Following the deaths of two children out of 12 diagnosed with malnutrition in Otavi earlier this year, the town's mayor, Isaac !Hoaeb, together with the Namibia Housing Action Group, started training residents of the Kap-en-Bou housing project on gardening and nutritional values.

Kap-en-Bou has 705 plots with more than 2,000 residents.

The idea is for each resident of Kap-en-Bou to have a small garden at home, while a large community garden will also be established.

Housing provision remains a priority to the Kunene Regional Council, and it has made headway with the already-constructed houses for low-income earners at Okanguati, Sesfontein, and Fransfontein settlements.

The houses were built under the Kunene Regional Council decentralised build-together programme, which targets ultra- and low-income earners to have decent houses.