A shocking 270 000 Namibian children are living in poverty, with 140 000 of them experiencing these circumstances severely on a daily basis, leaving them open to sexual exploitation and being put to work for a pittance.
These figures were confirmed this past Friday by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative to Namibia, Micaela Marques de Sousa, during a Khomasdal Constituency event to mark Universal Children’s Day.
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