The Omaheke Regional Governor, Pijoo Nganate, has announced that the number of deaths and hospital admissions related to malnutrition has dropped in the region.
This, Nganate has said, is thanks to intervention from various key stakeholders.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Omaheke Regional Council, Governor Nganate said great strides were made in addressing malnutrition in the region.
Nganate pointed to various projects aimed at feeding children, including milking of goats at farm Newehoop, poultry rearing, and gardening as factors that have proved instrumental to the decrease.
The region set up fifteen soup kitchens to feed children from vulnerable backgrounds.
"The death has reduced admission, and that is because of collective efforts from all men and women who volunteered their time and partners such as the Global Kids, UN agencies, farmers, business communities, and our institutions. Slowly but steadily, Farm Newehoop is getting of age, and I want to extend an invitation to our honourable members and everyone to pay a visit to Farm Newehoop. My dream of every child of Omaheke having a glass of milk per day has started and is proving not to just be rhetoric but a work in progress and a dream being realised. This year we started milking our goats, and I distributed milk to soup kitchens. Of the seven goats we milked, you get 14 to 20 litres per day."
The governor added that the region should find additional sustainable projects to assist the local communities and bring about much-needed economic emancipation.
Nganate implored traditional leaders to work closely with the government to ensure that communities remain key role players in development-related matters.