Malnutrition remains a critical issue in the Erongo Region, with Chief Health Programme Officer Tuyenikelao Mwashekele from the Family Health Division at the Erongo Directorate of Health warning that poverty, food insecurity and limited access to nutrition services continue to threaten children’s well-being.

To help boost learning outcomes for vulnerable school-going children, Hangala Foods has donated bags of maize meal to two school feeding programmes at Otavi.

The Governor of ||Kharas region, Dawid Gertze, has welcomed the planned rollout of the instant porridge feeding programme to the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centres in the region.

The initiative seeks to combat stunting among children and improve learning outcomes.