Chinese businesswoman donates food parcels at Kavango

Chinese businesswoman Stina Wu, the chairperson of the Stina Youth Growth Foundation, donated 300 food parcels to vulnerable people through the Kavango East governor’s office on Wednesday.

The donation parcel consists of a bag of 5kg maize meal, 750ml cooking oil, and 2kg sugar.

During the handover ceremony, Kavango East governor Julius Hambyuka said the donation is a call to action.

“This is a call to action rooted in compassion and unity. It’s a reminder to those who have been overlooked, unheard and underserved that their lives, dignity and dreams matter,” Hambyuka noted.

Hambyuka said handing over a food parcel symbolises care and solidarity.

“It speaks directly to our shared humanity and the value we must uphold as a caring society,” Hambyuka.

He said it is a reminder that “you are not forgotten”.

“Too often, the most vulnerable among us – our elderly, persons with disabilities, orphans and low-income families who suffer in silence – are far from the spotlight,” Hambyuka emphasised.

The region, like many others in the country, faces significant socio-economic challenges, Hambyuka stated, adding that poverty and food insecurity remain a daily reality for many people.

Wu said she believes in dignity, equality and the right of every person to feel seen, heard and valued.

“The food parcels are a reminder that you matter, that even in times of hardship, there are people who see your struggle, believe in your strength, and stand beside you,” she said.

She said she is inspired by president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s development agenda of inclusivity, driven by the unity of purpose.

Safari resident Magnus Hamutenya (23) at the Rundu Urban constituency, who received the parcels on behalf of his family, says the donation means a lot to them.

“We are nine in the house, no one is employed. We all depend on our mother’s tuckshop income to survive,” Hamutenya says.

Mercian Ntamba from Ndiyona village in Ndiyona constituency says the food parcels will save them for a few days.

“I received the food parcel for a disabled person who lives with me,” she says.

Ntamba says they get income to survive by working on other people’s fields.

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