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▪ A study published by the World Bank in 2022 showed that 1.6 million Namibians (64% of the population) live in poverty

▪ 800,000 Namibians are starving and need humanitarian aid

▪ Namibia has amongst the highest levels of inequalities & unemployment rates in the world with youth unemployment of over 50%.

▪ Poverty leads to crime, gender-based violence and suicide

A BIG is a grant which every Namibian should get from birth until s/he reaches the age of 60. It is an economic right for

everybody which means:

1. A monthly cash payment for all, not a once-off grant

2. Payment for each person - not per household

3. Payments for children will go to the person who takes care of them

Namibia is facing the prospects of becoming the first country to allow marine phosphate mining. There is currently a request from Namibian Marine Phosphates (NMP), an 85-percent foreign-owned company (Omani investor) intent on mining for phosphates on the seabed, close to the major coastal fishing town of Walvis Bay, where it proposes to dump tonnes of waste on-land. Another applicant, Lev Leviev Namibia Phosphates, are hoping to also apply to set up a marine phosphate mining operation and a phosphoric acid plant at Luderitz.

We, Civil Society Organisations in Namibia, together with regional and international organisations, coalitions and technical experts, are deeply concerned about oil and gas exploratory drilling activities in the Kavango Basin. Most of us have not been consulted or given any evidence about how the exploration activities and possible production of oil and gas will aect the lives, livelihoods and human rights of people in Kavango East and West regions, as well as our precious environment and overall water and food security in Namibia.