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Watching the Vegetables Grow!

Watching the Vegetables Grow!   Vegetable garden in Ongombombonde Watching the vegetables in Namibia grow – when such news from Namibia, including pictures, reaches us, we are incredibly happy! The red and green peppers already look very appetising, the field has been ploughed, the maize sown, and Henrik and Phillip are in good

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Bakkie for Vegetable Sales

Bakkie for Vegetable Sales Acquired Through our appeal for donations in the newsletter, we were able to find some donors who found the Bakkie – that is, a pickup – for vegetable sales. This makes it possible to sell the really good and, unlike in previous years, more productive harvest in surrounding villages. With a pickup, you do not need a

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Here’s something for your ears

Kalahari Safari invites you to a podcast! Karin Stoß, owner of the travel agency Kalahari Afrika Spezial Safaris from Dresden, invited Michael Hoppe to a conversation in May and talked to him about steps for children, Namibia, Namibian tourism and the associated challenges at this time. How does the travel agency steps for children support

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Don´t cancel go digital!

Don´t cancel go digital! The annual general meeting of the support association steps for children was a great success this year as well – as evidenced by the many feedback emails we received afterwards. With more than 50 participants, made up of supporters and friends as well as the steps team, discussions focused on the years 2019 and 2020

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One Should Be Free from Vertigo

One Should Be Free from Vertigo In Okakarara, Sonja Schneider-Waterberg and her team found a solution in the garden for the greenhouse cover: With a long extendable ladder, the cover can be screwed back onto the greenhouse.  A feat of strength – because one has to be free from vertigo! But now the cover is almost as beautiful as before

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Stormy Days in the Vegetable Garden

Stormy days in the vegetable garden Despite everything, something is still happening in the projects: In our vegetable garden in Ongombombonde, there is still plenty to do for all employees, the sown vegetables are growing and thriving. However, in the last stormy days, the covering of the large greenhouse has been partially lifted. The biggest challenge now is, the covering

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A marvellous success

A wonderful success For a long time, it was unclear whether the participants in our steps Charity Golf Tournament in Switzerland  would be able to take part at all, or under what conditions. But, to our great delight, it was indeed able to take place in the summer, on 19 July 2020.  30 golf enthusiasts played in the history of the Swiss steps Charity Golf Tournament for the first time in torrential rain

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A strong partner

A very heartfelt thank you today goes to the Ernst Prost Foundation for Africa! At the cheque handover, Martina Pracht from steps for children once again personally thanked Kerstin Thiele, Chair of the Board of the Ernst Prost Foundation for Africa (EPFfA), for the long-term and trusting partnership that has developed over the past few years. Since 2016… …supported

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