The United Nations says additional funding is urgently needed to sustain the humanitarian response in Mozambique, where the death toll from severe flooding has risen to more than 145.
The floods have affected more than 510,000 people across central and southern provinces.
The ||Kharas Governor Youth Desk handed over donations to families in Aussenkher affected by the December fire.
The humanitarian initiative aims to provide support to the victims as they begin to rebuild their lives.
A year after flash floods displaced them from their homes, many families relocated to Farm 508 on the outskirts of Windhoek in the Goreangab area say they are still facing severe daily hardships.
The Speaker of the National Assembly has reiterated the call for greater global commitment to humanitarian assistance and the protection of human rights during the just-concluded Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly held in Geneva, Switzerland.
The African Monarch Lodges in Katima Mulilo have come to the rescue of a family of a blind senior citizen at Kongola by settling her loan of about N$41,000.
The Stina Youth Growth Foundation donated food parcels worth N$40,000 for vulnerable residents of the Kavango East Region.
Receiving the donation was Kavango East Governor Hamunyera Hambyuka.
The National Collaborative Board Association of Namibia (NCBA) has launched a series of impactful community development projects aimed at addressing pressing social issues.
The United Nations World Food Programme, through funding by the Government of the Republic of Korea, has launched a commodity voucher programme worth 500 thousand US dollars to assist 25,500 drought-affected families and 3,500 children.
Acting High Commissioner of Malaysia to Namibia, Mohamad Rameez Yahaya, announced his country's commitment to assist Namibia in addressing the drought situation.
Malaysia will contribute over N$700,000 towards relief efforts.
Yahaya said this during Malaysia's 61st National Day celebration.
The distribution of drought relief food in the Otjozondjupa Region's periurban areas is still moving at a snail's pace due to a lack of transport with only one truck in the region.
Deputy Prime Minister John Mutorwa has thus asked the region to advertise its need for trucks.
