Der Anstieg krimineller Handlungen in Namibia ist groß – das berichten auf der einen Seite die Zeitungen des Landes, auf der anderen Seite bekommen wir es an den Standorten. Besonders in der namibischen Hauptstadt Windhoek ist die Lage kritisch. Gründe für die steigende Kriminalität in Namibia Nach 6 Jahren Rezession, einem stark überschuldeten Staat mit […]
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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 protection angel child at steps for children in Okakarara since 2013. And now, thanks to a passion she’s very successful in, she has made it to Windhoek. She lives there now—why exactly, and how she spends her everyday life, and what she misses most? She answered these questions for us 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, right? During the afternoon lessons in Gobabis, some dream houses were brought to life 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 and the Schutzengel children, as well as for the afternoon classes. He comes up with all sorts of new ideas,
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The Schutzengelkind Petronella passed her A-levels in 2021—the 4th best in her year group. Only a total of 4% from that school year passed. We attribute this to the close support structure provided through the Schutzengel programme in Okakarara. Petronella has been in our steps Schutzengel programme 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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