Rundu, 02 July, 2022 / 8:20 pm (ACI Africa).
Hundreds of vulnerable children in Rundu, Namibia, have received nutritional support from members of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SBD) in a collaborative initiative.
In a Wednesday, June 29 report shared with ACI Africa, Salesian officials say in the Southern African nation that is “drought-ridden”, children aged between three and 11 years have been provided with breakfast and lunch thanks to donor funding from the U.S. development arm of SDB, Salesian Missions.
“Youth attending Don Bosco Youth Center, in Rundu, Namibia, received nutritional support,” SDB officials say in the June 29 report, and add, “Salesians running Don Bosco Youth Center were able to provide 200 children with two meals a day to help ensure healthy nutrition and give them the energy they need to be able to focus in school.”
SDB officials say the funding from Salesian Missions provided breakfast and lunch to the children who come from poor families.
In the June 29 report shared with ACI Africa, Emily Liyando expresses her appreciation for the nutritional support she gets, saying, “We have nothing at home to eat so what I receive at Don Bosco is all that I have.”
