all sorts of people regardless of age, gender, race, sexual orientation, social status, profession or background. People with HIV include our friends, families, neighbors, colleagues, leaders, even ourselves – you name it.
Unfortunately, because of ignorance, misinformation prejudice and fear, people with HIV must not only deal with the [...]
Paving The Way
The community would like to extend a big thank you for the new roads and pavements in Luderitz. Many have been renewed and repaired. A wonderful job has been done by the Roads Authority Rehabilitation Division, and our town is looking a lot better for it, as well as being a much safer place [...]
Tourists At Risk
Two cruise ships arrived in Luderitz this month, coming all the way from Germany, and the Gahitian Princess came from America.
Their stays were brief but eventful for some. Four visitors from Germany were mugged, two of them on the mountain between the town and Benguela, and the other two had their cameras taken off them [...]
New Firewagon; Another Success For Rotary
A fire wagon is currently being sent by boat from Munich, Germany to Luderitz thanks to the ever successful Rotary Club. The Rotary Club managed to acquire the fire wagon for the town by explaining our position in terms of fire safety. The engines we have at the moment are not up to the job [...]
PINK DAY
Pink day was on the 16th of October 2009 to help raise breast cancer awareness within Namibia. Lots of pink things were sold to raise money for breast cancer, like key rings, t-shirts, badges and wristbands.
The event is to make women aware of the dangers of breast cancer and encourage them to learn how to [...]
BANDANA DAY
Bandana day is to raise awareness and money for cancer sufferers in Namibia. On the 25th of September people bought bandanas all over town and displayed them in all sorts of different ways- even on their dogs.
The theme for this year was pirates so many children from local schools dressed up as pirates to support [...]
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