Japan - Namibia - UNICEF Trilateral Cooperation: Handover Ceremony of Education Supplies and Supplementary Food

                                                               
                                                  (from left to right) Hon. Faustina Caley, Deputy Minister of Education, Arts and Culture, Ms. Rachel Odede, UNICEF Country Representative and Ambassador Harada                                                               
                          (from left to right) Ms. Esther Lusepani, Executive Director of the  Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, 
                               Hon. Doreen Sioka, Minister of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, Ms. Rachel Odede, UNICEF Representative and Ambassador Harada

                                                                                                                                                                                  
Monday, 29 November 2021, an official handover ceremony of education supplies and supplementary food procured with Japanese funding was held at the Center for Communications and Deaf Studies in Windhoek. The ceremony was officiated by H.E. Mr. HARADA Hideaki, Ambassador of Japan to Namibia, Hon. Doreen Sioka, Minister of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, Hon. Faustina Caley, Deputy Minister of Education, Arts and Culture and Ms. Rachel Odede, UNICEF Country Representative.

The provision of education supplies for children with special needs and supplementary food for ECD centers is an important part of the trilateral project “Preventing and mitigating the impact of COVID-19 and overlapping emergencies on nutritional, leaning and health outcomes of vulnerable children in Namibia”, which has been implemented through UNICEF since March this year. For the implementation of the project, the Government of Japan availed assistance totaling 586,800 USD, approximately 9 million NAD.