First Gentleman Epaphras Denga Ndaitwah has called on learners in Rehoboth to stay away from drugs and alcohol. 

Speaking at Dr. Lemmer Secondary School, he warned that substance abuse can derail education, limit opportunities, and weaken the country's development. 

With the worsening living conditions of the less fortunate, who live in corrugated iron shelters in Namibia, the face of poverty regularly produces resilient individuals who, on a daily basis, struggle to feed their families.