The children in the projects of the steps for children foundation in Namibia enjoy the support, holistic learning and balanced nutrition. Cared for and guided by qualified educators, they take their path step by step towards a better future. There is no doubt that learning at steps is fun. It’s not uncommon to have moments, yes […]
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[:de] The founders of the first German charity bag label beliya have been sponsoring the children in the steps projects for many years. Currently, they are in Namibia and visiting our preschools in Rehoboth and Okakarara. On their Facebook page, they tell you more about their experiences! With their first crowdfunding campaign on oneplanetcrowd.com, they want to support the construction of a school in Rehoboth and
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[:de] The eleven children of the Tiger group from Kita Himmelblau, Duvenstedter Markt, set off on 10 March on the long journey to the steps office in Markusstraße, accompanied by their educators Birgit Eckert, Tina Vonderheiden-Klinger, and Marc Görlitz. They had an important gift with them. Together with the adults, they counted the donation box, which was kept under great
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Since 2008, Lindie Maria has worked in the preschool of Light for the Children in Gobabis, the partner organisation of steps for children. She is a founding member of the education facility and helped lay the first stones of the school. She began in the soup kitchen at first and later took over her own class. In addition to the 30 pupils she teaches,
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[:de] Ivondia, 42 years old, has worked as an educator at the steps preschool in Okakarara since 2007. She is especially caring, looks after the children’s hygiene, and provides first aid. Ivondia is married to a teacher and has four daughters—three of them are still at school, while one is already working. Besides her
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[:de] For two months, the steps office in Hamburg will be supported actively by the new intern Sanya Bischoff. The student from Leuphana University Lüneburg is in her 3rd semester, majoring in Individual Studies with focuses on political and cultural studies. Talking about her motivation for the internship at steps, Sanya says: „I want to use the semester break to make
New volunteers in Gobabis [:de] steps welcomes three new volunteers in Gobabis. Since the end of January, for the first time we have also had two female volunteers in the project via the weltwärts programme: Paula Scharfe and Luise Berkholz teach the children in the mornings. They show the little ones and the older ones how to sing, take part in lots of sports activities, and learn the basics of writing and arithmetic. Since
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Today, our volunteer Doreen Dieck is flying back to Germany. She has received reinforcements in the new year, and since February the volunteer team in Gobabis has temporarily grown to 6 people. Marlies Brandt started with a holiday programme and for three weeks was supported by her granddaughter Annika Zachmann. With lots of games and fun
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[:en] New food supplies and ingredients for the soup kitchens of our partner projects in Rehoboth, funded by the income from our rental apartments in the area. — Heart for the Children Otto Gamseb —
Our volunteers in Namibia regularly report on their experiences from the projects. Since the beginning of February, the trained preschool teacher Christina Gintenstorfer has been supporting the kindergarten and afternoon care in Okakarara. During the two weeks of active work on the project, Christina has already experienced a lot: „With a Namibian colleague, I look after a group. There are different topic focuses (z.
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