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Making a Difference.
Title:
Making a Difference.
Author:
Amathila, I.
ISBN:
9789991642024
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (236 pages)
Contents:
TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- MAPS -- PROLOGUE -- CHILDHOOD INNOCENCE -- MY VILLAGE, FRANSFONTEIN -- CHURCH -- THE FOUNTAIN -- SELF-SUFFICIENCY -- GRANDMOTHER -- GRANDFATHER -- MOTHERS AND FATHERS -- STORY-TELLING -- SCHOOLING -- AUGUSTINEUM SCHOOL -- WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL -- THE START OF MY JOURNEY -- PREPARING TO LEAVE -- CROSSING BORDERS -- DAR ES SALAAM -- A DREAM COME TRUE -- LODZ -- COLD WAR PAWNS -- THE POLISH LANGUAGE -- MEDICAL STUDIES IN WARSAW -- HARD WORK AND A LOT OF FUN -- LIFE OUTSIDE STUDIES -- GRADUATION -- AN INTERN IN TANZANIA -- MALNUTRITION -- INTERNAL MEDICINE -- SURGERY -- GYNAECOLOGY -- PAEDIATRICS -- MARRIAGE -- FURTHER STUDIES IN THE UK AND SWEDEN -- ACCLIMATIZING TO ANOTHER NEW COUNTRY -- MY SECOND INTERNSHIP -- LIFE AND WORK IN SWEDEN -- NEWS FROM HOME -- RESPONDING TO THE REFUGEE CRISIS -- THE OLD FARM -- NEW CHALLENGES -- NYANGO HEALTH AND EDUCATION CENTRE -- THE HOSPITAL -- MEASLES OUTBREAK -- FEARLESS AND GROUNDED -- TRAINING AT THE EASTERN FRONT -- FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES -- CAMP LIFE -- UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR NAMIBIA -- THE THREAT OF ATTACK -- REBELLION -- POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY -- SWAPO WOMEN'S COUNCIL -- AFRICA'S INTELLECTUAL GIANTS -- WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION -- SCHOLARSHIPS -- MY SECOND WHO SCHOLARSHIP -- KASSINGA -- READING THE USA -- SUPPORT FROM FINLAND AND THE USA -- NDALATANDO, ANGOLA -- LIFE IN THE MAVULU CENTRE -- MOROBIA -- 'EMBUSHUA' -- VISITORS -- A NEW CAMP COMMANDER -- KWANZA SUL -- MORENGA VILLAGE -- SPY FEVER -- HOMECOMING -- THE 1989 ELECTIONS -- ELECTION CAMPAIGN -- THE RESULTS -- A MINISTER IN WAITING -- FACT-FINDING MISSION -- RETURN FROM MY VISITS -- INDEPENDENCE DAY 21 MARCH 1990 -- SQUATTERS AND STREET CHILDREN -- SQUATTERS -- STREET CHILDREN -- AFTER-SCHOOL CENTRE -- URBAN RENEWAL.

KATUTURA FACELIFT -- COMMUNAL TOWNS -- THE HORSESHOE MARKET -- RUNDU OPEN MARKET -- SAUJEMWA -- A CLEAN CAPITAL -- REFORMING THE LEGISLATION -- WOMEN'S PROPERTY RIGHTS -- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT -- TRAINING COUNCILLORS -- PROVIDING BETTER HOUSING -- ALIENATION SCHEME -- HOUSES IN COMMUNAL TOWNS -- HANOVA HOUSES -- BUILD-TOGETHER PROGRAMME -- A TRUST BETRAYED: THE SINGLE QUARTERS -- REGIONAL REPRESENTATION -- REGIONAL COUNCILS ACT -- THE TWO HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT -- TRADITIONAL COUNCILS ACT 1992 -- PEACE AND CONFLICT IN THE CAPRIVI -- DECENTRALIZATION POLICY -- MINISTER OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES -- KUNENE REGION -- HIV/AIDS -- LAUNCHING OF THE ARV PROGRAMME -- CARDIAC UNIT -- FAILED ATTEMPT AT DEMOCRACY -- ANOTHER TRANSFER -- DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER -- PUBLIC/CIVIL SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION -- THE GERMAN SPECIAL INITIATIVE -- MARGINALIZED SAN COMMUNITIES -- FACT-FINDING MISSION -- IDENTITY DOCUMENTS -- NO COFFINS -- DONATIONS AND DEPENDENCY -- SCHOOLING -- LAND -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- EDUCATION SOLUTIONS -- THE SAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME -- UITKOMS FARM -- LAND FOR THE HAI‖OM -- IDENTITY DOCUMENTS -- CAMPFIRE STORIES -- MAKING COFFINS -- BEE-KEEPING -- EDUCATION -- INCLUSION OF SAN IN EDUCATION AND THE WORKPLACE -- SAN TRADITIONAL LEADERS -- MOUNTAIN FOLK IN THE KUNENE REGION -- OTJOMURU VILLAGE -- OTJIKOJO VILLAGE -- OHAIHUUA VILLAGE -- OTJIJANDJASEMO VILLAGE -- LESSONS LEARNT -- PROVIDING EDUCATION -- HEALTH SERVICES -- TRADITION AND MODERNITY -- MY TEAM -- EMPOWERMENT -- LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING FORWARD -- SERVING THE PEOPLE -- DECIDING TO RETIRE -- WOMEN IN POLITICS -- WOMEN IN NAMIBIA -- RETIREMENT -- MEDALS AND AWARDS -- LIFE AS A FARMER -- APPENDIX I -- TRIBUTES TO DR AMATHILA ON HER RETIREMENT -- APPENDIX II -- AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE OF LIBERTINA INAAVIPOSA AMATHILA.
Abstract:
�Failure is not in my vocabulary� says Libertina Inaaviposa Amathila � medical doctor, leading member of Namibia�s liberation movement SWAPO, and Cabinet Minister for 20 years. Insightful, candid and amusing, this book traces Libertina Amathila�s journey from a village in western Namibia travelling alone to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 1962; medical training in Poland, Sweden and London; and the health and education centres in Zambia and Angola that she helped develop and run for Namibians in exile; to a victorious return home in 1989; service in the Cabinet of independent Namibia; and a leading role in the World Health Organisation. Courageous, committed, cutting through difficulties that deterred others, Libertina Amathila has assisted and empowered Namibian communities, particularly women, in exile and at home. As Minister of Regional and Local Government and Housing, Minister of Health and Social Services, and Deputy Prime Minister, she focused on those in need, such as squatters, street children, and those affected by HIV/AIDS, and undertook immediate practical measures to improve their lives. Packing her tent and supplies, she drove to remote areas and camped out until houses and clinics were built for marginalized communities, assisting in the design and construction process herself. An indomitable spirit drives this remarkable woman. This is her story.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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