Philip family receives new home
Following the donation of a new home constructed with alternative technologies by Polycare Research and Technology last year, the Philip family moved in on Friday.
President Hage Geingob on Friday handed over a new, fully-furnished two-bedroom house to the Philip family who stay in the Otjomuise area of Windhoek.
The new house was constructed by Kavango Block Bricks CC with the support from the German embassy and Polycare Research and Technology. Polycare Research and Technology, during last year's Invest-In Namibia conference introduced this alternative technology and donated the house to the Namibian government. The Philip family are the beneficiaries.
The new home, situated on erf 1036 in Otjomuise, is amongst others furnished with a lounge suite, refrigerator, stove and a television set.
Speaking at handover ceremony Geingob pointed out that housing and land in Namibia are controversial subjects.
“We have achieved much as a nation during the past two-and-a-half decades, however, a lack of adequate land and housing remain contentious issues in Namibia,” said Geingob.
He admitted that the demand for housing in Namibia outmatched that of the government's existing resources and insisted that the government and stakeholders would be able to meet the housing demand if people that provide shelter rededicated themselves to the needs of others and not their self-interest.
“I am confident that if we all rededicate and commit ourselves to helping our fellow Namibians, and look beyond our own self-interests by considering the needs of others, then we will be able to meet the demand for housing,” said Geingob.
The president encouraged the recipients of the home to take good care of their new property. “To comrade Abed Philip and the entire Philip family, I say today is the beginning of a new chapter in your lives; a more dignified life awaits you in your new house. Please treat your new home with pride,” said Geingob.
Speaking on behalf of his family, Abed Philip could not contain his excitement and was grateful the government which offered him the house.
“Thank you very much to my president, thank you to Minister Sophia Shaningwa and thank you also our ambassador from Namibia to Germany Dr Andreas. I am thankful to the government of Namibia for supporting us and I am very happy to get that house today,” said Philip.
Shona Ngava
The new house was constructed by Kavango Block Bricks CC with the support from the German embassy and Polycare Research and Technology. Polycare Research and Technology, during last year's Invest-In Namibia conference introduced this alternative technology and donated the house to the Namibian government. The Philip family are the beneficiaries.
The new home, situated on erf 1036 in Otjomuise, is amongst others furnished with a lounge suite, refrigerator, stove and a television set.
Speaking at handover ceremony Geingob pointed out that housing and land in Namibia are controversial subjects.
“We have achieved much as a nation during the past two-and-a-half decades, however, a lack of adequate land and housing remain contentious issues in Namibia,” said Geingob.
He admitted that the demand for housing in Namibia outmatched that of the government's existing resources and insisted that the government and stakeholders would be able to meet the housing demand if people that provide shelter rededicated themselves to the needs of others and not their self-interest.
“I am confident that if we all rededicate and commit ourselves to helping our fellow Namibians, and look beyond our own self-interests by considering the needs of others, then we will be able to meet the demand for housing,” said Geingob.
The president encouraged the recipients of the home to take good care of their new property. “To comrade Abed Philip and the entire Philip family, I say today is the beginning of a new chapter in your lives; a more dignified life awaits you in your new house. Please treat your new home with pride,” said Geingob.
Speaking on behalf of his family, Abed Philip could not contain his excitement and was grateful the government which offered him the house.
“Thank you very much to my president, thank you to Minister Sophia Shaningwa and thank you also our ambassador from Namibia to Germany Dr Andreas. I am thankful to the government of Namibia for supporting us and I am very happy to get that house today,” said Philip.
Shona Ngava
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