THE Erongo Regional Electricity Distributor (Erongo RED) company last week donated 60 mattresses to the !Oë‡Gâb Primary School.
This school, which has 58 hostel boarders in Grades 1 to 7, is in the Tubusis settlement, some 50 kilometres north of Karibib near the Erongo mountains.
The mattresses are worth N$25 000 and were handed over by chief executive officer Robert Kahimise last Wednesday.
Kahimise also handed over utensils such as plates, cups and spoons worth N$3 000 to the school. The CEO said the school was identified as a beneficiary through a familiarisation visit by the company in January last year.
He said Erongo RED is a community-driven company committed to the communities among whom it operates. As part of its corporate social responsibility initiatives, the company ploughs back into communities through various social, environmental, sports and educational activities.
“In this way, we are supplementing government’s efforts,” said the CEO.
Kahimise noted that in 2013, the board resolved that Erongo RED would give preference to pupils within the Erongo region when awarding bursaries.
“So far, Erongo RED has offered six full bursaries to students studying at various universities within the Southern African Development Community region.
Furthermore, many young trainees from various vocational training centres are given the opportunity to gain practical skills through the job attachment programme,” he added.
Deputy director Mark Jacobs said Government alone cannot fulfil all the needs of education in the country; hence the need for support by the private sector.
“Erongo Red is a company which not only talks the talk but also walks the talk when it comes to the private sector demonstrating its social responsibilities in a practical way,” Jacobs beamed. – Nampa
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