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HOW WE MAKE AN IMPACT PROJECT SHOWCASE:

LIDAR PROJECT – A

CHANCE FOR YOUNG

WOMEN TO DREAM

AGAIN

“You educate a man; you

educate a man. You educate
a woman; you educate a

generation.” – Brigham Young

The Lidar Community Foundation hosted the Dreams
Etosha Safari Lodge: Etosha Damara Mopane Lodge: Khorixas The Delight: Swakopmund, Walvis Bay and Henties Bay Canyon Lodge, Village and Roadhouse: Keetmanshoop Kalahari Anib Lodge and Kalahari Farmhouse: Mariental Programme to provide skills to 25 unemployed and unskilled
and Stampriet
○ Dawid Khaumaxab Primary School – Seringkop ○ Welwitschia Primary School ○ Mwadinomo Pre-school and Day Care Centre ○ Geduld Primary School under-24s in the Zambezi region. Trainees spent three weeks
○ Stepping Stone School ○ Immanuel Hostel Grünau ○ Soetdoringlaagte Crèche at the Ministry of Youth and Sport Multi-purpose Youth
Resources Centre in Katima Mulilo.
○ JJs Care Centre for children with special needs ○ The Klein Karas Community ○ Mariental Primary School – Mariental Hostel
○ Children with Handicaps Action in Namibia (CHAIN) Centre ○ El Shaddai Caring and Feeding – Dorcas soup kitchen ○ Witkrans Primary School They learned theoretical and practical skills to equip them for
tourism and hospitality, including how to start and manage
○ Spitzkoppe community ○ Grünau Primary School small businesses, integrate women back into education
○ Twaloloka community ○ Don Basco Primary School programmes to complete their studies and prepare for tertiary
○ Hands of Hope – Namibia education, and enhancing their parenting skills.
○ DRC Women’s Project The Lidar Community Foundation assists its participants to
become employed by, among other things, approaching and
integrating businesses in the Zambezi region to hire them. It
is in partnership with Project Hope Namibia and enjoys the
support of the Trust as an employment partner.

Etosha King Nehale Opuwo and Omusati

○ Make a Difference Charity (MAD) – Tsumeb ○ Ohajuuna Primary School
○ Proud Himba Foundation Namib Desert Lodge: Maltahöhe
○ Eco Homestead Nursery
Dordabis School ○ Maltahöhe Soup Kitchen
○ Little Bugs Sossusvlei
○ School Bag Christmas project
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