Art has the potential to tackle the unemployment rate in the country; therefore, there is a need to develop training centres across the country.

Philippe Talavera, who has been involved in art for change through the Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO) with young people, says if art can receive the same priority as many other professions, it has the potential to tackle unemployment.

However, for that to happen, training platforms need to be created to equip artists.

Talavera says all humans have an art sense that can be exercised.

A Namibian film that aims to tell the story of street children will premiere this Thursday at the Sterkinekor cinema at Grove Mall.

"Lukas," a film based on real-life stories of street kids in Windhoek, aims to create awareness and start a conversation about lasting solutions for children who live on the streets.

The film, by Ombetja Yehinga Organisation, conducted interviews with the street kids and developed a script based on their stories.

The hour-and-four-minute film involves about fifty actors depicting the real lives of those living on the streets.

The Ombetja Yehinga Organisation has launched a girls' soccer club at farm Uitkoms to keep young girls off the streets.

Most people, especially young girls, do not make it out of Uitkoms and the level of school dropouts is alarming.

They then often join others on the streets and indulge in alcohol and drug abuse, which in some instances can lead to pregnancy.

It is against this background that the Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO) launched a soccer club to keep them busy.