Kauna's Birthday Wish

This publication is an instructional storybook that provides advocacy information to help orphans and other vulnerable children receive a free primary education in Namibia.

"Although the Namibian constitution guarantees a "free primary education" to all, many children are forced to cut short their education because they cannot afford the requisite "school development funds." An exemption is possible via the Ministry of Basic Education, Sport, and Culture - but this information is not widely known or practiced. This book offers hope to thousands of poor orphans and other vulnerable children in Namibia whose education is at-risk unless an exemption can be granted on their behalf - the same as it was for Kauna in the storybook."

The book will be distributed in three languages, English, Afrikaans, and Oshiwambo, to school-based and community libraries in Namibia.