Youth with a mission

GOBABIS – Young people in the Otjinene Region want to establish a conservancy in order to protect wildlife and natural resources.

In an interview with Nampa, an official with the Ministry of Environment’s Community-based Natural Resource Management, Vangee Uandia, said close to 230 young people attended a recent information-sharing meeting at Otjinene. Members of the Namibia Development Trust, Namibia Nature Foundation and Okamatapati Conservancy were on hand to offer help on how to get the conservancy, which they plan to call Onguari, up and running.Uandia appealed to the Ministry to provide training and assistance to help turn a dream into a reality.- NampaMembers of the Namibia Development Trust, Namibia Nature Foundation and Okamatapati Conservancy were on hand to offer help on how to get the conservancy, which they plan to call Onguari, up and running.Uandia appealed to the Ministry to provide training and assistance to help turn a dream into a reality.- Nampa

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