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HOW WE MAKE AN IMPACT PROJECT SHOWCASE: MEALFORTWO The School Christmas Bag project Trust projects supported by Gondwana lodges across Namibia

The yearly School Christmas Bag project provides children with
personalised, reusable bags filled with basic stationery kits,
Bringing hope to the hungry
hygiene products, treats, toys and sustainable food products.
Beneficiaries come from schools, orphanages and vulnerable
child centres.
The Trust started the MealForTwo programme in 2017 to feed the most vulnerable Namibians. At first, Gondwana sponsored
meat from its butchery to soup kitchens and childcare centres from our SSC in Stampriet (page 66). With support from various
partners we are able to diversify our meal offerings and provide more balanced meals by adding vegetables and other dry goods.
organisations who support the project by either sponsoring
products or by cash donations. We further receive outside
In 2020, the Trust directed nearly all of its efforts towards MealForTwo, alongside its partners. We distributed more food than ever
donations from guests who purchase bags from our curio shops
before at a lower cost to the Trust due to generous donations received from our supply partners – approximately 2 800 beneficiaries The Trust partners with local Namibian suppliers and likeminded
received 146 000 meals, equalling 4 470 daily meals, to the value of N$640 000 (2019: 24 000 meals to the value of N$690 000). or online store, The Narrative Namibia.
The main purpose of the MealForTwo programme is to have a The project is focused to bring joy to children but mostly as
encouragement to start each school year with basic school
lasting impact on the vulnerable communities in Namibia. supplies.

The School Christmas Bag project
provided
2 457 bags

Gondwana head office: Windhoek, Okahandja and Zambezi Mubala Lodge: Katima
to needy children Rehoboth
○ Kalundu Pre-school
2019: 2 333 bags ○ Heal the Land ○ Isize School Hostel
○ Light of Hope ○ Moraliswani Pre-school
○ Khaibasen Community Centre ○ Sikunga Fish Guards for the protection of fish stocks in the
Sikunga Fish Protection project ○ Nau Aib Old Age Home Sikunga Conservancy
○ Dagbreek School ○ Kanono Combined School
The Sikunga Fish Guards control and protect the fish stocks in
an 8km stretch of the Zambezi River, allowing them to breed ○ Ann Pads
undisturbed. The Trust’s goal is to ensure the project is sustainable ○ Physically Active Youth (PAY Namibia) Centre
and has a lasting impact on the communities of Zambezi. The ○ Bridge of Hope
Trust was able to continue supporting the project financially
during 2020 due to the financial support from First National ○ Khomas Homeless Development Trust
Bank of Namibia, the FirstRand Namibia Foundation Trust and ○ The Grace Project
Gondwana Collection Namibia. ○ Men on the Side of the Road
○ Lidar Community Foundation
The MealForTwo programme provided approximately ○ Senior Park Home for the Elderly
146 000 meals ○ Cancer Association of Namibia
○ Hope Village
to the value of ○ MEGS Care Centre for the Elderly
○ The Mammadu Trust
N$640 000 ○ Youth Orchestras of Namibia (YONA)
○ Huis Maerua
to those in need ○ Natascha Pre-Primary School

○ Side by Side Early Intervention Centre
2019: 24 000 meals to the value of N$690 000 ○ Youth Hope-Kindergarten library project Hakusembe River Lodge: Rundu
○ Windhoek Street Vendors (fruit and vegetables) ○ Paukeni Kindergarten

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