ABSTRACT
Poverty is the state for the majority of the world’s people and nations which exits when certain sections of people cannot satisfy their basic primary needs in terms of food, cloth and shelter. Poverty and the poor are always associated with resourcelessness, choicelessness, insecurity and deprivation which create incapacities in the pursuit of dignified life in a given society for a person, household, group or community. The purpose of this study was to investigate the poverty situation of the Hai // Om people of Okongo constituency in the Ohangwena region. Ohangwena is among the seven regions in the country whose poverty incidence rates are above the national rate of 28.7%. The qualitative research methodology was applied. The population size of the study was 341 and the sample size comprised of 30 respondents. The research instrument used in this study was the self-administered questionnaire, distributed to the 30 respondents. The main findings of the study were household socio-economic challenges, social development changes including service delivery and welfare, political changes. It is concluded that Government and its structures should facilitate adequate funding to the Hai // Om people, to help them to develop, and fulfil their objectives of0 becoming nondependent from handouts.
POHAMBA-NDUME, K (2021). An Investigation Into The Poverty Situation Of The Hai//Om People Resettled At Okongo Constituency In The Ohangwena Regions. Afribary. Retrieved from https://tracking.afribary.com/works/an-investigation-into-the-poverty-situation-of-the-hai-om-people-resettled-at-okongo-constituency-in-the-ohangwena-regions
POHAMBA-NDUME, KALEINASHO "An Investigation Into The Poverty Situation Of The Hai//Om People Resettled At Okongo Constituency In The Ohangwena Regions" Afribary. Afribary, 29 Apr. 2021, https://tracking.afribary.com/works/an-investigation-into-the-poverty-situation-of-the-hai-om-people-resettled-at-okongo-constituency-in-the-ohangwena-regions. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
POHAMBA-NDUME, KALEINASHO . "An Investigation Into The Poverty Situation Of The Hai//Om People Resettled At Okongo Constituency In The Ohangwena Regions". Afribary, Afribary, 29 Apr. 2021. Web. 24 Nov. 2024. < https://tracking.afribary.com/works/an-investigation-into-the-poverty-situation-of-the-hai-om-people-resettled-at-okongo-constituency-in-the-ohangwena-regions >.
POHAMBA-NDUME, KALEINASHO . "An Investigation Into The Poverty Situation Of The Hai//Om People Resettled At Okongo Constituency In The Ohangwena Regions" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 24, 2024. https://tracking.afribary.com/works/an-investigation-into-the-poverty-situation-of-the-hai-om-people-resettled-at-okongo-constituency-in-the-ohangwena-regions