Christmas in November for Amos Meerkat children

About 150 children from Amos Meerkat schools across Windhoek attended a Christmas party at Omeya Private School courtesy of Business Connexion (BCX).
Ester Kamati
Ester Kamati



On 15 November, four Amos Meerkat schools were part of the annual Christmas event, along with 13 children from the Omeya Private School.

Loraine Brink, the coordinator of the event, says it is one of several projects that the main sponsor, Business Connexion, runs for social responsibility.

According to Brink, planning for the event started around September to ensure the success and ultimately the satisfaction of the children.

“Just to see those little faces, the joy on those little faces,” is what Brink looks forward to every year and it inspires the company to maintain the tradition of hosting the event for many more years.

“We’ve decided to do something special,” Brink added, as the festive season is known to bring people together.

One of the children, Helena Shikongo, was full of smiles and especially enjoyed seeing ‘Father Christmas’ who gifted all the children goody bags filled with snacks and toys. The trip, which started at the TransNamib train station, was filled with excitement as the children journeyed through the tracks and tunnels, observing many sights that they had not seen before.

“Aeroplane, horse, springbok!” chanted the children in excitement throughout the trip. Upon reaching their destination, they sang Christmas carols and had lots of snacks.

Windhoek Life Change Centre’s project manager, Ingrid Goeieman, shared that through the centre, her team oversees 20 pre-schools in the country and expressed great pride in the work done by BCX, not only through this project but through soup kitchens and other ventures.

“It’s different kindergartens, 150 kids, so it also gives those children the opportunity to see things that they don’t really see if they are in the settlements. At least they are going out, experiencing nature and they see a lot of things,” she said, making reference to the various animals spotted by the children.

Omeya Private School principal Samantha Visser said it was a pleasure to host the children for the event.

“I can't wait to see all the beautiful children’s excited faces again next year,” she added.

The other sponsors of the event included Windhoek dry cleaning, Bank Windhoek, Sefalana, Transnamib, Namibia Breweries, African Marketing and Farm to Fresh.