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30 Peace Corps Economic Empowerment and Health Volunteers Sworn-in for Two-year Service

This 53rd group of Trainees to Namibia, who arrived on August 28th, just completed their 12 weeks of Pre-Service Training at the Peace Corps Training Center located in Okahandja

On November 14th, in the presence of Honorable Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Dr. Esther Utjiua Muinjangue, United States Ambassador to Namibia, Randy Berry, and United States Peace Corps Country Director, Dr. Elizabeth Anderson, , 30 Peace Corps Trainees were sworn-in to begin their two-year service as…

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Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders

Ideal candidates are self-identified leaders, aged 25 to 35, with proven accomplishment in promoting innovation and positive change in their organizations, institutions, communities, and countries

The Mandela Washington Fellowship, begun in 2014, is the flagship program of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) that empowers young leaders through academic coursework, leadership training, and networking. In 2016, the Fellowship provided nearly 1,000 outstanding young leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa with the opportunity to hone their skills at a…

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    • Reach Namibia’s Economic Strengthening Officer Elina Nkambale (center) explains the ALIVE Hub to Deputy Minister for Sport, Youth and National Service, Hon. Dr. Emma Kantema-Gaomas (second from right) and USAID Acting Country Representative Dr. Rockfeler Herisse (right)
    • Software Engineer Bernhard Likuwa is calibrating a 3D-Printer which can be used by entrepreneurs at the ALIVE Hub
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Namibia: United States Government Launches Youth Entrepreneurship Hubs

Reach Namibia and the ALIVE Hubs demonstrate the U.S. Government’s continued commitment to providing health and economic relief to the people of Namibia

The United States Government-funded Reach Namibia project has launched the Adolescent and Youth Livelihoods and Entrepreneurship Accelerator (ALIVE) Hub at Rundu, Kavango East Region. The ALIVE Hub initiative will equip project participants with entrepreneurial skills to establish sustainable businesses.  In collaboration with the Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Services (MSYNS), regional…

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United States (U.S.) Government Donates Mobile Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to Walvis Bay State Hospital

The ICU is valued at 20 million Namibian dollars and was funded through the United States Department of Defense’s Overseas Humanitarian Disaster and Civic Aid Program, known as OHDACA

On July 15, 2024, the U.S. Embassy in Namibia participated in a handover ceremony with the Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) at the Walvis Bay State Hospital.  In attendance was Mr. Ben Nangombe, Executive Director of the Ministry of Health and Social Services as well as many…

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Namibia: Message of Condolence – President Hage G. Geingob

The U.S. Embassy has deep appreciation and respect for our decades-long relationship with President Geingob dating to the early days of Namibia’s independence, when Geingob served as the first Prime Minister of Namibia

The U.S. Mission to the Republic of Namibia was saddened to learn of the passing of His Excellency, President Hage Gottfried Geingob. President Geingob was a valued partner throughout his decades of public service. The U.S. Embassy has deep appreciation and respect for our decades-long relationship with President Geingob dating…

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Namibia: 22 Peace Corps Education Volunteers Swear In

Peace Corps Volunteers work alongside community members on locally prioritized projects that build relationships, promote knowledge exchange, and make a lasting and measurable impact

On November 16, 2023, 22 Peace Corps Trainees were sworn-in to begin their two-year service as education Volunteers in schools around Namibia. This 52nd group of Trainees to Namibia, arrived on August 30, and just completed their 12 weeks of pre-service training in Okahandja. At the invitation of the Namibian government,…

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Namibian Women Help Prevent Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Cervical Cancer by Encouraging their Male Partners to get Circumcised

The Ministry partnered with the PEPFAR through the USAID and their implementing partner Abt Associates to train mobilizers who promote the health benefits of VMMC in their communities

Christmas Shikongo is a 33-year-old father of three and a community mobilizer working to reduce HIV-related deaths in Omuhongo Village, northern Namibia.  For months, Christmas has been educating and counseling adolescent boys, men, and their partners on the health benefits of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in preventing HIV.  As…

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On World Rhino Day, The United States (U.S.) Celebrates its Successful Conservation Partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Government of Namibia

Namibia is now home to the largest population of black rhino left on earth

The population of black rhinos declined dramatically in the 20th century at the hands of European hunters and settlers. Between 1960 and 1995, black rhino numbers dropped by a sobering 98%, to less than 2,500 individuals. Since then, the species has made a tremendous comeback from the brink of extinction.…

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Namibia: President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Invests N$840 Million in New United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Program to Provide Health Services to Vulnerable Children, Adolescents, and Youth

This was announced by the PEPFAR Namibia Deputy Principal for USAID, Ms. Tamara Cox, who is currently visiting the Land of the Brave

The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) will invest approximately N$840 million (US$45 million) in providing health and social services to vulnerable children, adolescents, and youth in Namibia. This was announced by the PEPFAR Namibia Deputy Principal for USAID, Ms. Tamara Cox, who is currently visiting the Land of…

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2023 Mandela Washington Fellow Shange-Ndamona Mungoba shares her Namibian Food Security Sustainability Strategy with United States (U.S.) Secretary of State

Shange-Ndamona Mungoba focus is to promote the up cycling of food loss and waste to create other commodities such as animal feed, fertilizer, and pest control agents

Shange-Ndamona Mungoba, a 2023 MWF was placed at Jackson State University (Mississippi, USA) for Business & Entrepreneurship professional development. Her cohort was made up of fellows from 23 sub-Saharan African countries, with 24 other fellows who collectively serve their communities in Agri-Business, Agri-Processing and Food Trade & Food Security initiatives.…