Airports company supports schools

The Namibia Airports Company (NAC) on Friday handed over six cheques totalling N$205 000 to selected recipients. NAC acting chief executive officer Tamer El-Kallawi said the recipients were identified within the NAC focus areas, which are educational improvement, health promotion, environmental protection, tourism and nation-building endeavours. Ella du Plessis High School received N$10 000 towards the acquisition of a school bus, Heiner Hambardt Mix Pre-Primary and Out of School Centre received N$10 000 for the expansion of the centre and acquisition of stationery and other materials, and the Adam Steve Junior Secondary School received N$12 000 to assist with educational tours. Megameno Children’s Home received N$10 000 in support of its care for underprivileged children, the Ondangwa Town Council received N$8 000 towards the town’s clean-up initiatives, and the Wildlife and Aircraft Research Namibia Project got N$115 000 to continue its work of providing the aviation community with means to minimise bird and wildlife strikes. “ Education for all is key on our agenda of ploughing back into our valued communities and today six institutions will be receiving financial contribution from the NAC to enable them to initiate or achieve their dreams,” said El-Kallawi. He said at the NAC they believe that community development is a national priority, not only for the government but for everyone in the corporate sector. “We trust that our contribution towards these initiatives will positively impact the lives of those involved as we value that education, health, tourism and environmental care are the cornerstones of national development,” he said. He urged the recipients to use the money for what it is intended for and expressed the hope that tangible change to the schools and communities in which these institutions reside becomes evident. One of the recipients, Karin Nangula Shikalepo of Heiner Hambardt Mix Pre-Primary and Out of School Centre, said they would use the money to buy portable toilets and a safety fence for the pre-primary school in an informal settlement. They will also buy playground equipment and stationery. “If the money is enough we will buy a generator or solar system,” she said.