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General staff meeting of the „Central Technical Operations“

[:de] On 2 May, 2,200 employees took part in the works meeting of the „Central Operations Technology“ department of Deutsche Telekom Technik GmbH. Our long-standing supporter and ambassador, Andreas Roß, had the opportunity at the meeting in the World Conference Center in Bonn to report on the work and projects of steps for children. During the subsequent collection […]

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Art lessons & sport

[:de] For several weeks, Victoria Hussmann supported us actively in Okakarara. With the pre-school and kindergarten children, she practised a bit of English, especially with the help of new simple songs. She also took over art class with the children. There, flowers were lovingly crafted and rainbows were painted. In addition, she supported the volunteers with their morning sports and

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Studying hard for the exams

[:de] As the first term came to an end, the major exams were now also due for classes 4 to 7. That meant for the After-School-Care classes: studying, studying and studying again! We put together lots of practice tests and summaries for the children, worked through teaching materials and wished them every success for the exams! [:en]

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Puzzles & more in Okakarara

[:de] Our world volunteers, Katharina Wagner and Sophia Eckerth, report what was going on in Okakarara before the holidays: Last week, we volunteers came up with a few new ideas for every area. Starting with sports in the morning: With both pre-school and both kindergarten classes, we tried wheelbarrow races, a new racing game and “Journey to Jerusalem”. The kids have

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Apples, apples, apples…

Once a week, both the morning and afternoon children in Gobabis receive fresh fruit, such as apples, oranges or watermelons. The smiles on their faces are clearly visible when they are given their apple. Even when, during the break, we come to the project with the apple crates, we have a whole

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Mayor of Gobabis visits steps

[:de] The mayor of Gobabis, Lea Iipinge, visited steps for children and Light for the Children in March. She was impressed by what is achieved here – both when it comes to the children’s upbringing and when it comes to the community work, the computer school and the joinery workshop. [:en] The mayor of Gobabis, Lea

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Conversation with Bishop Kameta

[:de] In March, during his Namibia trip, Michel Hoppe had the opportunity to present steps for children in detail to Bishop Kameta from the Namibian Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare and to discuss the situation of poverty in Namibia. Both agreed to continue informing each other in the future and, if appropriate, to collaborate on new projects. Michael Hoppe, steps for children and Bishop

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New swing for Okakarara

[:de] We would like to offer our heartfelt thanks for the donated swing in Okakarara to ICON IMMOBILIEN GmbH; the company has been supporting steps actively since 2014 with various projects and initiatives. Since the very first minute, the swing has been extremely popular with the children in our steps project! [:en] Thank you very much for the donated swing in

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10-year steps anniversary in Hamburg

[:en] Celebrating 10 years of steps for children and winning a flight ticket to Windhoek On 11 March 2016, steps for children celebrated its 10th anniversary in Okakarara. On 17 June 2016, people will also celebrate in Hamburg at the Privathotel Lindtner—the people who, over the past years, have contributed so much to this success: the donors, supporters, volunteers, ambassadors and companions on the way

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School Partnership Okakarara – Lippstadt

[:de] For several years, Drost-Rose-Realschule Lippstadt in NRW has been supporting the Secondary School in Okakarara as a partner school (soccer jerseys, book donations, donations through a sponsored run). Namibian colleagues have already been guests in Lippstadt three times. Now teacher Carsten Hesse, together with his students, has also collected donations for our steps project in Okakarara. During his current visit, he has

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