Four years ago, Beata Moses reached a crossroads. With a Grade-10 high school certificate and unemployed, the 20-year-old found herself trying to navigate the demands of being a young, single mother. She and the father of little Tulela had split up during pregnancy, and he provided neither emotional nor financial support for the baby girl. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 17 May, 2023 | Topics: Ambassador, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: AIDS free, Determined, DREAMS, Empowered, Mentored and Safe (DREAMS) program, Oshikoto Region, Project Hope Namibia, Resilient
Ondangwa – The U.S. Government funded Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS free, Mentored and Safe (DREAMS) program handed over 100 tablets to the Regional Director of Education in the Oshikoto Region on December 9, 2022. The tablets are earmarked for 100 students who are DREAMS participants from various schools in the Oshikoto Region. This donation comes ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 12 December, 2022 | Topics: News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: AIDS free, Communication and Technology, DREAMS, Hon. Peya Mushelenga, Minister of Information, Ministry of Education, Oshikoto Region, Project Hope Namibia
Windhoek – The U.S. Government-funded DREAMS program and the Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service launched a Labor Market Assessment Report which identifies economic growth sectors, occupational and entrepreneurship opportunities for adolescent girls and young women in Namibia. The Labor Market Assessment Report is critical to chart an economic pathway for young women. The assessment ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 16 June, 2022 | Topics: Gender Issues, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: DREAMS, Labor Market Assessment Report, Ministry of Sport, Project Hope Namibia, Youth and National Service
Windhoek – Yesterday, the U.S. Government-funded DREAMS program and the Ministry of Health and Social Services launched new public awareness materials encouraging young women at risk of contracting HIV to take Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis medication (PrEP) to stay HIV-free. PrEP reduces the risk of getting HIV from sex by 90%. HIV prevalence among Namibian adolescent girls and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 19 May, 2022 | Topics: Gender Issues, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: DREAMS, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Namibia, PEFFAR, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis medication (PrEP), United States of America
Windhoek – The U.S. government and Namibia’s Ministry of Sports, Youth and National Services (MSYNS) launched today a new program to provide better services to adolescent girls and young women and their male partners to prevent gender-based violence and HIV. The project agreement, worth N$5.4 million, was signed by the Director-General of the National Planning ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 18 November, 2021 | Topics: Gender Issues, Health Issues, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: DREAMS, HIV
USAID’s Office of HIV/AIDS (OHA) and Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (RFS) are pleased to announce the release of the Youth Employment Request for Information (RFI). This is the first collaboration of its kind working across USAID to mobilize the private sector on behalf of employment opportunities for youth at higher risk of HIV. This RFI is ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 9 November, 2021 | Topics: News, PEPFAR, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (RFS, DREAMS, HIV/AIDS, Youth Employment Request for Information (RFI)
Windhoek – The U.S. government-funded DREAMS Program has recently certified 23 young Namibian women as No-Means-No instructors to train adolescent girls in techniques to protect themselves against gender-based violence (GBV). The training strengthens self-esteem in young women and includes exercises in self-defense. “The No-Means-No instructors will play a pivotal role in addressing violence against children and gender-based ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 13 September, 2021 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Gender Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: DREAMS, DREAMS NAMIBIA, Gender Based Violence (GBV), No-Means-No training, Project Hope Namibia, USAID Country Representative Mark Anthony White
Windhoek – Thirty-two young women have graduated as the first DREAMS Ambassadors in Namibia for the U.S. government-funded DREAMS program. The DREAMS program supports adolescent girls and young women between 10 and 24 years of age as well as their parents or caregivers and sexual partners to prevent new HIV infections through education in reproductive ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 2 November, 2020 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, Gender Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, USAID | Tags: DREAMS, Namibia
Windhoek, July 14 – Seven young women are launching their own tailoring business with the support of the U.S. government-funded DREAMS project. Today, the seven entrepreneurs delivered 300 face masks to Project Hope for use in Safe Spaces around Windhoek. Safe Spaces are locations at schools or in the community where adolescent girls and young ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 14 July, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: DREAMS, Face Masks, Namibia, Project Hope Namibia
It is my absolute pleasure to be here with you today to commemorate World AIDS Day in the Khomas region. With the global theme “Communities make a difference”, it is so important to see you, the members of this community, here today because the ability to make a difference is in your hands. Namibia’s goal ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 2 December, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Health Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: DREAMS, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Namibia, World Aids Day
Good morning! It is my pleasure to be here with you all today. The Namibia University of Science and Technology’s annual HIV/AIDS and Wellness Campaign is a great way for us to share information and increase our knowledge about HIV. This year’s theme, ‘Knowledge is Power,’ is appropriate because when we know more, we are ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 12 September, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Health Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia | Tags: DREAMS, HIV/AIDS, Namibia, NUST
Oniipa – As part of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) together with the Namibian Government launched the DREAMS STEM Educational Empowerment Program for 16 schools in the Oshikoto Region at Hans Daniel Namuhuja Secondary School on 05 June 2019. DREAMS (Determined, Resilient, Empowered, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 6 June, 2019 | Topics: News, PEPFAR, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: CDC, DREAMS, Ministry of Education, STEM
Good morning, and thank you for inviting me to join you in celebration of International Women’s Day. Each of us is here today because we know that empowering women – economically, politically, and socially – is essential to creating sustainable and prosperous societies. We strongly support Namibia’s theme for this year’s Women’s Day, “empowering people ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 8 March, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Gender Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: DREAMS, Gender Based Violence, International Women's Day, Namibia
Today we are celebrating the “DREAMS” program. The name is very appropriate, because through this program, adolescent girls and young women receive the support they need to be Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored, and Safe. And with this support, they can achieve their dreams. All too often, girls’ dreams are interrupted. Research shows a cycle ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 16 July, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: DREAMS
