UNICEF is exploring a partnership with the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) to strengthen public awareness on child rights, disability, gender-based violence and other issues affecting children.
Prison authorities at the Windhoek Correctional Facility have rejected recommendations from two doctors who said a severely disabled inmate needed to be released from prison for medical care.
Ohangwena Governor Kadiva Hamutumwa has handed over a new house to an elderly woman with a disability at Oshandi Village.
Otjinene resident Martha Tjo, a wheelchair user, is struggling to improve her livelihood and urgently needs proper housing that can accommodate her and her family.
Tjo (47) was born and raised in Otjinene, a place she has always called home despite the many hardships she faces.
The Municipality of Walvis Bay has donated four erven to the Sunshine Child and Family Care Centre to help expand services for children and youth with disabilities.
Vice President Lucia Witbooi has launched the Revised National Policy on Disability, marking a key step toward Namibia's commitment to social justice, equality and the full inclusion of persons with disabilities.
Five people with disabilities applauded the Swakopmund constituency and municipality for donating plots to them.
Since 2013, the five beneficiaries have struggled to secure plots due to discrimination and limited access to economic opportunities.
Swapo MP Alexia Manombe-Ncube has urged that the 2025/2026 National Budget specifically address the needs of persons with disabilities (PWDs) across key sectors.
'We can do it. Disability is not inability."
These were the words of Josef Sheema, a person with a disability who walked six kilometres from B1 City People's Mall Katutura to the National Museum of Namibia in support of people with disabilities.
The Chairperson of People with Disabilities in the Ohangwena Region, Asser Shikongo, has called on the Electoral Commission of Namibia (EC) to, in the build-up to the national elections, be mindful of their responsibilities to citizens with disabilities.
