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Our garden in Ongonbombonde near Okakarara (Namibia) is growing and thriving wonderfully. The first hot chili peppers were already laid out in the sun to dry shortly after harvesting. The newly planted eggplants are also a great success and are selling very well in Otjiwarongo. Even the Herero like them. Meanwhile, among other things, baby spinach, chard, onions,

  In keeping with the spring-like temperatures, visitors were invited to the African market African Spring in Hamburg-Barmbek. The festival on the weekend of May 12 and 13 offered, in addition to a lively open-air stage, other lovely, useful and culinary delicacies from Africa. Thanks to the support of seven volunteers and our new intern Insa Franzmann, steps for children was

[:de] From mid-April, the two steps for children board members Michael Hoppe and Stefan Wolfschütz visited our projects in Namibia. The trip also gave Stefan Wolfschütz the opportunity to start a video blog project. In short video sequences, he reported on events in the project. On his YouTube channel, Stefan Wolfschütz gives us close-up insights into the latest

  19-year-old Tabea Schmitz from Baden-Württemberg has been working as a volunteer for steps in Okakarara (Namibia) since August 2017. In an interview, she talked about her experiences in the project. How did you hear about steps for children? Tabea Schmitz: At the interview with my sending organization, various placements were presented, including steps for children. The

With the start of the new school year in 2018, a new steps preschool and kindergarten opened their doors in Ongombombonde in January. The place is located at the end of a tarred road, 8 kilometers east of Okakarara, and has a few hundred inhabitants. There, an old and unused building was converted thanks to the generous support of the Futura Foundation and through