The residents of Mangetti Dune in the Tsumkwe constituency have been without clean water for months now.
The generator that pumps the community boreholes broke down last year when the nbc news team visited the community just before the local authority and regional council elections.
Social grant beneficiaries at Tsumkwe and surrounding villages have expressed dissatisfaction about the slow process of Nampost payments.
Nampost took over from Epupa Investment in October last year, and beneficiaries want that company to do their pay-outs.
Residents of Tsumkwe and surrounding areas are frustrated following a loss of MTC signal that left the constituency in the dark for three days.
The challenge of MTC network failure is not new to the isolated settlement.
It remains a challenge for the San community in Tsumkwe Constituency's ||Nhoma settlement to put bread and other basic necessities on the table.
Residents of Tsumkwe say alcohol abuse, particularly among the youth, is increasing in the constituency.
Community members say the absence of sports activities and youth-focused projects contributes to learners and out-of-school youth spending time at drinking places.
The Tsumkwe settlement is home to about 600 households with more than 2,000 residents. However, only 95 residents hold land lease agreements with the council.
A local businesswoman told NBC News that she has been denied access to a portion of land she previously occupied.
Allegations of political campaigning with drought relief food as a promise were raised at Ben-Se Kamp, some 53 kilometres east of Tsumkwe, close to the Botswana border.
The NBC News team visited the secluded settlement.
The Tsumkwe constituency office, through the Otjozondjupa Regional Council, has stepped in to strengthen the education sector.
The office donated a photocopy machine and other school essentials to Makata Primary School.
While unemployment remains one of the biggest challenges facing young people across the country, two local youths in the remote settlement of Tsumkwe are proving that innovation can grow even in the most difficult conditions.
Grasshoek, a remote village nearly 160 km outside of Tsumkwe and home to about 300 households, boasts a community full of determination but also with many challenges.
Community members who spoke to NBC News bemoaned the high unemployment rate and lack of infrastructure.
