DAPP Namibia Stands for Development Aid from People to People DAPP Namibia (Development Aid from People to People) is an Incorporated Association not for Gain, 21/90/45. It is registered as a welfare organization under the Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia (WO 85). Objectives The main objective of the association is to carry out welfare and development work of any nature and assist the people of Namibia in order to improve the quality of life in the country. To help children, young people and families in distress or in need. DAPP Namibia is a member and cofounder of the Federation for Associations connected to the International HUMANA People to People Movement. DAPP here finds a forum for exchanging development experiences and ideas and getting leadership training and technical assistance on programme development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and financial management. DAPP Namibia - History Clothes Sales, Treeplanting and Training. DAPP Namibia started development activities in Namibia in 1990 with a base in Omusati Region. The first activities were to provide affordable and good quality second hand clothes to many people as well as to create an income for other development activities such as production and planting of trees, training of ex combatants among other. The clothes sales fulfilled that double purpose up to year 2000, when new Namibian import laws forced DAPP to scale down the second hand clothes supply and business to a minimum. Social Development Projects. With funding from many partners: clothes sale, government, development organisations, private businesses, own income and school fees Projects were started such as the Treeplanting & Environment project, which established a nursery and worked with communities to improve basic living conditions. In 1996 the DAPP Vocational Training School, situated in the Omusati Region,10 km from Outapi on the Outapi - Ruacana main road was inaugurated by the former President Sam Nujoma. The school offers courses in Bricklaying and Plastering and in Business and Secretarial Studies. Next to the Vocational Training School a Preschool started and demands from parents to start a Primary School grew into plans and action to create DAPP Private Primary School. In 1998 the need to do something about the HIV/AIDS epidemic made DAPP start the HOPE projects with HIV/AIDS information and awareness activities in Omusati and Oshana regions. In 2005 these efforts were scaled up with the Total Control of the Epidemic campaign. DAPP Vocational Training School 70 young people are trained in vocational skills at DAPP Vocational Training School in Business & Secretarial studies and Bricklaying and Plastering courses. The small business programme is assisting small business people with training in how to manage their small business successfully and make a profit. DAPP Private Primary School From grade 1-7 there are 243 active learners in DAPP Private Primary School, created in cooperation between parents and DAPP. In January 2006 the first group entered grade 8 in a new classroom. TCE - Total Control of the Epidemic -an HIV/AIDS programme "Only people can liberate themselves from AIDS – the epidemic. Everybody else can only participate." With TCE – Total Control of the Epidemic the local TCE Field Officers go from house to house and talk with people, again and again to gain Total Control of the Epidemic. Each Field Officers is responsible for reaching 2000 people. By April 2006 450 TCE Field Officers are mobilising and educating people to take control of HIV/AIDS in their own lives and in their communities in 5 northern regions: Omusati, Oshana, Ohangwena, Oshikoto and Kavango reaching out to a population of 900.000 people with support from MOHSS/ Global Fund and CDC. One of the 9 troops of 50 TCE Field Officers, who meet every Friday for reporting, planning, exchange and continuous on the job training. DAPP Child Aid & Environment project DAPP Child Aid & Environment project in cooperation with active community members assist many families in creating life improvements for themselves. 10 lines of activities: Line 1: Environment Line 2: Nurseries Line 3: Strengthening the economy of the families Line 4: Education Line 5: Regional development Line 6: Children as active in the political, social and economic sphere of society Line 7: Communication, culture and information Line 8: Health and hygiene - hereunder HOPE Line 9: Children without parents Line 10: Preschools These activities are supported by many different partners. The family programme The family programme educates around 3000 families in treeplanting, environment, health and early childhood development. It is organised in 5 areas with 5 Area Leaders. Each Area Leader mobilizes volunteers to work as 40 Family Coordinators to be in front of