Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2010/2011
BY
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Allow me also to congratulate the Honourable Minister of
Finance, Comrade Sara Kuugongelwa-Amathila, her
Deputy Minister and her entire team as well as the
Director General of National Planning Commission for
the National Budget presented in this August House.
Program 1
CHILD WELFARE:
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OVC forums are used by the Ministry to encourage
communities and service providers at regional and
constituency levels to help OVC and their caregivers to
access services for orphans and vulnerable children. We
are planning to strengthen the collaboration between the
different committees working at regional and constituency
levels on children issues.
• 2. Training Workshops
During 2009, different workshops were carried out at
national and regional levels for community members and
other stakeholders working with OVC. They were trained
on monitoring, evaluation and team building. Information
was also given to the communities on the Children Status
Act, roles and responsibilities of OVC forums, emergency
preparedness and child protection just to mention a few. A
total of twenty (20) training workshops were conducted
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with a total of five hundred and fifty (550) participants
trained. Forty two (42) training workshops will be carried
out at national and regional levels during this financial
year.
• 3. Transport
There is a serious need to purchase minibuses to transport
the children at Namibia Children’s Home and the After
School Center. All the regions need at least a 4x4 vehicle
to enable them to reach the needy children in the most
remote areas.
• 4. Social Grants
These are in the form of Maintenance Grants, Foster
Parent Grants and Special Maintenance Grants for
children with disabilities. One hundred and eleven
thousand, six hundred and twenty four (111,624) OVC are
now benefiting from these grants compared to March
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2009 when only ninety nine thousand, four hundred and
ninety (99 490) OVC were benefitting.
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The After School Centre provides after-school activities to
children at risk and children on the streets. With the
financial support from UNESCO, the centre offers
computer classes and training, on income generating
activities to parents of those children who are involved in
the programme.
Programme 2
GENDER EQUALITY:
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Following is the outline of activities which will be
implemented during the period under review:
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financial year the activity will be expanded to include
more MPs.
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will be expanded to include other forms of gender based
violence such as rape.
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The amount budgeted for Gender Equality program two
is: Twelve Million Three Hundred and Fourteen
Thousand Namibia Dollars (N$12,314,000) for the 2010
financial year.
Programme 3
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• Participation in local and International Trade
Fairs
The Ministry sponsored 15 projects to participate in local
trade fairs at Ongwediva, Okakarara, Windhoek and
Katima trade fairs. Also, during 2009, the ministry jointly
with Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry and the
Ministry of Trade and Industry sponsored a delegation of
16 entrepreneurs to attend the Malaysia International Food
and Beverage Fair.
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• ECD Curriculum & Training of caregivers
ECD Curriculum has been finalized and training of
caregivers commenced in Oshana, Omusati and Oshikoto
regions. Sixty (60) caregivers were trained on various
areas of child development, which are: health care and
nutrition, safety, working with children, art & creative
activities and so forth. The ministry planned to train
hundred and eighty (180) ECD caregivers (30 per region)
in six (6) regions (Oshana, Omusati, Oshikoto, Omaheke,
Erongo and Hardap regions) for this financial year.
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It is now my humble honor to request this August House
to approve the Ministry’s budget request for 2010/11
financial year to the tune of only (N$521,659,000) Five
Hundred Twenty One Million Six Hundred and Fifty
Nine Thousand
I Thank You
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