Maria David
The link between a mother and her children will always be unshakable.
This was demonstrated when a Goreangab homeowner Inotila Pohamba, 34, ran into her flaming shack to save her infant and two sons who were trapped in the burning room.
The fire incident happened at about 10:00 on Sunday.
HOMELESS: Inotila Pohamba and her three children were left homeless as fire destroy their property. Photos: Maria David 
HOMELESS: Inotila Pohamba and her three children were left homeless as fire destroy their property. Photos: Maria David 
HOMELESS: Inotila Pohamba and her three children were left homeless as fire destroy their property. Photos: Maria David 
HOMELESS: Inotila Pohamba and her three children were left homeless as fire destroy their property. Photos: Maria David
When the fire erupted in the upstairs room, Pohamba, a mother of a one-month-old baby girl and two boys, ages 2 and 4 was outside doing some cleaning.
Unfazed and unnerved, Pohamba said that all she could do was look for her infant in the smoke-filled room before grabbing her two boys.
“My children were my top focus, and they were everything to me,” she stated.
She continued by saying that everything they owned, including their national documents, was entirely destroyed in the fire.
Pohamba stated that she still does not understand the origin of the fire or what set it off.
Apart from the fire destroying her house, their bar and tuckshop with all the stock was also destroyed in the process and that her family was left without any money, clothes, or official documentation.
A Range Rover belonging to her partner, who traveled to the north also burnt in the same fire.
Pohamba recalled the items burned in the fire: “Our six fridges, pool table, two jackpot machines, jukebox, Sony sound system, cash and Kazang machine got burnt in the fire.”
The Namibian firefighters and police personnel spent over several hours attempting to extinguish the fire.
Pohamba was taken to the Katutura Hospital along with her three kids for treatment.
She makes a request to all Namibians who might be able to assist her with the little they have as they start again in life.
The clothes the four were wearing when they emerged from the blazing shack are currently their only possession.
