{"id":258624,"date":"2019-03-19T06:23:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T04:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=258624"},"modified":"2019-03-19T08:26:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T06:26:02","slug":"collapse-of-oshikango-businesses-affect-ovc-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=258624","title":{"rendered":"Collapse of Oshikango businesses affect OVC centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_258719\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 960px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Collapse-of-Oshikango-businesses-affect-OVC-centre.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-258719\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Collapse-of-Oshikango-businesses-affect-OVC-centre.jpg\" alt=\"Collapse of Oshikango businesses affect OVC centre\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Collapse-of-Oshikango-businesses-affect-OVC-centre.jpg 960w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Collapse-of-Oshikango-businesses-affect-OVC-centre-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Collapse-of-Oshikango-businesses-affect-OVC-centre-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured: Ohangwena constituency councillor Johannes Hakanyome, Regional Governor Usko Nghaamwa and former first lady Penehupifo Pohamba during the official part of the renovation and cleaning event. Photo: contributed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Placido Hilukilwa<\/p>\n<p>THE collapse of the once-thriving Oshikango business hub has severely affected service delivery at the Tutekula Children\u2019s Centre at Onhuno in the Ohangwena region.<br \/>\nSpeaking during a renovation and cleaning event at the Centre on Saturday, former First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba noted that the Oshikango businesses, together with international donors such as the Church Alliance for Orphans (CAFO), were Tutekula\u2019<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">s supporting pillars, and their withdrawal has severely affected the centre\u2019s ability to function effectively.<br \/>\nTutekula is Oshiwambo word literally meaning \u201cnurture us\u201d.<br \/>\nThe Tutekula Chidren\u2019s Centre caters for the needs of orphans and vulnerable children, concentrating on nurturing activities and other programs such as child growth and safety, as well as counselling and psychological care, day care, feeding scheme, life skills and HIV\/AIDS preventive methods, after school services and study motivation.<br \/>\nCurrently the Centre has under its care 689 children from four constituencies &#8211; 0hangwena, Oshikango, Omulonga and Engela.<br \/>\nPohamba said that the Centre \u2013 which gives children hope for a better future &#8211; is currently going through a very difficult time. She pointed out that the Centre\u2019s water supply was recently cut off due to outstanding municipal bills.<br \/>\n\u201cEfforts to overcome these challenges are still in progress and the organisation is still searching for possible opportunities,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Placido Hilukilwa THE collapse of the once-thriving Oshikango business hub has severely affected service delivery at the Tutekula Children\u2019s Centre at Onhuno in the Ohangwena region. Speaking during a renovation and cleaning event at the Centre on Saturday, former First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba noted that the Oshikango businesses, together with international donors such as the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":258719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-258624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Collapse of Oshikango businesses affect OVC centre - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE collapse of the once-thriving Oshikango business hub has severely affected service delivery at the Tutekula Children\u2019s Centre at Onhuno in the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=258624\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Collapse of Oshikango businesses affect OVC centre - 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