Poverty forces Okalongo pupils to use food packaging as schoolbags
[The Namibian - Namibia] - 16/08/2025
Some Naiti Combined School pupils at Okalongo use makeshift items as schoolbags, because they cannot afford to buy these. A Grade 1 pupil has been spotted at the school carrying a bag made of instant maize porridge packaging. The school is appealing to good Samaritans to assist poverty-stricken (…)
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