On last week Thursday, pupils at People’s Primary School received a visit and donations from the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (Tika), and the Turkish ambassador to Namibia.
The donations were meant to provide a basic nutritional supply to pupils for six months and included Oshikandela packages and basic staple foods for the food programme which feeds the children during break.
“Our technical coordinator came together with relevant Namibian authorities for this idea,” Turkish ambassador Berin Mukbule Tulun said.
“We are always willing to support Namibian people, especially Namibian children.”
The acting principal for the day, Jaqueline Tjihuro, thanked the Turkish organisations for the donations.
“As a government school, we have a feeding programme. This is a supplement to our programme, which will benefit our pupils with what they have to eat during break time,” Tjihuro said.
Part of the special occasion was the announcement of the school’s library project. “The library had been long overdue. This is like manna from heaven,” said Tjihuro.
She added that the library project is an initiative from Helvi Itenge-Wheeler, who was a former People’s Primary School pupil. The library will be upgraded with digital hardware through the help of Itenge-Wheeler.
The school prepared cultural troupe performances for the entertainment of the guests and the senior pupils of the school were present for the ceremony.
