[:de] On 13 September, Dr Michael Hoppe was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon by the Second Mayor of the City of Hamburg, Katharina Fegebank, in a ceremony at Hamburg City Hall. In her refreshing speech, Mrs Fegebank was visibly impressed by the wealth of achievements that Michael Hoppe has made over the past ten years by establishing his
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[:de] Thank you very much for this wonderful support for steps for children at the project location in Gobabis! On 29 August, Kerstin Thiele (foundation board chair) presented the cheque from the Ernst Prost Foundation for Africa to Martina Pracht in Stuttgart. Shortly afterwards, this wonderful gift arrived in Hamburg for Michael Hoppe. We’re very happy to have
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[:de] Once again this year, the steps for children foundation was among the award recipients. Our two cooperation projects “Boomerang” and “Love Your Neighbour” in Windhoek/Katutura are receiving funding for a playground and learning materials. On Wednesday, 14 September, we welcomed Ms Helene Hesse, Town & Country Haus franchise partner, and Dr. Arne
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[:de] The Networker for Humanity e.V. organized a day full of emotions, information, and inspiration on 10/09/2016 in Rastatt. Michael Hoppe was also invited to speak to the around 1,000 members of the association about 10 years of steps for children and thanked them warmly for their loyal support over all the years. The NfH was from
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[:de] Trade fair? What? If you’re asking yourselves that question too, you’re not the only ones. We reacted the same way when we first heard about it. Yet the Trade Fair is well known throughout Namibia, which is why our guesthouse has been fully booked for a long time! Here comes the explanation: a trade fair can be thought of as
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[:de] We warmly congratulate Ingrith Tjivela on her master’s degree from Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, which she completed in just one year! She can be very proud of everything she has achieved over the past 12 months – we certainly are. As part of her study program, she was involved
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[:de] Worldwide, over 700 million people cannot read or write. In many countries, access to education is still especially difficult for girls. We too are continually confronted with the issue of illiteracy at our project sites in Namibia. However, education is a basic prerequisite for being able to lead a self-determined life, and it must be supported early
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[:de] Even after an eventful and hopefully rewarding time in Namibia, the connection to the distant continent should not be lost. What our volunteers at the sites in Africa have been moved by, and what they have moved, is a great enrichment for our work here in Germany. After all, our volunteers return as steps experts. Who
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[:de] Last weekend the Alafia festival took place again in Altona, where we from steps for children traditionally took part. We were able to give interested visitors information about the foundation’s work in Namibia and also sold products from our income-generating step sewing workshop in Okakarara, which went down very well. After Saturday initially
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[:de] Since 2015, the student company Küchenzauber – BBS II Delmenhorst has actively supported us through various fundraising campaigns, e.g. by selling African food or through student activities (providing information and raising donations) in Delmenhorst city centre. The two educators, Hilke Friedrich and Ulrike Richter, were recently travelling in Namibia and also visited our steps project in Okakarara. Here
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