Everyone should contribute to Vision 2030: De Klerk

THE head of Women’s Action for Development, Veronica de Klerk, says Vision 2030 should become a people’s document for all Namibians and each and every citizen should contribute towards achieving its goals.

She was speaking at the 10th Anniversary celebrations of WAD in Windhoek on Friday evening. De Klerk, the Executive Director of WAD, said all Namibians should start pushing “to prove to ourselves that the target is not an unrealistic pipe dream”.”Of course we should be looking forward ambitiously to all the benefits like job opportunities, foreign capital and better living standards, which would come within reach once we are an industrialised country,” said De Klerk.However, she cautioned that as long Vision 2030 is regarded as the Government’s business, leaving ordinary Namibians uninvolved, there would be little change on the ground.By the year 2030, Namibia wants to be at the level of an industrialised country, where everybody will have a good living standard.De Klerk noted that the target date is a mere 25 years from now and said there is an enormous amount of work to be done.WAD strives for the upliftment of rural women.Started in 1994 and currently active in six regions, WAD has trained women to produce bread, vegetables, textiles and mosquito nets, among other initiatives.This training has led to women starting their own income-generating projects, helping them to feed their families and send their children to school.”Vision 2030 should become a people-driven momentum …after all, the people of Namibia will be the beneficiaries of the prosperity which this long-term plan envisages,” she said.De Klerk said it was WAD’s conviction that once rural women are empowered through programmes such as its, they become strong and able to support their families and become major players in the economic development of the country.De Klerk, the Executive Director of WAD, said all Namibians should start pushing “to prove to ourselves that the target is not an unrealistic pipe dream”.”Of course we should be looking forward ambitiously to all the benefits like job opportunities, foreign capital and better living standards, which would come within reach once we are an industrialised country,” said De Klerk.However, she cautioned that as long Vision 2030 is regarded as the Government’s business, leaving ordinary Namibians uninvolved, there would be little change on the ground.By the year 2030, Namibia wants to be at the level of an industrialised country, where everybody will have a good living standard.De Klerk noted that the target date is a mere 25 years from now and said there is an enormous amount of work to be done.WAD strives for the upliftment of rural women.Started in 1994 and currently active in six regions, WAD has trained women to produce bread, vegetables, textiles and mosquito nets, among other initiatives.This training has led to women starting their own income-generating projects, helping them to feed their families and send their children to school.”Vision 2030 should become a people-driven momentum …after all, the people of Namibia will be the beneficiaries of the prosperity which this long-term plan envisages,” she said.De Klerk said it was WAD’s conviction that once rural women are empowered through programmes such as its, they become strong and able to support their families and become major players in the economic development of the country.