[:de] Since January 2014, we have also been looking after the very youngest in Okakarara at our new steps day nursery, thereby expanding our services with the so important early childhood education. As the nursery has only recently opened, we still need items for everyday use. For example, we are short of washcloths and towels. Donate €5 for a hygiene package!
[:de] Even after visiting our pre-schools, some children continue to be supported along their educational journey. Through our guardian-angel program, we support schoolchildren and provide them with school clothing, the necessary books, notebooks, and pens. They also receive a warm meal in our soup kitchen and, in the afternoon, homework help from a qualified teacher. The sponsored children with
[:de] In winter, temperatures in Namibia drop to below 0 degrees. Even in the sparsely furnished huts of many steps children, it remains cold. Warm clothing is therefore of great importance for the children. Only those who are not freezing are also able to be fit for everyday school life. With a donation of 48
[:de] Melba, the head of the pre-school in Okakarara, says: “The children’s achievements who come to our pre-school are better than those of other children in primary school. The children’s certificates from those who attended our pre-school show, starting from the first grade, that in nearly all cases they have significantly better results than the class average.”
[:de] This year, the computer school was built in Okahandja. Here, computer courses for young people and adults take place every day. The resulting income flows into the pre-school and soup kitchen. We would like to equip the computer school better, for which we need a further 10 tables, at 67 euros each, and 20 chairs, at 26 euros each. Improve learning conditions in
[:de] Regardless of the meals and care in the project, we have created steps homes to support children who no longer have parents: We support women in the slums who already care for their own or other people’s children and are willing to take in and care for additional orphaned children. For our steps homes families
[:de] Dear Sir or Madam, Dear Friends, we are very pleased and cordially invite you to the above-mentioned event “Review and outlook on German development cooperation in Africa – using 25 years of German-Namibian relations as an example”. It will take place on Wednesday, 3 December 2014, at 18.00 in Audimax II, Building
[:de] Welcome to our Advent calendar this year! We have achieved a lot in 2014, but our projects still need your help. Behind each calendar door, you can see where your support can help ease need. Stop by now and then and lend a hand. Our first door is dedicated to our children’s most fundamental need, because only a full stomach
[:de] Viktoria Geng and David Drabe have supported us this year with their expertise! They spent six weeks on our project in Gobabis. In the following interview, they shared their impressions with us. Viktoria and David, how did you come up with the idea of doing volunteer work in Namibia and taking steps to do it? What
Out of professional life for 6 weeks and into the African experience! Read more »
[:en] Nathalie Rogg (right) supported us in Okakarara for 12 months last year. Now she looks back on her time... Nathalie, a year in Africa... You probably don't make this decision overnight. What motivated you to embark on this major endeavour? I had wanted to go to
Looking back on a year in Africa… Read more »
