Stepping up

The Rob Youth Foundation, together with the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT), have aligned their forces to tackle a refurbishing project at the Katutura State Hospital."Despite the available funds, it would be important to do more, or better, than what we could have expected with the money," said Ralph Bussel, the executive director of NIMT. After Bussel saw the news about the dilapidated conditions at the hospital, he immediately decided to contact Robert Maseka, the founder of the Rob Youth Foundation, to see what could be done.Initially, the plan was to renovate floors six, seven and eight. Bussel, however, advised the group to use the limited resources to ensure a quality job and suggested that they use the funds available to renovate the floors of one level for the time being in order to ensure the job is done to high standards."We want to do a quality job; less work, but more quality," he said.According to Bussel the NIMT students will be doing the renovations.The team is yet to request quotations for the task ahead.The German Embassy has committed N$180 000 to the project, via a donation to the Rob Youth Foundation.Maseka said the youth do not only sit back, waiting for opportunities, but are capable of being "drivers of progress."During the last week of June, Affirmative Repositioning activist and former mayor, Job Amupanda, took to social media to show the rundown conditions at the hospital. The post provoked strong emotions from Namibians.

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