The Namibia Students Organisation (NANSO) handed out safety guides to educate the public about sexual and gender-based violence in Windhoek's informal Havana settlement.

The students distributed the safety guides by going door-to-door.

NANSO members started the day with playful activities and handed out food to children around the settlement.

They then travelled door to door to share the safety guides with community members.

Its spokesperson, Jenny Poiyah, said the initiative is influenced by the organisation's call to action against the rising cases of child abuse and gender-based violence.

"What we want to do as NANSO is we have created an information guide that we'll be disseminating to the community members because as NANSO we believe it is paramount that we educate our parents and guardians equally as we do our learners, students and trainees in our schools and our institutions of higher learning."

The guide provides crucial information about sexual and gender-based violence, including when and how to report such crimes as they occur.

"Today we are starting with the little kids, helping them understand what safety looks like and the importance of safety, and thereafter we are moving into the streets of Katutura and Havana, speaking to the parents and speaking to the young people about sexual and gender-based violence," said NANSO president Dorthea Nangolo.

NANSO also carried out a similar exercise at Okahandja on Friday.