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10th general meeting of our sponsors' association

[:de] Unsere 10. Mitgliederversammlung des steps for children e.V. erfreute sich auch diesmal eines großen Zuspruchs. Zahlreiche Mitglieder des Fördervereins sowie weitere Förderer, Freiwillige und andere Gäste sind unserer Einladung am 27.10.2016 gefolgt. So genossen fast 60 Zuhörer die spannende Präsentation des Vorstandsvorsitzenden Michael Hoppe, der über die aktuellsten Entwicklungen an den 6 Standorten in […]

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Light for the Children celebrates its 17th anniversary

[:en] We would like to congratulate our partner project Light for the Children in Gobabis on its 17th anniversary! The celebratory birthday event took place on 12 October 2016 and was attended by numerous guests. The children of the project danced and sang. Henke Olwage, founder and project manager of Light for the Children, gave a moving speech. To thank him for his tireless

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Recipes from the steps soup kitchen in Okakarara

[:en] Our cooks Adelhuid and Taree from the soup kitchen in Okakarara have given us two delicious recipes that not only the steps kids love. The children often have to leave home on an empty stomach. At steps for children, they can look forward to a balanced meal prepared with lots of love, which helps them to feel better in the

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Mrs.Sporty hands over a cheque to steps for children!

[:de] Mrs.Sporty is a fitness club that is specially designed for women. The owners Sabine Hnyk-Groth and Dr Stanislaw Nawka in Hamburg-Sasel have been collecting donations for steps for children for seven months. They not only called for donations internally, but also sold vouchers and for every new member, seven euros went into the donation box. Now

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Thanks to the printing company Zollenspieker Kollektiv GmbH

[:de] A big thank you to the Zollenspieker printing company, which provided us with professional advice and excellent quality in the production and dispatch of our charity dinner invitations. The cooperation with steps for children was agreed at the AKTIVOLI marketplace in 2015. Supporting charitable organisations and social commitment is in line with the company's core values. Sustainable business practices

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Long Night of the Churches and steps for children

[Our long-time supporter Birgit Eckert, educator at the Himmelblau daycare centre, was asked by Pastor Peter Fahr of the Cantate Church in Duvenstedt to help with the motto „Live. Love. Laugh“ to talk about her volunteer work. Birgit presented steps for children and her work in Okakarara 2015 in words and pictures on Saturday evening and was invited to the church service on Sunday.

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New weltwärts volunteers in Okakarara

[:de] Doro and Leonie are the new weltwärts volunteers in Okakarara and joined the project in mid-August. Here they report on how their week is going: This week, of course, there was sport in the mornings again and today there were really lots of children (almost 40). After our usual start (running around the house, balancing, jumping, circles) we did some

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Volunteers Marlene Lautze and Rainer Preuß in Okakarara

[:de] Marlene Lautze and Rainer Preuß are using 10 weeks of their sabbatical year together to get involved with steps for children in Okakarara. Both came to steps through a former student of Mrs Lautze, Johannes Vogelsang, who completed a volunteer placement in Okakarara from 2010 to 2011 through weltwärts. The two have been there for a fortnight now

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Federal Cross of Merit awarded to Michael Hoppe

[:de] On 13 September, Dr Michael Hoppe was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon by the Second Mayor of the City of Hamburg, Katharina Fegebank, in a ceremony at Hamburg City Hall. In her refreshing speech, Mrs Fegebank was visibly impressed by the wealth of achievements that Michael Hoppe has made over the past ten years by establishing his

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Ernst Prost Foundation for Afrika unterstützt steps

[:de] Vielen Dank für diese großartige Unterstützung für steps for children am Projektstandort Gobabis! Kerstin Thiele (Stiftungsvorstand) überreichte am 29. August den Scheck der Ernst Prost Foundation for Afrika an Martina Pracht in Stuttgart. Kurze Zeit später kam dieses wunderbare Geschenk dann nach Hamburg zu Michael Hoppe. Wir freuen uns sehr, einen neuen Förderer zu

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