The rise in criminal activity in Namibia is significant – on the one hand, this is reported by the country's newspapers, while on the other hand, we are experiencing it at our locations. The situation is particularly critical in Namibia's capital, Windhoek. Reasons for the rise in crime in Namibia After 6 years of recession, a heavily overindebted state with
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On 1 June, it’s World Children’s Day! Together with our supporters, we work in Namibia and Zimbabwe to support children and young people from the most disadvantaged backgrounds. Together with our local project partners, we reach many children in the community.
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Kemue has been a sponsored child at steps for children in Okakarara since 2013. And now, thanks to a passion in which she is very successful, she has made it to Windhoek. She now lives here – why exactly and how she spends her everyday life, what she misses most? She answered that here. Dear Kemue, you are from Okakarara
In Okakarara and Gobabis, several hundred new books have arrived and have been catalogued by our staff and volunteers. The children and young people in the steps projects are looking forward to new, interesting topic books and stories that are read to them in preschool and kindergarten. left, preschool children in Okakarara look at books together with their teacher and Julius
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The development of the first income-generating project. In Okakarara, the first children’s support project initiated by Dr. Michael Hoppe was established by the steps for children foundation. As part of the project, the first steps sewing workshop was founded in 2006. With the support of the “Augsburger Freunde Namibias”, the sewing workshop was able to be implemented as an income-generating measure. Who sews here? #handmadeby In
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We’re delighted to invite you to our first live update from Namibia this year. At the moment I’m travelling again on the steps for children projects—thankfully, you can’t really feel the coronavirus crisis anymore. However, the effects of the inhumane war in Ukraine, along with the resulting restrictions on many resources, are
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German schlager star Peter Wackel is supporting the construction of a school for the education of the poorest children and young people in Namibia. The school building is inaugurated on 8 April 2022. The school building was built for the community project Ileni Tulikwafeni of the Namibian town of Okahandja, 65 km north of the capital Windhoek. Peter Wackel has
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Dream house in Namibia A dream house in Namibia – that would be great, wouldn’t it? In the afternoon classes in Gobabis, several dream houses were built and awarded. Since 2021, we at steps for children in Gobabis have had a new teacher, Manfred Haoseb; he is responsible for the steps homes, Schutzengelkinder and the afternoon classes. He comes up with all kinds of new things,
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The sponsored child Petronella passed her A-levels in 2021 – as the 4th best in her year group. Only 4% in total passed at this school level. We attribute this to the close support structure provided by the sponsored child program in Okakarara. Petronella has been in our steps sponsored child program since 2010, and in this short interview she will tell us about herself. Hi,
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We asked Julius a few quick questions in Okakarara to give you an insight into the project work in Namibia. If you’re also interested in doing a FSJ or spending time abroad with steps for children, you can find out more HERE. Since when have you been in Okakarara? Johanna and I have been in Okakarara since 08.01.2022 and
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