INITIATIVE: Angola: Women Parliamentarian Group Checks Drought Situation

Ondjiva — A team of parliamentary women is since Monday in southern Cunene province, to assess the situation of drought hitting the region since May this year, Angop learnt.

The delegation is being led by the head of the women parliamentarian team, Candida Celeste, and took a donation of foodstuffs to assist the victims.

The official handed over some of those goods to Ondjiva main hospital, the capital of the province.

The team also toured Namacunde municipality and met with people living with Hiv/Aids, as well as visited the customs post of Santa Clara.

The six-member team was welcomed by the acting provincial governor, José Nascimento Veilengue, and the women MPs in the province.