The Omangete and Otjimuhaka Primary schools in Kunene are the latest to receive mattresses and school bags under the Adopt-A-school initiative under the auspices of the Seawork Fish Proccesors company at Walvis Bay.
 
The Namibia Multi-dimensional Poverty Index shows that 30 percent of children in the Kunene region are not attending primary school, as parents are unable to afford school fees and stationery.

Many parents in marginalized communities such as those in the Kunene region, in most cases, withdraw their children from school as they cannot afford to buy school necessities and instead send them to look after livestock or cultivate the fields.

Annie Theron, the  Project Coordinator of Seawork Cares Trust was quoted as:  "A lot of the kids are hungry, they go home, or what happens, mum and dad rather let them watch over the sheep or so because they have to earn a little bit from the meat or being in the mahangu field because they can't feed them, and that's why we're doing this. If we make sure that the kids get a healthy meal per day, they actually show up for school, they actually learn something from what the principal and teachers can offer"
 
The donated items include 129 mattresses and 487 school bags filled with stationeries.

 Naftal Uusiku, the Inspector of the Opuwo Education circuit applauded the kind gesture, calling it a huge relief for learners and the marginalized community at large.

Theron also urged other companies to donate to schools and meet the government halfway.