Part of OMDis’ mandate is to assist existing businesses to reach their full potential. OMDis partnered with Namdeb to empower the local tailor industry to produce 7000 masks for the Namdeb employees and their families.

With Covid-19, we are living in unprecedented times where the new normal is to protect ourselves against the corona virus. We do this by washing our hands regularly, wearing a mass and practicing social distancing. Therefore, this project was started to do two things, to plug some leaks of money out of the local economy through people buying masks elsewhere, and to empower the tailor industry through capacitating the tailors with the input material to produce the masks. This project also aimed to mentor the tailors and networking to learn from each other.

OMDis ran an advert locally to solicit local tailors to take part in the local production of face masks. Three tailors who happened to be woman where chosen after an adjudication process of the samples submitted based on quality and workmanship. The total cost of the project is N$168 000.00. This project indeed assisted the woman to become more confident in their trade and this will open more doors as they proved that that they can produce products locally when capacitated.

The opportunity to explore Oranjemund landscape of sand dunes, riding along the rough terrain of Orange river and along the Atlantic Ocean- all the way to the Orange River Mouth where the Orange River meets the Atlantic Ocean can suddenly become possible without the need for motorized vehicles or having to walk a far distance.

Electric bikes (Ebikes) are most popularly found in beach towns, mountain resort communities, and the larger towns and cities that have a modernized integrated transport system. They are used to promote ecotourism within the environmentally sensitive and pristine Namibian landscape. Oranjemund is no different

OMDis has recognized OMD 2030, a unique citizenry association created specifically to involve, represent, educate and support the community of Oranjemund through its transformation, as a collaborative partner. It is with this in mind that OMDis has sponsored four (4) electric bikes worth N$96 000 for the sole purpose to encourage:

• Tourists to stay an extra day or two.
• New Tourism activity in town.
• New entrepreneurial skills to be introduced to the town.

Book your ebike for your next visit to Oranjemund. Contact the OMD2030 Hub to book tourism related adventures: