The President, HE Dr. Hage Geingob’s plan of converting the Food Bank and Special Feeding Schemes as the first step towards phasing in Basic Income Grant (BIG) is not the ideal way of dealing with widespread poverty that has reached a humanitarian crisis.
Recent findings by the World Bank reveal that 64% of Namibians live in poverty. Namibia has the second-highest unemployment rate in the world, with 50% youth unemployment. The 2020 UN Global Report on Food Crisis says 800,000 Namibians are facing starvation of which 400,000 are in need of humanitarian aid.
The conversion of the food bank and special […]
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