Wir unterstützen in Simbabwe gemeinsam mit der Stiftung Hilfe mit Plan und Plan International speziell junge Mädchen und Frauen, um Kinderheirat zu verhindern und ihre Rechte zu stärken. Wir stärken die Rechte von Mädchen: mit Jugendklubs an allen Projektschulen, die auf dem von Plan International entwickelten „Champions of Change“ Modell aufbauen: Mädchen lernen, wie sie […]
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Do you know the ethnic minority of the San? The San are considered the indigenous people of southern Africa. Over thousands of years, their living space has been increasingly squeezed by the arrival of the Bantu („Black Africans“) and Europeans. This also led to their culture being lost. Many San people today can no longer speak their language, where one
Dr. Michael Hoppe, Hamburg entrepreneur and foundation founder, tells in „6 Questions to Dr. Michael Hoppe“ about his biggest lessons, his vision for steps for children, and which moments of success still inspire him today. What is the biggest difference between your years as a successful entrepreneur and your work as a board member at your own foundation? As an entrepreneur, you had
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6. wph Charity Golf event in support of steps for children With great pleasure, wph Wohnbau und Projektentwicklung Hamburg GmbH has already organized the 6th Charity Golf event in support of steps for children — and the company’s targeted donation goal was exceeded by far. Through activities such as the „€50 per birdie“ and the „€150 per eagle“ campaigns, as well as further
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From guardian angel child to student in Namibia In Okakarara, a small place in Namibia, Clenda was born 20 years ago. She grew up there with her single mother. But Clenda has by no means been raised alone by her mother — she lived together with her entire family in Okakarara: with her grandmother, her uncles and aunts, her
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Your birthday fundraising campaign To start an action for a good cause on your birthday is a fantastic experience. Together with your guests, you get involved—just like in the case of Ms Birgit Janssen and Mr Alex Buma—supporting steps for children and thereby promoting education opportunities and future perspectives for our children and young people in Namibia and Zimbabwe. The birthday campaign of
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What does Social Leave in Namibia look like? Here you’ll find out how you can best spend your vacation with steps for children in Namibia and still have a better conscience—the name for that is Social Leave, and you’ll have the opportunity to work a little in one of our projects for a whole week. First of all,
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On Saturday, 18 June 2022, the Festival of Foundations will take place at Planten un Bloomen as part of the Hamburg Foundation Days — it’s worth stopping by. This time, we’ll also be there with an information booth. You’ll find us in the afternoon in front of the music pavilion — our volunteer helpers, who this year will look after the stand and present steps for children,
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On 17 May 2022, the members’ meeting of our support association steps for children e.V. took place. In addition to the association members, numerous guests and interested parties also attended. We would like to thank all participants very sincerely and are delighted that we were able to record this year’s presentation, delivered by Michael Hoppe. In this video, you can experience the current project development first hand. https://vimeo.com/712223002
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The increase in criminal activities in Namibia is significant — this is reported by the country’s newspapers on the one hand, and on the other hand we are seeing it at the locations. The situation is particularly critical in the Namibian capital, Windhoek. Reasons for rising crime in Namibia After 6 years of recession, a heavily indebted state with
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