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Charity Dinner – Registration deadline extended until 10 June!

Für alle Unentschlossenen und Nachzügler: Wir haben auf Wunsch unsere Anmeldefrist für unser Charity Dinner am 17.06.2016 um wenige Tage verlängert! Melden Sie sich am besten gleich an, spätestens bis zum 10. Juni. Hier geht’s zur: Einladung zum Charity Dinner für steps_17.6.2016 Füllen Sie einfach die Einladung aus und senden Sie sie per Post, Fax oder E-Mail […]

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General staff meeting of the „Central Technical Operations“

[:de] Am 2. Mai nahmen 2.200 Beschäftigte an der Betriebsversammlung des „Zentral Betriebes Technik“ der Deutschen Telekom Technik GmbH teil. Unser langjähriger Unterstützer und Botschafter Andreas Roß hatte beim dem Treffen im World Conference Center in Bonn die Gelegenheit, über die Arbeit und die Projekte von steps for children zu berichten. Bei der anschließenden Sammlung

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Art lessons & sport

[:de] For several weeks, Victoria Hussmann supported us actively in Okakarara. With the pre-school and kindergarten children, she practised a bit of English, especially with the help of new simple songs. She also took over art class with the children. There, flowers were lovingly crafted and rainbows were painted. In addition, she supported the volunteers with their morning sports and

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Studying hard for the exams

[:de] As the first term came to an end, the major exams were now also due for classes 4 to 7. That meant for the After-School-Care classes: studying, studying and studying again! We put together lots of practice tests and summaries for the children, worked through teaching materials and wished them every success for the exams! [:en]

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Puzzles & more in Okakarara

[:de] Our world volunteers, Katharina Wagner and Sophia Eckerth, report what was going on in Okakarara before the holidays: Last week, we volunteers came up with a few new ideas for every area. Starting with sports in the morning: With both pre-school and both kindergarten classes, we tried wheelbarrow races, a new racing game and “Journey to Jerusalem”. The kids have

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Apples, apples, apples…

Once a week, both the morning and afternoon children in Gobabis receive fresh fruit, such as apples, oranges or watermelons. The smiles on their faces are clearly visible when they are given their apple. Even when, during the break, we come to the project with the apple crates, we have a whole

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Mayor of Gobabis visits steps

[:de] The mayor of Gobabis, Lea Iipinge, visited steps for children and Light for the Children in March. She was impressed by what is achieved here – both when it comes to the children’s upbringing and when it comes to the community work, the computer school and the joinery workshop. [:en] The mayor of Gobabis, Lea

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Conversation with Bishop Kameta

[:de] In March, during his Namibia trip, Michel Hoppe had the opportunity to present steps for children in detail to Bishop Kameta from the Namibian Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare and to discuss the situation of poverty in Namibia. Both agreed to continue informing each other in the future and, if appropriate, to collaborate on new projects. Michael Hoppe, steps for children and Bishop

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New swing for Okakarara

[:de] We would like to offer our heartfelt thanks for the donated swing in Okakarara to ICON IMMOBILIEN GmbH; the company has been supporting steps actively since 2014 with various projects and initiatives. Since the very first minute, the swing has been extremely popular with the children in our steps project! [:en] Thank you very much for the donated swing in

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10-year steps anniversary in Hamburg

[:en] Celebrating 10 years of steps for children and winning a flight ticket to Windhoek On 11 March 2016, steps for children celebrated its 10th anniversary in Okakarara. On 17 June 2016, people will also celebrate in Hamburg at the Privathotel Lindtner—the people who, over the past years, have contributed so much to this success: the donors, supporters, volunteers, ambassadors and companions on the way

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