The principal of the Cocoma Primary School in the Kavango East Region's Ndiyona Constituency caters for more than 140 marginalised learners from his school and surrounding areas.

The principal and his staff go out of their way to cater for the learners basic needs.

Moses Munuma Ndumba says that in 2008, when he became the school principal, there were only 25 learners at the school.

The Cocoma Primary School now has two additional classrooms, thanks to Bekikumata Fishing Company. 

Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah received the classrooms at Kakekete village in Kavango East's Ndiyona Constituency.

The classrooms were constructed at a cost of about N$700,000.

Cocoma Primary has a learner population of more than 200, with only two classrooms and a storeroom turned into the principal's office.

Nandi-Ndaitwah says the donation compliments government efforts to make education accessible to every Namibia child.

A local shop in Rundu, Kavango East Region, donated food and merchandise to the Cocoma Primary School, located some 160 kilometres east of Rundu.

The donation follows a request by the school principal for assistance to the vulnerable children living in a deplorable hostel at the school.

The Kavango East Governor, Bonifastius Wakudumo, welcomed the donation on behalf of the beneficiaries and applauded the Payless Shop owner for her generosity.

The business, which opened in 2019, employs 12 locals.