More than 15,000 households benefit from the food bank

A total of 15,519 households representing a total of 67,987 individuals in the Khomas region Almost 90% of beneficiaries were food insecure before the intervention of the Food Bank and after its introduction, about 62% of them became safe, said the Minister of poverty Zephania Kameeta.

"The intervention of the food bank has a significant impact on household food security.The system is effective in combating hunger, especially for beneficiaries without formal employment, given the socio-economic situation. In terms of financial sustainability, the Food Bank's program will be affordable within the limits of current budget allocations for the next three years, taking into account an inflationary increase of 10%, "he said. declared. hunger especially in urban and peri-urban areas while other programs include improving agricultural productivity; Kameeta also said that household food insecurity is one of the main underlying causes of malnutrition, a situation that led the World Health Organization to consider household food as a major source of malnutrition. and nutritional security as a basic human right.

"The fight against poverty and hunger in Namibia is therefore the cornerstone of a benevolent nation," he says.