Many Namibians are migrating from urban to rural areas in search of greener pastures, but the hope of finding employment is never possible.

nbc News reporter Stefan Uirab visited the town of Henties Bay, where many people are living below the poverty line.

Even in the heart of the town, shanty houses can be seen all around, some underbuilt with discarded materials, where the homeless live.

A third of the town's residents live in informal settlements with limited access to basic services such as water, electricity, and toilets.

Shaalukeni Longeiko is one of the people who thought that the grass was greener on the other side, but to her surprise, it was not.

Longeike has been living in Henties Bay for more than 30 years and has only worked once as a road constructor.

Since then, she has been job hunting, but without success.

She lives in a small shack with eight other family members and only relies on the income from the tuck shop.

Putting food on the table is an everyday battle.

A stone's throw away lives 60-year-old Rudolf Tsaraeb, whose dwelling is falling apart and not big enough for him.

He claims to have applied for a municipal house about ten years ago and is still waiting.

He says he has to fight off rats and birds that scavenge the food he brings back home.

However, the Mayor of Henties Bay, Lewies Veermaak, when approached for comment, says plans are underway to decongest informal settlements and promises that everyone will be allocated a plot.