Harmattan Energy Ltd (Chevron) in collaboration with the Office of the Vice President will be providing daily meals for 3 150 vulnerable people for two years starting next month.
This was announced in a statement issued by Chevron national coordinator Kingston Makoni in Windhoek on Thursday.
According to Makoni, the people to receive these meals are highly vulnerable people, including children under the age of five, pregnant and breastfeeding women, as well as marginalised groups in eight regions across the country.
This initiative falls under the programme Palms for Life which is a two-year emergency food support programme in Namibia to help address acute food insecurity and malnutrition starting September 2025 until September 2027.
“With shared household consumption, the programme is projected to benefit 15 750 people each year,” Makoni said.
“This initiative complements our national priorities to reduce malnutrition and strengthen
resilience in vulnerable communities,” says president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah in a statement.
Also mentioned in the statement was Chevron Namibia and West Africa country manager Beatrice Bienvenu, who says seeing nutritious school meals being provided to preschoolers in a remote community highlights the initiative’s role in supporting education and demonstrating the government’s efforts against malnutrition.
“This programme is a prime example of Chevron’s commitment to strengthening communities where we operate by working with trusted partners that can deliver both immediate assistance and lasting pathways toward food security,” Bienvenu says.
