The Omaheke Region has registered 11 new cases of malnutrition and one death during the months of July and August, while 45 children under the age of five died from malnutrition-related conditions in the region this year.
The new statistics were shared during a courtesy visit to the region by Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi Ndaitwah.
The Deep Sea Company has donated boxes of dried fish, cooking oil, and 152 bags of maize meal that will be distributed to 18 local soup kitchens that feed vulnerable children.
The donation comes after reports of a lack of food among vulnerable communities in the informal settlements of Gobabis and its surroundings.
The company's managing director, Elton Vries, says it's high time that stakeholders and individuals come on board with assistance that will make a lasting impact in the lives of the less fortunate.
