FNB helps San learners

By: ABSALOM SHIGWEDHA

DEPUTY Prime Minister Marco Hausiku says there are some people in the country who are complaining that some communities, such as the San and the Ovatue people, were getting too much help from Government, but these are marginalised groups that really need more help to improve their lives.

“This is the reality we are facing. We must continue to encourage them to go to school. Wherever we find these communities in the country, we must provide them with the basic infrastructure,” said Hausiku in Windhoek on Tuesday. 

He said, “although it is not going to be an easy task, you need to depend on education in order to make a change in an individual’s life, or in a community or society. 

“I do not believe in what some are saying, that people should be left to live the way they used to live. It is never too late to get an education,” said Hausiku.

Hausiku was speaking at the handover of a cheque of N$ 47 000 by First National Bank of Namibia to the ‘Back-to-School Campaign for San Learners’ through the Office of the Prime Minister’s San Development Programme.

He said he was very pleased to notice some San children took education seriously, and are now qualified professionals. 

Education Minister Dr Abraham Iyambo said he would like to see each and every Namibian child go to school, and called on both the public and private sector to support education.

FNB’s Group Company Secretary and Compliance Officer, Yamillah Katjirua, said education remains a key factor to success in any country.

“Supporting educational initiatives, and especially those that benefit marginalised communities, are two of the main areas of the FNB Foundation,” said Katjirua.

The back to school campaign for San learners will kick off at Tsumkwe in the Otjozondjupa Region and will be attended by well-known musician Gazza, an Ambassador for Education, who also attended this week’s event.

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