We dare to take a brief look back and see what has happened so far. This timeline mainly features milestones from Okakarara – events that we still consider formative today. The timeline ends with the year 2024 – the year in which we celebrate the 18th birthday in Okakarara and hope that you will celebrate with us. To view the milestones, carefully move your mouse over the text – perhaps you can discover something in the process.
In the preschool class in 2006 and 2024:
Milestones of steps for children
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Founding of the Trust steps for children Namibia by Dr. Michael Hoppe. Start of the first project in Okakarara.
- 1.2.2006: Foundation of the trust steps for children Namibia by Dr Michael Hoppe. First chairperson: Erika von WietersheimAuthor and supporter
- March 2006: Start of the first project by steps for children in Okakarara in Red Cross HouseUse of the Red Cross House in 2006
, a little outside the town. Augsburger Freunde Namibia made the room they had used for their sewing workshop available to steps and moved the former sewing workshop into an adjacent garage. - First social step: The first 30 children (exclusively orphans and vulnerable children, OVCs) come to our steps PreschoolThe first children sit here in the pre-school in Okakarara
and are fed by our soup kitchen The first two cooks in Okakarara provide our steps children with hot meals 
- 1.2.2006: Foundation of the trust steps for children Namibia by Dr Michael Hoppe. First chairperson: Erika von WietersheimAuthor and supporter
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- In December: selection of the first Schutzengel children for the start of the Schutzengel programme
- The purchase of steps property and houseThe move from the Red Cross house to our own project
was completed in March.
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- 60 children, 10 staff members
- A mobile houseThe house had many tasks
for the afternoon classes is built and soon converted into a preschool classroom. - The first volunteer, Ivy Boachie comes to Okakarara for her weltwärts FSJ
- Sewing workshop, through which the Schmotz couple independently of steps 2004 Establishment of the sewing workshop by the Schmotz couple
founded, is integrated into the overall project as an income-generating step - Start of the Guardian Angel Programme with the first 6 childrenThe first Schutzengel children
, who came from the steps pre-school into first grade. - PC school founded For steps children and surrounding residents: email, PowerPoint, Word and using other software programs.
- Okakarara and Michael Hoppe on “Rund um den Michel” on NDR
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The steps afternoon classes programme (ASC) starts. Start The first 1,664 olive trees were planted
of vegetable cultivation on 13 ha on the outskirts of Okakarara – in Ongombombonde
The building of today's daycare centre and preschool in Ongombombonde 
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300 bicycles Many bicycles are arriving in Okakarara 
went by Container It still exists
to steps in Namibia, local fitters Fitters receive the bicycles
were trained.
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New building for pre-school, soup kitchen and sanitary facilities in Okakarara. Red Cross HouseUse of the Red Cross House in 2006
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Second guest house in Okakarara opened; the first house serves as accommodation for volunteers.
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Opening of the new daycare centre and preschool in Ongombombonde.
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Start of the social holiday at steps for children in Namibia.
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Distribution of food and masks, purchase of a pick-up for the vegetable garden.
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Conversion of vegetable cultivation to organic-regenerative cultivation.
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18 years of steps for children – anniversary with guestbook.
