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Together, help and organize donation campaigns

Working together to help and shape fundraising campaigns „I’m going to celebrate a round birthday soon and would like, instead of gifts, a donation for steps for children. Can I create my own fundraising campaign with you?“ We’ve been getting questions like this—or similar ones—more and more often lately. Again and again, we’re asked where our fundraising campaign feature is on Facebook and […]

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Off to Zimbabwe

Off to Zimbabwe After four years, the Board of Directors has now been able to travel to Zimbabwe again and visit the projects that have been created through cooperation with Plan International and Stiftung Hilfe mit Plan. Due to the tight time frame, they mainly looked at the income-generating measures. The project's progress and successes to date have impressed Michael

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♂️ ‍♀️ Hamburger schoolchildren become guardian angels

Schoolchildren from Hamburg become guardian angels for children in Namibia Primary school children from the school at Gartenstadt in Hamburg have raised almost five figures in donations for steps’ guardian children in Okakarara, Namibia. The pupils in Grades 2 and 4 from the school at Gartenstadt in Hamburg-Wandsbek have outdone themselves this year—during a sponsored walk, they

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steps is award winner

steps is an award winner – the German Award for Sustainability Projects in the category of equal opportunities goes to steps for children in 2024! With a major awards ceremony on 11 June 2024, 70 companies and NGOs were honoured with the German Award for Sustainability Projects out of 342 applicants. Dr Michael Hoppe, founder and chairman of the board of the foundation, received the award in Berlin

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Step into self-employment after more than 10 years

A step towards self-employment after more than 10 years For more than 10 years, our carpentry workshop in Gobabis has existed as an income-generating step. Toys, kitchen items and school furniture for our steps facilities, solar ovens, benches, chairs and tables were made there. A year ago, we encouraged our carpenters to take the step into self-employment and we

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steps in the Alps

520 kilometres and 17,215 altitude metres in 7 days This July, steps sportably is supported by Ronny Staps and Markus Kaiser. What the two of them are planning and how they bring steps into the Alps is something the team shares with you in an interview. Please introduce yourselves once in an impactful way: Who are you and what connects you? Ronny: My name

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Enjoying wine to help the steps children in Namibia

Helping steps children in Namibia with a love of wine We were able, for the second time, to take part with an information stand at the wine fair for the hospitality industry, Gastronomie Pütter, at the Anglo-German Club on Alster in Hamburg, and to tell interested visitors about our work with children and young people in Namibia and Zimbabwe. But it wasn’t only an information stand that we

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Intern (m/f/d) wanted: event management

The steps for children foundation is looking for a(n) intern (m/f/d) in the field of event management steps for children is a non-profit foundation committed to a better future for disadvantaged children and young people in the global South. As part of our internship programme, we offer an internship position with a focus on event management. The internship has a duration of 2 –

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The commitment of hajoona GmbH

The commitment of hanjoona GmbH Since its “10 Years of hajoona” anniversary event, the hajoona community has supported our guardian-angel children and helped ensure that children from the poorest backgrounds in Namibia can access education, healthy meals, and continuous support. Together, we’re making a statement for a fairer world and giving children the conditions they need to exercise their right to

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THS does good for steps

1 year of school and meals for 6 children from low-income families in Namibia—steps says THANK YOU We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the committed student body of Theodor-Heuss-Schule Pinneberg, which will enable six disadvantaged Namibian children to attend school for another year. The student body, which is involved in the school’s association THS Tut Gutes e.V., is raising funds for the

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