Welcome to Namibia!

This year, to the delight of all the steps children, we have not just 4 weltwärts volunteers – we have 6! The Gobabis team will be joined by Dominik Buller for the first half of the time, making it a trio. In the very first weeks, we received pictures from all three locations: Okakarara, Gobabis and, most recently, Rehoboth.

The 7 volunteers introduce themselves below.

Okakarara:

“I am Carina Marxsen, I come from Hamburg and I am 18 years old. Since August 2018, I have been working as a volunteer for steps for children in Hamburg, and now I am finally working for steps in Okakarara!
It is wonderful to be hugged by the children at the project every morning. Their laughter while playing is so free and simply comes from the heart. That touches me deeply.
I like the afternoon care (After School Care = ASC) and Numberland best. In the ASC, you have the opportunity to design activities for the children yourself. Numberland is simply fantastic, as the children learn not only numbers but also shapes and terms.”

“My name is Jule Hellwig. I come from Mülheim an der Ruhr in North Rhine-Westphalia. I learned about steps for children through Volunta, and I was particularly interested in the project in Okakarara. What I especially like is that we have many different tasks and are also allowed to work independently. I also really like Numberland and sports.”

Gobabis: 

Hello!

We are the volunteers from Gobabis: Dominik Buller (18 years old, from Hamburg), Lisa Kullick (19 years old, from Lippstadt) and Rebecca Harte (23 years old, from Hamburg).  We work here in a wide variety of areas of the steps for children project. Our main task is to help in the preschool in the mornings and look after the children in homework assistance in the afternoons.

In the first few weeks after our arrival, it was still the holidays, so we first taught the holiday class maths and took on various tasks, such as making different pieces of furniture in the carpentry workshop.

“What we particularly like is the variety that the project offers, allowing us to contribute our ideas and choose an area that suits us especially well. We feel very comfortable here!”

Rehoboth:

Lara from Reutlingen and Isabelle from Dresden have both ended up in Rehoboth for a year. In our partner project Bridge of Hope, they work in the kindergarten and are delighted by the atmosphere in this project. They get along well with the other staff members and appreciate the many opportunities to contribute their own ideas.

We would like to thank you warmly in advance for your dedicated commitment and look forward to receiving your first reports.