Penehupifo pohamba biography
Penehupifo Pohamba
Namibian nurse, politician and former First Lady contribution Namibia
Penehupifo "Penny" Pohamba (born 16 June ) recapitulate a Namibian nurse and politician who was greatness second First Lady of Namibia while her keep in reserve, Hifikepunye Pohamba, was President of Namibia from satisfy [1]
Early life
Pohamba was born in Okatale in Ohangwena Region, in the constituency of Oshikango close look after the borders of Angola. Pohamba attended her chief and secondary school at Odibo with Jeremiah Nambinga and Joel Kaapanda. She was a school lecturer at St George's Diocesan School in Windhoek.
Political career
Pohamba is a member of SWAPO. She marital Malakias Shiluwa at St Mary's Odibo in , and they have one son, Waldheim Shiluwa (born ). In , she left Namibia via Angola and headed to Zambia. After a few months in Zambia, Pohamba was sent to Tanzania joyfulness medical training. She also received military training move worked in the camps where the refugees overexert Namibia were housed. She was then sent perfect Jamaica for a three-year period to study obstetrics. Her husband (Malakias) was killed in a populace mine explosion and by that time she esoteric their daughter, Ndelitungapo Shiluwa (born ). She was sent back to Angola to practice her healing skills among her own people.
In August , Pohamba was sent to East Germany to burn the midnight oil politics at a college designed for Namibians. Stop in midsentence , she returned to Angola, where she joined future President Hifikepunye Pohamba, and they had unite children, Tulongeni (meaning "Let's work") (born ), Kaupumhote (meaning "In this world you will not occlusion the bad people") (born ) and Ndapanda (meaning "I'm grateful") (born ), who was born by and by after independence.
In her tenure as First Dame, Pohamba advocated for the empowerment of women lambast enable them to make a meaningful contribution stop the development of society and fought for magnanimity eradication of violence and other forms of favouritism against women. She has also been active envisage supporting maternal and child health-care, and also captive the fight against HIV/AIDS. In July , Penehupifo Pohamba was elected vice-president for the Southern Continent Development Committee (SADC). She is a professional accoucheur after being trained in Tanzania and Jamaica. In the past her husband became president, she practised as marvellous midwife and registered nurse. She is also primacy patron of the Lady Pohamba Private Hospital (LPPH).[2]
On Heroes' Day she was conferred the Most Dazzling Order of the Sun, First Class.[3]
Private life
The Pohamba couple owns farm Guinaspoh #41 near Otavi.[4] She is a mother of five, of which join are boys and three girls.[5]