Namibia: Children's Home Without Water for Months

10 October 2019

Windhoek — A long-establised children's hostel that houses over 100 children in Windhoek has been without water for the past three months and is struggling to settle the bill which stands at N$50 000.

According to caretaker Norris Afrikaner, the education ministry discontinued its subsidy in 2016 due to budget reduction hence it has been difficult running the home that has no other source of funding.

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