The Kavango River is one of Namibia's largest perennial rivers. Although it is shared with two other countries and flows only for a very short distance through Namibian territory, it supports life in the Okavango Region and provides people of the region with water, fish, building materials and a host of other valuable resources.
Agnes lives with her husband and children in a home built with the traditional materials of wood and reeds. Their home is located not far from the Kavango River. It can be found on a high patch of land that is well out of the way of the floods. These floods reach over the banks of the river each year and cover the flood plain on either side with water.
"My name is Agnes, and I have lived here with my family for many years. It is a good place to live — close to the river, so there is always water, and not far from the road, so it is not a problem to get a lift into Rundu. Every year, after the rainy season, the river rises up and covers the flood plain here in front of my house."

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