Ferdrieck calls for us of development funds to improve hostel living conditions

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2025-01-16

KHORIXAS, 09 JANUARY 2025 - A hostel room at the ageing Eddie Bowe Hostel (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

OUTJO, 16 JAN (NAMPA) - Kunene Regional Education Director, Sophia Ferdrieck, stated that hostels should use hostel development fees, payable by the boarders, for maintenance and to improve living conditions.
She said this in response to media queries regarding the dilapidated conditions at the Eddie Bowe hostel in Khorixas.
The hostel reportedly faces a shortage of beds, lockers, mattresses, and has exposed electrical wires and switches, as we...

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KHORIXAS, 09 JANUARY 2025 - A bathing area at the Eddie Bowe Hostel in Khorixas (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

KHORIXAS, 09 JANUARY 2025 - A blocked drain at the Eddie Bowe Hostel in Khorixas (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

KHORIXAS, 09 JANUARY 2025 - Broken beds stacked in a hostel room at Eddie Bowe Hostel in Khorixas (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

KHORIXAS, 09 JANUARY 2025 - Old vandalized bathtub at the Eddie Bowe hostel in Khorixas (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

KHORIXAS, 09 JANUARY 2025 - Mattresses stacked into a hostel room at Eddie Bowe Hostel in Khorixas (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

Khorixas Kunene education hostel

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