Otjombinde community garden blossoms

Auleria Wakudumo The Otjombinde Community Garden in the Omaheke region has created close to 90 casual jobs for unemployed youth, including graduates from the National Youth Service. The community-driven agricultural initiative has emerged as one of the first visible success stories under the government’s national programme, aimed at establishing community gardens in all 121 constituencies across Namibia. The garden was established under the Office of the Prime Minister’s initiative to promote self-sufficient food production and reduce dependency on drought relief programmes.

Today, the garden has grown into a thriving initiative that is transforming lives in Otjombinde and inspiring the government’s broader rural development plans. Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare on Monday visited the community garden. He described the project as a living testimony of what can be achieved when communities and government work together to address social and economic challenges.