Skini Cup donations exceed expectations
The annual Councillor Michael Skini Charity Cup for football received pledges of N$220 000 at a fundraising dinner at Henties Bay on Friday.
This far exceeded the organisers' target of collecting N$20 000.
Businessman Eliphas !Owos-aob pledged one of the highest amounts of N$25 000.
On top of that, the event received five computers from New Pointe Solutions to be given to the Okamwandi Primary School at the town.
Other donations included a printer for Okamwandi and a sheep carcass from Mayor Herman Hosabe Honeb.
The football tournament was introduced in 2015 to help the physically challenged and elderly people at the town.
Welcoming the donations, Skini, who is a town councillor, said part of the money would be used for hosting the tournament later this month.
The rest would be used to renovate or even expand houses for the elderly, and for buying food or school uniforms for children living with disabilities.
He said although they had not done much in the past two years, the event managed to pay for a uniform and school fees of a grade nine girl living with disability.
“We decided to put more effort into collecting money from this year onward so that we can make visible change,” Skini said.
He said the food hampers they had been giving to elderly people did not make any significant difference in their lives.
“We give them food today, then tomorrow they are hungry again; that does not help so we said, let us see where they sleep so that we can improve their accommodation.” Also speaking at the dinner was tournament patron Abner Xoagub, president of the Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC).
Xoagub said the tournament's contribution was not just to support elders and children with disabilities.
“This event also contributes to the economic upliftment of the town through bringing in more people who support businesses,” he said.
The theme of the dinner was 'Culture' and dignitaries showed up in traditional attire and were entertained by cultural groups.
The deputy minister for public enterprises, Engel Nawatiseb, was in attendance.
The event will take place on 29 and 30 April at the Omdel Sport Stadium.
The winners will receive N$12 000 cash and a floating trophy, the runners-up N$ 6 000 and silver medals. Semi-final losers will receive N$1 000 each.
Registration costs N$1 000 per team.
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This far exceeded the organisers' target of collecting N$20 000.
Businessman Eliphas !Owos-aob pledged one of the highest amounts of N$25 000.
On top of that, the event received five computers from New Pointe Solutions to be given to the Okamwandi Primary School at the town.
Other donations included a printer for Okamwandi and a sheep carcass from Mayor Herman Hosabe Honeb.
The football tournament was introduced in 2015 to help the physically challenged and elderly people at the town.
Welcoming the donations, Skini, who is a town councillor, said part of the money would be used for hosting the tournament later this month.
The rest would be used to renovate or even expand houses for the elderly, and for buying food or school uniforms for children living with disabilities.
He said although they had not done much in the past two years, the event managed to pay for a uniform and school fees of a grade nine girl living with disability.
“We decided to put more effort into collecting money from this year onward so that we can make visible change,” Skini said.
He said the food hampers they had been giving to elderly people did not make any significant difference in their lives.
“We give them food today, then tomorrow they are hungry again; that does not help so we said, let us see where they sleep so that we can improve their accommodation.” Also speaking at the dinner was tournament patron Abner Xoagub, president of the Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC).
Xoagub said the tournament's contribution was not just to support elders and children with disabilities.
“This event also contributes to the economic upliftment of the town through bringing in more people who support businesses,” he said.
The theme of the dinner was 'Culture' and dignitaries showed up in traditional attire and were entertained by cultural groups.
The deputy minister for public enterprises, Engel Nawatiseb, was in attendance.
The event will take place on 29 and 30 April at the Omdel Sport Stadium.
The winners will receive N$12 000 cash and a floating trophy, the runners-up N$ 6 000 and silver medals. Semi-final losers will receive N$1 000 each.
Registration costs N$1 000 per team.
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