2nd National Conference on Orphans and Other ... - FHI 360

EXPERT PRESENTATIONS
PRESENT TIONS
Session chairperson:
Ms Rosina Mabakeng
Deputy Director, Division Women/Family Development and Gender Mainstreaming,
MWACW
Rev. A.E. Biwa and Ms Rosina Mabakeng
Day 2 of the conference opened with a devotion
led by Rev. A.E. Biwa, Deputy Director of Developmental
Social Welfare Services. Before the prayer
Rev. Biwa read from the Book of James and related
the reading to the role-players’ approach to their
work for OVC.
After the devotion social workers were reminded
that their registration as professionals would expire
on Friday 28 June, and they should re-register by
then or they would no longer be able to practise
as professionals. (Forms were provided.)
OVC and Education:
Summary of findings of study
titled “Impacts of HIV/AIDS
on Education in Namibia”
Ms Claudia Tjikuua
Chief Education Officer, MBESC
Honourable Governors, Partners and Supporters in this worthy cause, Colleagues in fighting
fires and crises and facing difficult challenges –
Thank you for this opportunity to speak about OVC and Education – a topic that I know is very
close to your hearts. However, I am mandated to talk only about the findings of a study on the
education sector in Namibia carried out by Abt Associates South Africa Inc. for the MBESC and the
Ministry of Higher Education, Training and Employment Creation (MHETEC).
SLIDES 1-2: PRESENTATION TITLES
It is impossible to convey the findings and recommendations in detail in the given time, so I will
present only a summary of key findings and recommendations – mainly but not only regarding
OVC.
<strong>2nd</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> on Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children – Windhoek, Namibia, 25-27 June 2002: Full Report
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