Nam-Mic Holdings has donated school materials and hostel equipment worth more than 260 thousand dollars to Mokganedi Tlhabaneno High School and Goeie Hoop Primary School in the Omaheke Region.

Around 250 orphaned and vulnerable children in eastern DRC received school supplies and Ebola protection support on Monday, as local group Samaritan Assistance for Vulnerable People (SAV) sought to help children affected by years of conflict.

Kapani Combined School in the Zambezi Region received a printer and printing materials courtesy of Mbashe Fishing Company and CKP Trading Enterprise.

The school has a population of 405 learners.

The NBC News team also hit the busy streets of Keetmanshoop to find out how families are handling the expense of school supplies.

It is only a few days before the re-opening of the schools; parents and  guardians are making the last-minute trips to cross things off their back-to-school shopping lists.