Ompunda community members in Okaku Constituency of the Omusati Region has launched a small-scale green scheme project. The project known as Kambalona Agriculture Project will produce fruit and vegetables for the community's consumption and the local market. Villager, Hosea Ndengu initiated the project that will produce maize, sweet potato, spinach, onions, tomatoes and other fruit and vegetables. Another villager, Thomas Abed, donated a three-hectare portion of his land for the project. Project spokesperson Mathews Kalangula said the project is answering the Government's call for communities to be self-sufficient with the hope of alleviating poverty. He says the project started as a backyard garden at Ndengu's house eight years ago and is being expanded as a community project. Speaking to NAMPA after the launch of the project, Ndengu sad 79-seedlings were donated to Okaku Constituency Councillor Gerson Kapenda's office to be handed over to schools in the constituency. A pilot of the just-launched Kambalona project donated 131 fruit trees to 12 schools in the Ondangwa Urban Constituency in June this year. -NAMPA