Soup kitchen opens

THE Okahandja Park informal settlement’s soup kitchen was opened by First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba and German actress and humanitarian Suzanne von Borsody this week.

The soup kitchen was built by the German organisation Hand in Hand for Children and feeds about 300 children every day. The building also houses an office for the Special Olympics organisation and doubles as a meeting and counselling room for people living with HIV-AIDS.The soup kitchen was started in 2003 by Patricia Sola and a few volunteers from the community.At the moment, 23 women from the community are volunteering their services to make the project a success.This is the second soup kitchen in Katutura sponsored by the German organisation Hand in Hand for Children in Namibia.The first one was opened two years ago.The building also houses an office for the Special Olympics organisation and doubles as a meeting and counselling room for people living with HIV-AIDS.The soup kitchen was started in 2003 by Patricia Sola and a few volunteers from the community.At the moment, 23 women from the community are volunteering their services to make the project a success.This is the second soup kitchen in Katutura sponsored by the German organisation Hand in Hand for Children in Namibia.The first one was opened two years ago.