By Lize Kubersky WINDHOEK A new regional newspaper, Insight Karas, has seen the light of day in the South and is being run by the youth at Keetmanshoop. The newspaper operates from the offices of the Multi-purpose Youth Centre. “With the aim of capturing and disseminating development-oriented news of the Karas Region’s economic and socio-political spheres, the newly established youth paper strives to provide objective and quality coverage that will involve, inform and educate our readers. It aims to gather, package, publish and distribute news,” said Anneline van Wyk, co-ordinator of the project. The main aim of the newspaper is to empower the unemployed youth via training and income generating opportunities while exposing the marginalized communities to a critical tool for self-development. “The name ‘INSIGHT’ reflects knowledge, wisdom as well as ‘close by/within reach’ whereas ‘KARAS’ refers to a key landmark of the region, the Karas Mountains and the Quiver Tree i.e. ‘knowledge within the region’. The first edition of the newspaper is expected later this year if and when the pledges made during the launch last year are honoured,” Van Wyk said. According to her, the growth of youth involvement in the project, and curiosity about the realisation of the paper are growing in tandem. “Currently the initiators are hard at work to get all the strategies in place – from marketing to fundraising. Plans are drawn up irrespective of the delay in publishing to ensure that once publishing starts it is uninterrupted,” she promised. The project is run by unemployed but progressive young people in the Karas Region. “After a survey in November 2006, it was concluded that there are no “street children” in Karas, just kids roaming around but staying with an unemployed mother or grandmother.