Sawi Hausiku KATJINAKATJI – At Katjinakatji Combined School in the Kavango West region, a small garden behind the classrooms is slowly becoming more than just a patch of cultivated land. …
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Katjinakatji Combined School
Also known as: Onanghulo Combined School
Katjinakatji Combined School — school in Kavango West operating a revived garden for Grade 11 and 12 agricultural science learning.
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- March 2026
Katjinakatji Combined School in the Kavango West region is using a revived garden to provide pupils with practical agricultural experience and improve hostel food security. …
Katjinakatji school garden cultivates farming skills- February 2026
Support has poured in for Onanghulo Combined School in the Ongha circuit following a New Era article highlighting the school’s struggle to keep learners in class amid recurring floods. …
Contributions pour in for Onanghulo schoolParents, community members in Onanghulo village and surrounding areas with children at Onanghulo Combined School in Ongha circuit have raised over N$600 000 to construct two hostel blocks. …
Onanghulo raises over N$600 000 amid floods …keeps learners in school, pleads for help
Agriculture & Land
Katjinakatji school garden provides practical agricultural learning
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At Katjinakatji Combined School in Kavango West, a revived school garden serves as a hands-on learning space where Grade 11 and 12 learners plant tomatoes, onions and peppers while conducting investigations on fertiliser effectiveness as part of their agricultural science curriculum. The teacher notes the garden bridges theoretical and practical learning, though the project faces challenges including salty water and resource constraints.
18 March 2026 · New Era →
Wednesday 18 March
Katjinakatji school garden provides practical agricultural learning
At Katjinakatji Combined School in Kavango West, a revived school garden serves as a hands-on learning space where Grade 11 and 12 learners plant tomatoes, onions and peppers while conducting investigations on fertiliser effectiveness as part of their agricultural science curriculum. The teacher notes the garden bridges theoretical and practical learning, though the project faces challenges including salty water and resource constraints.
18 March 2026 · New Era →
Kavango school garden teaches pupils farming and boosts hostel food security
Katjinakatji Combined School in Kavango West has revived its garden to provide pupils with hands-on agricultural experience while working toward supplying vegetables to the school's hostel. Grade 11 and 12 pupils conduct practical exams and research the effectiveness of different fertilisers, though the project faces challenges including salty water and limited funding for resources like irrigation equipment.
18 March 2026 · The Namibian →
Monday 16 February
Donations help equip Onanghulo school hostels after floods
Following media coverage of Onanghulo Combined School's struggle with recurring floods, the government, local businesses, and individuals have donated beds, mattresses, kitchen equipment, and sanitation fittings for two newly built hostel blocks designed to keep learners in class during flood seasons. School principal Sedekia Udjombala said the response shows people are willing to help when learners' plight is made visible.
16 February 2026 · New Era →
Wednesday 4 February
Flood-hit school raises N$600k for learner hostels
Parents and community members in Onanghulo village have raised over N$600,000 to build two hostel blocks at Onanghulo Combined School, aiming to keep learners in school during seasonal floods that have previously forced closures for up to three months. The roofed hostels are ready but remain empty awaiting beds, mattresses, paint, and cooking pots.
4 February 2026 · New Era →