A wonderful success It was long unclear whether, and under what conditions, the participants in our steps charity golf tournament in Switzerland would be able to take part. But to our great joy, it actually was able to be held in summer on 19 July 2020. 30 golf enthusiasts took part for the first time in the Swiss-steps-charity-golf-tournament history in driving rain […]
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A big thank you goes to the Ernst Prost Foundation for Africa today! When handing over the cheque, Martina Pracht from steps for children once again personally thanked Kerstin Thiele, CEO of the Ernst Prost Foundation for Africa (EPFfA), for the long-term and trusting cooperation that has developed over the past few years. Since 2016... ...supports
A dynamic change in Gobabis At a virtual meeting with the team of steps for children Gobabis and the board members in Germany, Henk Olwage, founder of Light for the Children and a cooperation partner of steps for children since 2010, explained that he is shifting his focus to operational and organizational board work at the Trust Steps for Children Namibia
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Eva Keretic is a singer-songwriter. In 2016, she first came to Gobabis and recorded the steps song together with the children. She also supported our food campaign in April by singing, and now reports on her motivation and her experiences with the children in Gobabis. Dear Eva, many heartfelt thanks for you
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An update on the steps vegetable garden The winter vegetables are coming to an end. Tomatoes, peppers, watermelons and honey melons, as well as pumpkins, have been sown or are currently being transplanted. The employees who look after and tend the vegetable garden in Ongombombonde are highly motivated and are facing the biggest challenge right now: large swarms of quelea red-billed finches flying over the fields in huge flocks and
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Becoming more independent through project progress Together with the Help with Plan Foundation, steps for children supports the foundation at two locations in Zimbabwe—helping communities build and construct ECCD centres and with income-generating measures. „Triple challenge“ The situation in Zimbabwe has deteriorated dramatically too, similarly to Namibia. Also here
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Donating tooth gold for steps for children, like the Mannherz team from Miltenberg More and more dentists are supporting steps for children. This includes the dental practice Dr. Mannherz, which set up a tooth gold container. A three-digit amount was raised thanks to the generosity of patients. On behalf of the entire steps team, we would like to say a big thank you for this donation. You also
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Small learning groups in the afternoon The steps homes and Schutzengelkinder give us a small insight into the daily tutoring sessions in Gobabis. At the beginning of the school year, they were still having problems, but in the meantime they are steadily improving. In particular, maths causes some heads to scratch. But with a variety of learning methods, including on the computer, good explanations, and plenty of practice, it works too.
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They were actually planning to dance We always feel very happy when, for example, we receive a donation from the Stadtteilschule Bergstedt (district secondary school). The graduating class naturally wanted to celebrate properly and hold a prom. But this year everything was different. So the students decided to donate the money they had collected through various activities—and
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Block Foundation and steps for children create spaces A new home for work and education in Gobabis, Namibia At one of our locations in Gobabis, a new building—a multifunction centre—was completed just in time before the start of the coronavirus crisis. The Hamburg entrepreneur Eugen Block can not only run catering with a system or a hotel, but is also
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