Paralympic athletes visit Eluwa SpecialGolden Boys Ananias Shikongo and Johannes Nambala have been touring the northern region of the country. Back to the roots Paralympians Ananias Shikongo and Johannes Nambala on Friday visited Eluwa Special School in Ongwediva.The Paralympians, both of whom attended the school which caters for visually and hearing impaired learners, were at the school to present their medals as well as motivate learners.
Eluwa Special School was established in 1966 and currently caters for learners from the Oshana, Omusati, Oshikoto, Ohangwena, Kavango East and West, Zambezi as well as Kunene Regions.
Classes start at pre-primary level and go up to Grade 10.
The school has 349 learners.
The athletes were accompanied by the secretary-general of the Namibia National Paralympic Committee (NNPC), Michael Hamukwaya and Shikongo'' s guide, Even Tjiviju.
Shikongo won three medals at the 2016 Paralympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro - one gold and two bronze, while Nambala won two silver medals. Shikongo said the school moulded him into the man he has become and told the learners of how he became involved in sports.
“After I completed high school, I enrolled at Polytechnic [now known as the Namibia University of Science and Technology], but had to cut my studies short due to finances. I decided to try and make ends meet through sports in order to help my family,” he said.
Nambala urged the learners to invest in their successes by being disciplined and obedient.
The team also visited Heroes Private School and the Andimba Toivo ya Toivo Senior Secondary School in the same region.
NAMPA