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By 2019, the Swakopmund municipality had spent over N$ 200 million on facilities at the DRC. The government food program was supplying families with food packages. The DRC includes a youth development and community centre, a clinic and laboratory, and a hostel for orphans. The Dantago Arts and Craft
54:. It was founded in 2001 as a temporary resettlement community for people waiting for subsidized housing in the city and was built mostly of reclaimed garbage from the city landfill. The materials included corrugated metal, wood, canvas and plastic. 57:
In 2015, the population was estimated to be around 20,000. There is no electricity and no sanitation. The running water came from one tap, installed in 2012. Inhabitants found employment working menial jobs in Swakopmund.
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centre was built by the residents using recycled plastic materials, such as bottles, combined with cement.
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Swakop’s DRC to provide for youth
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Wayback Machine
A Glimpse of Multiethnic Culture in Namibia
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"Green Valley 'planted' in the desert"
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"Food bank comes to Swakop"
"Turning plastic waste into building materials"
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