GTZ, Shell sponsor MVA competition on road safety

The Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund of Namibia has received N$330 000 in sponsorship for the launch of its secondary schools’ roads safety choir and song competition.

Clive Willemse, the project manager for the competition, said the competition is a national competition which will take place in all 13 regions of the country. The competition is aimed at secondary school learners, who will have to write and compose their own roads’ safety songs.The purpose of the competition is to educate children on road safety, and application forms for the competition will be circulated at secondary schools across the country.The minimum number of learners per choir is eight, and the maximum is 40.The competition is sponsored by Shell Namibia, which contributed N$100 000 and the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) Namibia, which sponsored N$230 000.Karl-Helmut Schlosser, an adviser at GTZ, said the MVA Fund approached them and said it would like to start an education campaign about road safety at the grass-roots levels, starting with educating school learners.Schlosser said last year’s project helped to reduce accidents by more than 20 per cent, compared with the previous year, adding that he hopes this year’s competition would achieve the same results.- Nampa NamPower donates teaching aids to schools Namibia’s power utility NamPower donated computer equipment and other educational aids worth N$150 000 to various rural schools on Thursday.The donated items comprise personal computers, printers, photocopiers, fax machines and other related information and communication technology educational aids to 18 selected rural primary schools.Speaking before handing over the donated items to the beneficiaries, NamPower’s Managing Director Paulinus Shilamba reiterated his company’s corporate responsibilities and duties in making this contribution for the advancement and wellbeing of the education sector.NampaThe competition is aimed at secondary school learners, who will have to write and compose their own roads’ safety songs.The purpose of the competition is to educate children on road safety, and application forms for the competition will be circulated at secondary schools across the country.The minimum number of learners per choir is eight, and the maximum is 40.The competition is sponsored by Shell Namibia, which contributed N$100 000 and the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) Namibia, which sponsored N$230 000.Karl-Helmut Schlosser, an adviser at GTZ, said the MVA Fund approached them and said it would like to start an education campaign about road safety at the grass-roots levels, starting with educating school learners.Schlosser said last year’s project helped to reduce accidents by more than 20 per cent, compared with the previous year, adding that he hopes this year’s competition would achieve the same results.- Nampa NamPower donates teaching aids to schools Namibia’s power utility NamPower donated computer equipment and other educational aids worth N$150 000 to various rural schools on Thursday.The donated items comprise personal computers, printers, photocopiers, fax machines and other related information and communication technology educational aids to 18 selected rural primary schools.Speaking before handing over the donated items to the beneficiaries, NamPower’s Managing Director Paulinus Shilamba reiterated his company’s corporate responsibilities and duties in making this contribution for the advancement and wellbeing of the education sector.Nampa