Yvonne Tjongarero has worked as a preschool teacher since 2017 at the steps for children kindergarten in Okakarara. Her heart is with the girls and boys who, in some cases, already come to steps at nursery age. With a lot of patience and warmth, she supports their age-appropriate development, their curiosity, and their natural drive to acquire skills and knowledge. Yvonne is
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Sabine Bohlen-Roß is our Senior Expert for teacher training: During each stay, training sessions and workshops were held on basic educational knowledge and the practical application of the knowledge learned. Important then and now, however, is also the repeated necessary, child-friendly design of the rooms and school grounds as well as the sensible structuring of the lesson and daily schedules. © Andreas Roß, Okakarara
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Since the end of 2017, Bridge of Hope has been a project partner of steps for children in Rehoboth, and we look back with joy on our first year together: through generous donations, we were able to buy the plot of land for the school—on which the school was built 4 years ago—with the Trust steps for children. A big thank you to everyone who helped make this possible
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When one door closes, somewhere else a window opens—ideally even in the same place. Goodbye Okahandja Samaritans—hello „Ileni Tulikwafeni – House of hope and trust“. After six years of working together with the partner organization Okahandja Samaritans, we are now parting ways. The Samaritans will continue their small project and are grateful
In Otavi, Susan du Toit (right) together with Marianne Sack built the Koeb boarding school many years ago, and both also led the joint preschool with steps for children starting in 2012. After Marianne stepped back two years ago, Susan has been running the project on her own. However, the two teachers, Agnes Naibas (left) and Selma Mukuwe, have always been involved.
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Since the start of 2019, a new staff member has been supporting us in the Hamburg office. After her move from Hong Kong to Hamburg, it quickly became clear to her that she wanted to work again in the non-profit sector. Dear Ms. Schael, what was your #steps moment? „The very warm, open and communicative atmosphere in the foundation convinced me from day one”
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From left to right: Emilly Katjivena – 5 years old, Cleydes Rongee Kaaronda – 5 years old, Sonja Schneider-Waterberg, Project Manager Okakarara, Rose-Lena Mbamanovandu – 10 years old, Hanee Ujava – 5 years old The year 2019 is still very young, but there is already a real boost in motivation: four female employees at steps were awarded the “Certificate of Good Service” in recent days.
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2018 was the highlight of steps in Switzerland: the „Secret Dinner Zurich“, hosted under the theme of the 1920s, living up to the flair of the German TV series „Babylon Berlin“ by no means—at all. For the benefit of steps for children, the 50 participants (out of a total of 300 guests) explicitly stepped into the 1920s world of steps for children
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Today is the International Fire Extinguisher Day! An important day that helps bring fire extinguishers out of the back of our minds and into the foreground. Because the right use must be learned, and any uncertainty about how to use a fire extinguisher should be eliminated. But what if you don’t have a fire extinguisher at hand?
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At the Christmas-time works meeting of the Central Operations—Technology of Deutsche Telekom Technik GmbH in Stuttgart, not only did 2,200 employees come together to raise a four-figure donation amount for steps for children. In addition, the works council enabled the foundation’s concept to be presented using the example of Okakarara—from the laying of the foundation stone to today’s development. With more than 25 employees, steps
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