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 [...]
Open Letter To Diaz Primary School
To the Learners, Teachers, Principal, Committee, Parents and Guardians of Diaz Primary School, Lüderitz,
I wish to express and share my great delight at an incident that occurred recently at Diaz Primary School in Benguela.
I was looking for a certain teacher at the school and started my search by checking that person’s former classroom- not there. [...]
Local Group Of Women Help Luderitz Get Back In Touch With Mother Nature
Several months ago two women were visiting a friend in hospital when they happened to glance out of the window; instead of being greeted by the pleasing sight of trees and gardens, the friends saw the quad filled with gravel and litter; hardly a pleasant atmosphere for the patients of the hospital. Perturbed, the two [...]
KOLMANSKOP TO RECEIVE A DOSE OF CULTURE
Having finally acquired a much sort after contract for House 7 in Kolmanskop Giel du Toit, of Nampho Art, is planning to create a link between House 7 and Studio 7 in Windhoek, home to the work of well known Angolan photographer Tony Figueira. “It will be the first Smart Partnership made in Southern Namibia” [...]
LÜDERITZ SECONDARY SCHOOL TAKES THE STAGE
Students and Lüderitz High School have dived into rehearsals for a production of The Lion King following demands that Lüderitz does not offer enough to the town youth. Being in a play encompasses many things; determination, creativity, dedication and confidence in yourself. It is lucky then that the group of learners from LSS who have [...]
Youth Centre Movie Night
On Friday 27th February the YACC held its first ever movie night, designed to provide visual entertainment for Lüderitz Youth.
Although first set up by Peace Corps Volunteers Padraic Gerety and Jacob Saur the film night is now being run by an intuitive group of High School kids who are eager to create a way [...]
Soup’s Up!
One of Lüderitz’s local soup kitchens is serving a record number of people in an effort to help the poor and vulnerable members of the community.
The Elago Group Soup Kitchen has recently been catering for over 200 people, a record number for an organisation which is run by only four people. The kitchen, held [...]
Local All Woman Charity Donates To Orphans And Elderly In Lüderitz
The Buchters Women Charity Organisation has kicked off 2009 with several donations to elderly members of the local community.
The group is a recent initiative set up by Wienda Van Wyk in an attempt to give something back to her community and comprises of 33 members, all female. Each member donates N$100 to the charity [...]
Casa Santana Opens
Since the 22nd of December Lüderitz has a new bottle store in town and it goes by the name of Casa Santana. Set up by Nelson – known from the Portuguese Market – it’s a bottle store aiming to serve everyone for a good price. “To keep everyone happy”, in Nelsons words.
So far Nelsons new [...]
IT Classes At The YACC Already Deemed A Success
On Tuesday the 20th January the Youth Art and Culture Centre opened its gates to allow the public to register for its brand new ICT classes.
‘IT and using computers is a really good skill to have nowadays’, said one applicant, ‘in almost every job you apply for you’re asked for IT comprehension so I’m [...]
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