Communication – we practise it daily. But do we really know how? On April 24th and 25th 2017, HSF presented their new training modules to a group of trainers in the “House of Democracy”. A special focus was put on communication so that the trainers are well quipped to help Civil Society Organisations with our most important interpersonal skill.

“Get yourself into that creative mind-set”, urges writer Russell de la Porte his audience. Following the invitation of the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF), he was taking colleagues from HSF and from HSF partner organisations back to the basics to enhance their abilities to produce well-written texts. His “Professional Writing Skills Workshop” took place on the 15th and 16th of March 2017 in Windhoek’s House of Democracy.

WINDHOEK: On 13 September 2016, the Economic Association of Namibia (EAN) co-hosted a Business Breakfast with the Hanns Seidel Foundation on the state of food security in Namibia. Jennifer Bitonde, Country Director for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Namibia, examined how other countries had successfully implemented zero hunger policies and how these might be adapted in Namibia.