Six classrooms were inaugurated at the A.A. Denk Memorial School in Kalkrand.

The classrooms were constructed through a grant of close to 18 million dollars from the Japanese government.

A Kalkrand youth has urged the government to invest in skills development infrastructure to tackle the village's socio-economic challenges.

Brandon Titus envisions a vibrant Kalkrand, shedding its "sleeping village" label. 

Youth at the southern village of Kalkrand in the Hardap Region say they have turned to prostitution and drugs as a result of unemployment.
NBC's Reporter Emil Seibeb visited the sleepy village.

The World Bank has indicated that although Namibia is an upper-middle-income country, more than half of the population still lives in poverty.