Keep walking

Capricorn Foundation Commits to Project Never Walk Alone
    - 2022-11-29 09:05:00
Education is one of the Capricorn Foundation’s key primary focus areas since supporting education initiatives is an investment that goes a long way.
The Capricorn Foundation, through Project Never Walk Alone, last week donated 350 pairs of shoes to learners from the Groot Aub Primary School, Chairman Mao Zedong High School and St. Andrew Primary School in the Khomas region, valued at N$100 000.
“Through various partnerships with organisations that focus on education, the foundation has reached over 7 000 children this year in pre-primary, primary and secondary schools, enabling them with school materials, online learning, nutritional support and equipping of teachers through training,” Marlize Horn, Capricorn Foundation’s executive officer, said. “The foundation is pleased to restore the dignity of the Namibian child by donating school shoes to vulnerable children, linking back to our group’s purpose of being connectors of positive change.”
In Namibia, thousands of children in both urban and rural areas are seen going to school barefoot – a narrative that the Project Never Walks Alone aims to change.
“A pair of shoes is not a luxury but a basic need to protect their feet and their confidence,” said project founder Tim Ekandjo.
“Project Never Walk Alone is a national call to do the right thing for the right reasons. A child without shoes is normally one of the most visible signs of poverty. Children who get to school without shoes are at risk of being teased and undermined by their friends. It affects their self-confidence and they lack hope which affects their purpose of life in the long run.
“To date, the project has donated 6 290 pairs of shoes in six regions. We are proud to partner with the Capricorn Foundation on the latest handover of shoes,” Ekandjo concluded.