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15 years of steps for children Dear steps friends, we would like to celebrate with you: steps for children is 15 years old! I (Dr Michael Hoppe) can still remember very well how I made the decision 15 years ago to give something back. The vision of empowering local people from the inside out [...]

Theodor-Heuss-Schule in Pinneberg does good For several years now, a group of pupils at Theodor-Heuss-Schule (THS) in Pinneberg has been working to get involved in social projects. It began as a working group with a focus on an orphanage in Tanzania. In 2021, this working group became our „THS tut Gutes“ association. Every year, the school organises a sponsored run and an Advent bazaar. At the

Dear steps friends, I would like to cordially invite you to end the year together with the steps team - we will look back on the past year at a virtual meeting. WHERE: Join Zoom meeting https://zoom.us/j/92940218343?pwd=NVJiWEN6N1JYbHo4UUZuR2x4eHdHUT09 Meeting ID: 929 4021 8343 ID code: 228271 WHEN: On Thursday, 9.12.2021 at 6.30 pm Actually, this should be

The 4th graders put in a lot of effort - in October they were involved in steps for children for the second time and raised a 4-digit amount with dedication and athletic power. With this amount, the 4th graders of the Schule an der Gartenstadt will take on guardian angel sponsorships and thus actively support more

In this video, Michael talks to some guardian angel children in Gobabis. The children ask if people in Germany also argue and tell how they are witnesses to violence every day.

Education founder Hoppe in Africa Dr Michael Hoppe established the steps for children foundation at the age of 58. Since 2006, it has been supporting the education of children and young people in Namibia and Zimbabwe and helping them to help themselves with their own income-generating steps such as workshops and vegetable growing. During the ongoing pandemic, the sources of income for many

Discovering the world through reading Read here to find out how you can help our steps children and young people discover the world through reading and why we want to make this possible in other locations too. „He who knows how to read holds the key to great deeds, to undreamed-of possibilities.“- Aldous Huxley - The children in our projects don't know how to read.

Planting peppers in Namibia and spreading the word Our pepper project in Namibia has started. It is a sustainable community idea, i.e. the participation of many people makes possible what a single person cannot easily achieve. That is why we are asking for your support. Only if many people donate a pepper plant for €11 and support the community idea.

Education donors in Africa - the panel discussion at the KörberForum Foundation founder Michael Hoppe has been invited to the panel discussion at the KörberForum in Hamburg as an education donor in Africa. Together with Africa expert Matthias Rompel and moderator Jana Lunz from the Körber Foundation, it promises to be an interesting Wednesday evening. We would like to cordially invite you to an evening in which

At first glance At first glance, one might think that the inhabitants of Okakara have good eyesight, because there are practically no spectacle wearers. The reason why so few people wear glasses is that the state healthcare system, which provides Namibian citizens with care, does not issue glasses and most people do not wear glasses.