WINDHOEK: Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) on Thursday handed over computers, printers and books worth about N.dollars 372 000 to a select number of schools countrywide. The donation of information communication technology (ICT) equipment to schools that request such assistance is a project to which NamPower has committed itself annually since 1993.

This year, there were 24 school that requested for assistance, and the national power utility provided them with 26 new or refurbished computers and 13 printers worth about N.dollars 147 000; 10 photocopy machines worth about N.dollars 210 000; and books to the value of N.dollars 15 000.

Among the schools that benefited from the donation are Okondjatu Combined School in the Otjozondjupa Region, Ubasen Primary School from the Erongo Region, Epukiro Primary School from the Omaheke Region and A.M.E Community School of the Karas Region. Presenting the donated equipment to representatives of the various schools here on Thursday, NamPower’s Senior Manager of Corporate Communication Monica Nashandi said her company considers it a duty to contribute towards the development of the education sector in Namibia.

“The education sector is at the core of the upbringing of our youths, who are our future leaders. It is thus important that this sector receives all the help that it needs to sufficiently prepare the youth to face the future with confidence and pride,” she said.

Nashandi said NamPower’s Sponsorship Committee has been receiving many requests for ICT equipment and other educational material from schools countrywide, and this is probably indicative of the need that exists at Namibian schools.

“This is a clear sign that schools countrywide are in urgent need to become more efficient in their day-to-day operations through the use of ICT equipment, and be connected to the rest of the world through computers where Internet access is available,” she observed.

The NamPower senior manager then called on the government and private sector to take the computer project to a higher level by bringing Internet connection to the schools that have just benefited from (edited)WINDHOEK) – The Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) on Thursday handed over computers, printers and books worth about N.dollars 372 000 to a select number of schools countrywide.

The donation of information and communication technology (ICT) equipment to schools that requested such assistance, is a project to which NamPower has committed itself annually since 1993.

This year, there were 24 schools that requested for assistance, and the national power utility provided them with 26 new or refurbished computers and 13 printers worth about N.dollars 147 000; 10 photocopy machines worth about N.dollars 210 000; and books to the value of N.dollars 15 000.

Among the schools that benefited from the donation are Okondjatu Combined School in the Otjozondjupa Region, Ubasen Primary School from the Erongo Region, Epukiro Primary School from the Omaheke Region and A.M.E Community School of the Karas Region.

Presenting the donated equipment to representatives of the various schools here on Thursday, NamPower’s Senior Manager of Corporate Communication, Monica Nashandi said her company considers it a duty to contribute towards the development of the education sector in Namibia.
“The education sector is at the core of the upbringing of our youths who are our future leaders. It is thus important that this sector receives all the help that it needs to sufficiently prepare the youth to face the future with confidence and pride,” she said.

Nashandi said NamPower’s Sponsorship Committee has been receiving many requests for ICT equipment and other educational material from schools countrywide, and this is probably indicative of the need that exists at Namibian schools.

“This is a clear sign that schools countrywide are in urgent need to become more efficient in their day-to-day operations through the use of ICT equipment, and be connected to the rest of the world through computers where Internet access is available,” she observed.

The NamPower senior manager then called on the government and private sector to take the computer project to a higher level by bringing Internet connections to the schools that have just benefited from NamPower.