Zambezi children’s situation still dire

The situation of child-headed households in the Zambezi Region exposed by this newspaper in March remains dire.
A social worker told Namibian Sun that children living in child-headed households are suffering because they are unable to fend for themselves. Their plight is worsened by the fact that many of them don’t have the national documents required to register for government grants.
She said she recently found another household of three girls aged nine, 13 and 16 living on their own.
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