Windhoek – The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) will invest approximately N$840 million (US$45 million) in providing health and social services to vulnerable children, adolescents, and youth in Namibia. This was announced by the PEPFAR Namibia Deputy Principal for USAID, Ms. Tamara Cox, who is currently visiting the Land of the Brave. ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 17 August, 2023 | Topics: Ambassador, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: DREAMS Program, HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Namibia, Project Hope Namibia, Reach Namibia
How young women in Katima Mulilo succeed in the field of woodwork Namibia has one of the youngest and fastest-growing populations in southern Africa, but more than 40 percent of Namibia’s youth are unemployed – nearly three times as many as the global average – and according to the National Planning Commission of Namibia, this ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 28 July, 2023 | Topics: Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, Success Stories, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: DREAMS NAMIBIA, HIV/AIDS, Katima Mulilo, Namibia, Project Hope Namibia, U.S. Government, Zambezi
Monika was born 24 years ago in the Okahala village in the northern Omusati region of Namibia, as one of seven children, where she grew up with her father as well as with her grandparents. In 2018, she had to drop out of school at grade 9 when they refused to pay the school fees ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 7 June, 2023 | Topics: Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, Success Stories, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: DREAMS NAMIBIA, HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Namibia, Omusati Region, Oshakati, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), Project Hope Namibia, U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
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. ...
Read More» 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 ...
Read More» 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
It is yet another scorching hot day in Eenhana, the capital of northern Namibia’s Ohangwena Region. Dozens of people are convened under the cover of a tree for respite. Like many others present, the Hafunda family travelled 25 kilometres to Eenhana from their home in Oshikonda Village with one goal in mind – to finally ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 5 December, 2022 | Topics: embassy, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, Success Stories, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: Birth Certificates, Ministry of Home Affairs, Namibia Adherence and Retention Project (NARP), Project Hope Namibia, U.S. Government
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 ...
Read More» 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
Ndahafa is one of approximately 8,000 Namibian children living with HIV. She was diagnosed with the virus at the age of four, and since then, has been taking HIV medicine known as ART (antiretroviral therapy) at Eudafano Clinic, which is located five kilometers away from her homestead at Omatunda Village in the Ohangwena Region. A ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 28 October, 2021 | Topics: PEPFAR, Success Stories, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: Antiretroviral Treatment (ART), HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Gender Equality, Ministry of Home Affairs, Namibia, Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC), Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, Project Hope Namibia
Windhoek – The U.S. Government-funded Namibia Adherence and Retention Project (NARP) donated 100 footballs, 24 whistles, two goal nets, two stop watches and 20 chess boards to Learners of the Moses van der Byl Primary School in Katutura, Windhoek, and seven other Khomas schools. This is one of seven donations to six Regional Education Offices country-wide in ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 14 October, 2021 | Topics: News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: Ministry of Education, Namibia Adherence and Retention Project (NARP), Project Hope Namibia
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 ...
Read More» 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
It is not a hot day, but the sun is striking a bright reflection from the white sandy soils of the village at the outskirts of Oshakati, a town in northern Namibia. Standing by her mother, almost leaning over her lap, is her little daughter. The girl’s feet are pale white from the dust she ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 13 July, 2021 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, PEPFAR, Success Stories, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: Chargé d’Affaires, HIV/AIDS, Jessica Long, PrEP, Project Hope 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 ...
Read More» 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
