Five Rand Camp gets own centre

THE Five Rand Camp community outside Okahandja last week inaugurated their newly renovated community hall.

The old farmhouse was renovated at a cost of N$350 000 by the NamGem Diamond Manufacturing Company for the Iileni Tulikwafeni project. There are about 5 000 people living in the camp.There is a high rate of unemployment and many people in the settlement are either infected or affected by HIV-AIDS and more that 200 children are registered as orphans.In 2003 some residents under the leadership of Kauna Angula started an after-school soup kitchen under a tree for the needy children.Angula called the project Iileni Tulikwafeni, which means “Let us help Ourselves”.She approached NamGem, one of the bigger companies operating in Okahandja, to help turn of the dilapidated farmhouse into a community centre.The Okahandja Municipality donated the building and adjacent land to the project.The centre will be utilised to the benefit of orphans and people living with HIV-AIDS.Other planned activities include a sewing project, rental space to generate income, a gardening project, a daily soup kitchen for the children, a kindergarten, training and workshops for the youth as well as religious activities.There are about 5 000 people living in the camp.There is a high rate of unemployment and many people in the settlement are either infected or affected by HIV-AIDS and more that 200 children are registered as orphans.In 2003 some residents under the leadership of Kauna Angula started an after-school soup kitchen under a tree for the needy children.Angula called the project Iileni Tulikwafeni, which means “Let us help Ourselves”.She approached NamGem, one of the bigger companies operating in Okahandja, to help turn of the dilapidated farmhouse into a community centre.The Okahandja Municipality donated the building and adjacent land to the project.The centre will be utilised to the benefit of orphans and people living with HIV-AIDS.Other planned activities include a sewing project, rental space to generate income, a gardening project, a daily soup kitchen for the children, a kindergarten, training and workshops for the youth as well as religious activities.