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Archive for October, 2011
28th October

NAMDEB FOUNDATION SPONSORING GOES A LONG WAY

Namdeb, since 2010 through the Namdeb Foundation has been sponsoring different projects. Namdeb Foundation have sponsored a number of important projects over the last year. The first big sponsoring project was the renovation of Luderitz State Hospital. Namdeb paid for renovating sections of the hospital as well as donating materials. This has improved the [...]

28th October

Editorial

Dear Buchters,
Second month of having the Buchter News under our supervision! There was a lot going on in the month of October and we are happy to let you know all about it!
There were a lot of donations from the Regional Councilor. This is the first time in a couple of years Luderitz [...]

28th October

Speed Challenge 2011, what will it be?

It has started! Speed Challenge 2011 is a fact. It is in the Second Lagoon again, but they have dug a special channel for the Speed Challenge. It looks good and the expectations are high. Everyone hopes to get new (personal) records and the new channel will help them with it.
For the digging of [...]

28th October

SOCCER NEWS!

Herewith we would like to give our thanks to Ms Sonja from FC Homburg Soccer Club in Germany, for donating new soccer kit for the Atlanta Bucks Soccer Club.
We appreciate the donation very much and we would like to humbly thank the whole of the FC Homburg Team in Germany.
Lastly, a very Big Thank You [...]

28th October

Re-opening of one of the Fuel Stations

Luderitz Bay Service Station officially re-opened on the 21st of October, this fuel station is situated in the centre of town. At last Luderitz again has two fuel stations that both have been upgraded over the last few years!
As soon as the Engen fuel station was open again for business Caltex closed for upgrading. [...]

28th October

HANDING OVER LOANS

The Regional Council gave loans to 23 trained participants in Luderitz. The first intake for people was in May 2011 in Luderitz. The second intake was on the 15th of October. There were 23 participants which each received N$ 2000 to start their own business. They had to do training for four days in Luderitz [...]

28th October

cutting out candle light

On 20th of October the Karas Regional Council represented by the Governeur of the Karas Region and Rev. Scholtz Regional Councillors handed over a cheque to the name of N$ 47311,00 to the Mayor, representing the local Authority. These funds are to finance Electricity Meter boxes wich will be used instead of candle light in [...]

28th October

High School Ceremony

On the 25th of September, Luderitz High School held an award ceremony for the students who performed best last year. There were lots of students and parents as well to support them. It was a big happening with handing over of certificates and, in the end, a lot of toffees were handed out.
At the [...]

28th October

Entrepreneurs Day

The annual Brightstarts’ Entrepreneurs Day, sponsored by Bank Windhoek for the last four years took place on the 1st of October 2011. This year there were 27 stands filled with a wide variety of treats to choose from. This year our Second Prize Winners Bendre and Adriaan Bothma made a profit of N$800 with their [...]

28th October

Nappa in Luderitz

A presentation by NAPPA, Namibia Planned Parenthood Association was given in the old German Hostel on Monday the 10th of October. It gave a lot of information to children of High School age.
NAPPA assists people to access sexual and reproductive health services. They do educational programs with young people in and out of school [...]