Women’s pottery project to host fundraiser tonight

THE Pots of Hope Women’s Empowerment Programme (POHWEP) is to host a dinner under the theme ‘Moulding Rural Poverty Away’ as part of a fundraising appeal.

The banquet will be held at the Safari Hotel in Windhoek today. At the banquet, pottery and papier-mâché crafts made by project members will be on display.POHWEP is a rural development project aimed at teaching women pottery skills to generate income and reduce rural poverty.Another important aspect of the project is to break the silence that surrounds HIV-AIDS in rural communities.The project’s co-ordinator, Alexia /Naris, says the project gives preference to women and young people who are affected by and infected with HIV-AIDS.Tickets for the banquet are available from N$300 for a single ticket to N$1 620 for table for six and N$2 500 for a table for 10.Bookings can be made by calling Alexia or Virginia Iilonga at cellphone numbers 081 322 4927 and 081 294 1000 respectively.At the banquet, pottery and papier-mâché crafts made by project members will be on display.POHWEP is a rural development project aimed at teaching women pottery skills to generate income and reduce rural poverty.Another important aspect of the project is to break the silence that surrounds HIV-AIDS in rural communities.The project’s co-ordinator, Alexia /Naris, says the project gives preference to women and young people who are affected by and infected with HIV-AIDS.Tickets for the banquet are available from N$300 for a single ticket to N$1 620 for table for six and N$2 500 for a table for 10.Bookings can be made by calling Alexia or Virginia Iilonga at cellphone numbers 081 322 4927 and 081 294 1000 respectively.