It's the end of the year!

This was a year of change for us at NPH. We got a new name, director, website and this blog!
We are grateful for the gifts of this year and look forward to the things to come!

Namibia Publishing House and Namibia Educational Services staff at the End of Year Lunch:

Another Short Story from a Young Namibian Writer

Angel Amukongo at NPH Offices in Windhoek

Angel Amukongo attends Suiderhof Primary School. She is in Grade 5. She loves books. Her passion is reading and writing. Her dream is to have her stories published, so she can share them with other learners.

NPH is very happy to help realise that dream. At the same time, we would like to invite teachers to submit to us best short stories of their learners (maximum one page long) so we can publish them on our blog.

Stories must be typed and sent as a Word document to info@nph.com.na. 

Good luck writing!

The Story of Romania

Angel Amukongo

Once upon a time, there lived a very clever and obedient girl named Romania. Romania was a smart girl who lived with her mother in a little town called Mah. Although Mah was a capital, some people called it a little town because it was very small.

Mah was a small beautiful town that had a river and hard-working people. It had enough land where people could plant crops alongside the river for their families and to sell so that they could earn money.

Years have passed and there was no rain. The river started getting dryer and dryer each season until it dried up completely. All the crops were dying. People were suffering hunger and some were forced by the situation to leave the town.

Romania‘s mothers dream was for her daughter to be educated and become a doctor. She decided to leave the capital and move to another town where they could grow crops again and her daughter could go to the right school. They packed their belongings and left for a town called Moah.

Moah was more than seven thousand kilometers away from Mah. Once there, they started another life, but Romania always missed her friends and her town Mah, where she was born.

Ten years later, Romania’s mother died suddenly. Romania was on her own, but she finished her studies and graduated. She got married and was blessed with a daughter whom she named after her mom.

Together with her family, Romania soon left Moah and went back to her homeland Mah. When she saw the state in which her beloved town was, she decided to build a hospital there to help the people of Mah who were suffering a lot.

She became the first doctor to open a state hospital in Mah and enjoyed her work very much. With time, the news spread to the surrounding villages and more people came for help to the hospital. The town started growing again, and when the rains returned, the river filled up and the town was just as beautiful as it used to be.

Dr Carole Bloch Makes a Presentation at NIED

Carole Bloch during the presentation on early literacy at NIED

Last week Friday, 25 October 2013, a specialist on early literacy, Dr Carole Bloch, Director of PRAESA at University of Cape Town, visited NIED to make a presentation for pre-primary teachers and educational officers in the country.

Pre-primary teachers from across Namibia
present at the workshop

The event was a great success, and nearly 40 pre-primary teachers from across Namibia present at the workshop have expressed their gratitude to Namibia Publishing House for inviting and sponsoring Dr Bloch's visit.

A pre-primary teacher reading a story
from the Big Book

The presentation by Dr Bloch was one of many presentations conducted at NIED between 21 October and 1 November 2013 as part of the Namibia-Saskatchewan Partnership Project. The Canadian delegates were Ms Laurie Hudyma and Ms Twyla Mensch.

Namibia Publishing House would like to thank the staff at NIED, the present teachers and educational officers for their warm welcome and the opportunity to contribute to this event.

German Donors Visit Kavango Schools for the Sixth Time!

Our Sales Representative in the Kavango Region, John Masatih, together with Dennis Orlam (NPH Publishing Director), Mr Alfons Dikuua (the Kavango Region Director of Education) and the German delegation of donors, under the leadership of Mr Wolfgang Fiedler, visited selected schools in the region to deliver textbooks, classroom equipment and various school materials to the value of N$40,000.00 per school. 

Mr Alfons Dikuua (the Kavango Region Director of Education) introducing the donors

It is now the sixth year that Mr Fiedler came to Kavango to donate school materials. The schools have been selected by the regional office and were asked to provide a list of their needs.

Learners from Mbeyo Primary with the donated textbooks and equipment

Mr Wolfgang Fiedler handing over the donated textbooks
to Mr Alfons Dikuua 

The textbooks and the materials were purchased from Namibia Publishing House, Namibia Educational Services and Edumeds Rundu, our local educational materials providers.

The schools welcomed the visitors with cultural presentations and gifts. 

It was a celebration for the whole communities who willingly gathered to witness the event.

Women from Naucova community welcome the guests with gifts

We would like to thank Mbeyo Primary School, Naucova Primary School, Rudolf Ngondo Primary School, Rundu Secondary School, Sauyemwa Combined School, Ndiyona Combined School and Max Makushe S.S. School for their hospitality.

Special thanks go to Mr Abel Singunde, Manager of Edumeds Rundu, who was instrumental in organising the ceremonies at the schools.

Learners from Max Mukushe S.S. School with their new textbooks and the donors

Update from Educational Offices in the Erongo Region

John with the staff of the Omaruru Education Centre

Our Senior Sales Representative, John Muyambango, is at it again! This time he visited the Omaruru Education Centre, where he chatted to the staff about our products and the launch of NPH into the Namibian publishing market. Thank you to all the staff members at the Centre for their warm welcome.

John also visited the Walvis Bay Circuit Office where he talked to the Circuit Inspector, Mrs Gawises, and the Advisory Teacher, Ms Oosthuyzen. Thank you for your time and hospitality.

John with Mrs Gawises and Ms Oosthuyzen
from Walvis Bay Circuit Office

A Short Story by Grade 5 Learner

Angel at NPH Offices in Windhoek

Angel Amukongo attends Suiderhof Primary School. She is in Grade 5. She loves books. Her passion is reading and writing. Her dream is to have her stories published, so she can share them with other learners.

NPH is very happy to help realise that dream.At the same time, we would like to invite teachers to submit to us best short stories of their learners (maximum one page long) so we can publish them on our blog.

Stories must be typed and sent as a Word document to info@nph.com.na. 

Good luck writing!

The Story of Disobedient Children

Angel Amukongo

Once upon a time, there lived three disobedient brothers. Their parents were very rich – they always had feast parties and celebrations. The three disobedient brothers’ names were Richard, Michael and Jason. Their parents didn’t know anything about their naughtiness because at home they behaved well.

When Richard was 5 years old, he influenced Jason. Jason was very obedient and quiet until he saw Richard and Michael being naughty. Then he thought it was fun, so he also started being naughty.

One day at school, the principal phoned the three boys’ father because every one of them did something wrong at the same time. Jason stole thr chalk from the class teacher, Michael beat up a boy at school and his nose was bleeding, and Richard was making a lot of noise, screaming and shouting in the classroom.

When their father came to school, he brought a belt with him. He told his three sons to stand in front of the whole class and he beat them all equally, so they all cried that day.

From that day onwards, Richard, Michael and Jason changed their behaviour. They apologised to the whole school, their classmates and teachers. Everyone was surprised because they all knew their behaviour and were not sure how long this change would last.

From that day, every day the boys came to school, they were quiet. They didn’t beat other kids any more, they never made noise or stole anything, or did any horrible thing again. They made friends with most of the kids at the school, and they behaved very friendly towards everyone.

One day when their parents had to go to London for a long business trip, they boys had to go with their parents. The boys lived in London for 2 years, and when they returned, they were accepted again at the same school because of their good behaviour.

More NPH School Visits

Last week our Senior Sales Representative, John Muyanbango, travelled through  Hardap and Karas Regions visiting primary and secondary schools.

Principal David Mouton with his learners from
Piet Diergaardt PS in Hardap Region

Thank you for the warm welcome to all staff from: Rehoboth Private School, Tsumis Farm Primary School, Piet Diergaardt Primary School, Angra Pequena SSS, Brightstart Monterssori School, Luderitz Christian School, Hoeksteen Combined School, Rosh Pinah Academy, Aussenkehr Primary School, Ehin Baard Combined School, Chris Lotter Primary School, Adam Steve Combined School, Oosterheim Combined School, Private School Excelsior and Keetmashoop Privaatskool. 

John with Principal Van Rooi  and
HOD Van der Westhuizen from
Hoeksteen CS in Rosh Pinah, Karas Region

Learners of the Aussenkehr Primary School

Dedicated staff of the Aussenkehr Primary School