Leaders in Namibia’s Erongo Region are urging urgent measures to harness the economic opportunities at Uis, focusing on tourism, mining, and community empowerment.

More than 50 pairs of school shoes, sanitary towels and deodorant were handed over to the Office of the Erongo Governor as part of a community empowerment drive by the 4x4 Initiative Foundation in Swakopmund.

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. 

The Chairperson of the Omaheke Regional Council, Rocco Nguvauva, said his office will prioritise community empowerment through income-generating projects. 

Nguvauva made the remarks during the handing over of income-generating project donations at Du Plessis Plaas in the Okorukambe Constituency. 

Conservancies in both the ||Kharas and Hardap regions are reflecting on the extent to which the Community-Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) model has contributed to improving livelihood and protecting the environment.

The Okorukambe Constituency Office in the Omaheke Region has aided residents at Omitara Settlement with material to begin income-generating activities. 

The office also assisted three local schools with modern technology, all to a combined value of N$200,000. 

The African Monarch Lodges continues to empower local residents with vocational skills in various trades at the Sijwa Project in Zambezi's Kongola Constituency.

The project repurposes recyclable waste from the African Monarch Lodges into salable crafts.

Over a hundred residents of Rehoboth Block E have benefited from the town council's ongoing title deed handover and debt write-off initiative. 

The Kavango West Regional Council has launched a constituency outreach program aimed at addressing both immediate needs and long-term development goals in rural communities.

Broad-Band Investment (BBI) has handed over food and non-food items to the Kanovlei Primary School in the Tsumkwe constituency to help improve learning conditions.