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15 years steps for children Dear steps friends, we’d like to celebrate with you: steps for children is turning 15! I (Dr. Michael Hoppe) still remember very well how, 15 years ago, I decided to give something back. The vision—to empower people on site from within—

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 warmly invite you to join the steps team in bringing the year to a close – at a virtual gathering, we will look back on the past year. WHERE: Join Zoom meeting https://zoom.us/j/92940218343?pwd=NVJiWEN6N1JYbHo4UUZuR2x4eHdHUT09 Meeting ID: 929 4021 8343 Passcode: 228271   WHEN: On Thursday, 9.12.2021 at 18.30 Actually, this was supposed to

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

Here in the video, Michael talks to some Schutzengel children in Gobabis. The children ask whether people in Germany also argue and tell us how they witness … every day

Discover the world through reading How you can help our steps children and young people discover the world through reading and why we would also like to make this possible at other locations, you can read here.  “Anyone who knows how to read possesses the key to great deeds, to undreamed-of possibilities.”– Aldous Huxley – The children in our projects do not know

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

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.