Poverty is the state for the majority of the world’s people and nations which exits
when certain sections of people cannot satisfy their basic primary needs in terms of
food, cloth and shelter. Poverty and the poor are always associated with
resourcelessness, choicelessness, insecurity and deprivation which create incapacities
in the pursuit of dignified life in a given society for a person, household, group or
community. The purpose of this study was to investigate the poverty situation of the
Hai // Om people of Okongo constituency in the Ohangwena region. Ohangwena is
among the seven regions in the country whose poverty incidence rates are above the
national rate of 28.7%. The qualitative research methodology was applied. The
population size of the study was 341 and the sample size comprised of 30
respondents. The research instrument used in this study was the self-administered
questionnaire, distributed to the 30 respondents. The main findings of the study were
household socio-economic challenges, social development changes including service
delivery and welfare, political changes. It is concluded that Government and its
structures should facilitate adequate funding to the Hai // Om people, to help them to
develop, and fulfil their objectives of0 becoming nondependent from handouts.