[:en] A few months or a year as a volunteer in Gobabis or Okakarara or as an intern in Hamburg with steps for children. And then? When and where do you see the people again with whom you have spent so much time and discovered so many new things? steps answers this question for you: in October in Hamburg. steps [...]
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[:en] Our 10th general meeting of steps for children e.V. was once again very popular. Numerous members of the association as well as other sponsors, volunteers and other guests accepted our invitation on 27 October 2016. Almost 60 members of the audience enjoyed the exciting presentation by CEO Michael Hoppe, who reported on the latest developments at the 6 locations in
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[:en] We would like to congratulate our partner project Light for the Children in Gobabis on its 17th anniversary! The celebratory birthday event took place on 12 October 2016 and was attended by numerous guests. The children of the project danced and sang. Henke Olwage, founder and project manager of Light for the Children, gave a moving speech. To thank him for his tireless
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[:en] Our cooks Adelhuid and Taree from the soup kitchen in Okakarara have given us two delicious recipes that not only the steps kids love. The children often have to leave home on an empty stomach. At steps for children, they can look forward to a balanced meal prepared with lots of love, which helps them to feel better in the
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[:de] Mrs.Sporty is a fitness club that is specially designed for women. The owners Sabine Hnyk-Groth and Dr Stanislaw Nawka in Hamburg-Sasel have been collecting donations for steps for children for seven months. They not only called for donations internally, but also sold vouchers and for every new member, seven euros went into the donation box. Now
Mrs.Sporty hands over a cheque to steps for children! Read More »
[:de] A big thank you to the Zollenspieker printing company, which provided us with professional advice and excellent quality in the production and dispatch of our charity dinner invitations. The cooperation with steps for children was agreed at the AKTIVOLI marketplace in 2015. Supporting charitable organisations and social commitment is in line with the company's core values. Sustainable business practices
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[Our long-time supporter Birgit Eckert, educator at the Himmelblau daycare centre, was asked by Pastor Peter Fahr of the Cantate Church in Duvenstedt to help with the motto „Live. Love. Laugh“ to talk about her volunteer work. Birgit presented steps for children and her work in Okakarara 2015 in words and pictures on Saturday evening and was invited to the church service on Sunday.
Long Night of the Churches and steps for children Read More »
[:de] Doro and Leonie are the new weltwärts volunteers in Okakarara and joined the project in mid-August. Here they report on how their week is going: This week, of course, there was sport in the mornings again and today there were really lots of children (almost 40). After our usual start (running around the house, balancing, jumping, circles) we did some
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[:de] Marlene Lautze and Rainer Preuß are using 10 weeks of their sabbatical year together to get involved with steps for children in Okakarara. Both came to steps through a former student of Mrs Lautze, Johannes Vogelsang, who completed a volunteer placement in Okakarara from 2010 to 2011 through weltwärts. The two have been there for a fortnight now
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[:de] On 13 September, Dr Michael Hoppe was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon by the Second Mayor of the City of Hamburg, Katharina Fegebank, in a ceremony at Hamburg City Hall. In her refreshing speech, Mrs Fegebank was visibly impressed by the wealth of achievements that Michael Hoppe has made over the past ten years by establishing his
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