Poverty reduction strategy to be launched in Windhoek

SKILLSHARE International, together with three local organisations, will launch the ‘Sustainable Livelihoods Project for Rural Communities in Namibia’ in Windhoek tomorrow.

According to a statement issued yesterday, the launch will bring together stakeholders in the project to share experiences on the role of the project in contributing to a national poverty reduction strategy. The three local organisations are: Komeho Namibian Development Agency (Komeho Namibia), Namibia Rural Development Project (NRDP), and Namibia Network of Aids Services Organisations.Skillshare International has been supporting partner organisations working in Namibia for many years, through support by the United Kingdom’s Big Lottery Fund.”We believe that strengthening and working in partnership with locally based organisations is a way of fighting rampant poverty and is essential for the promotion of economic and social development in Namibia and Africa as whole,” the statement read.The Sustainable Livelihoods Project for Rural Communities in Namibia aims at improving the living standards, health and economic status of rural households in the four regions of Omusati, Oshana, Okavango and Omaheke.Among other objectives, the project aims to improve food security through the development and implementation of an agricultural and natural resources management programme that includes the creation of an Appropriate Rural Technology Centre offering specific skills training and providing locally produced appropriate technologies.The attendees will be drown from local Non-Governmental Organisations, community-based organisations, partner organisations, representatives of Government ministries, regional councils, the Office of the Prime Minister, diplomatic missions, especially the British High Commission, development partners and communities from the designated areas for the project.NampaThe three local organisations are: Komeho Namibian Development Agency (Komeho Namibia), Namibia Rural Development Project (NRDP), and Namibia Network of Aids Services Organisations.Skillshare International has been supporting partner organisations working in Namibia for many years, through support by the United Kingdom’s Big Lottery Fund.”We believe that strengthening and working in partnership with locally based organisations is a way of fighting rampant poverty and is essential for the promotion of economic and social development in Namibia and Africa as whole,” the statement read.The Sustainable Livelihoods Project for Rural Communities in Namibia aims at improving the living standards, health and economic status of rural households in the four regions of Omusati, Oshana, Okavango and Omaheke.Among other objectives, the project aims to improve food security through the development and implementation of an agricultural and natural resources management programme that includes the creation of an Appropriate Rural Technology Centre offering specific skills training and providing locally produced appropriate technologies.The attendees will be drown from local Non-Governmental Organisations, community-based organisations, partner organisations, representatives of Government ministries, regional councils, the Office of the Prime Minister, diplomatic missions, especially the British High Commission, development partners and communities from the designated areas for the project.Nampa