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Namibia's strong women – Lindie Maria from Gobabis for International Women's Day

Since 2008, Lindie Maria has worked in the preschool of Light for the Children in Gobabis, the partner organisation of steps for children. She is a founding member of the education facility and helped lay the first stones of the school. She began in the soup kitchen at first and later took over her own class. In addition to the 30 pupils she teaches,

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Namibia’s strong women – Ivondia from Okakarara on International Women’s Day

[:de] Ivondia, 42 years old, has worked as an educator at the steps preschool in Okakarara since 2007. She is especially caring, looks after the children’s hygiene, and provides first aid. Ivondia is married to a teacher and has four daughters—three of them are still at school, while one is already working. Besides her

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New intern

[:de] The steps office in Hamburg is being actively supported for two months by the new intern Sanya Bischoff. The student from Leuphana University Lüneburg is in her 3rd semester, majoring in Studium Individuale with a focus on political and cultural studies. Asked about her motivation for the internship at steps, Sanya says: “I would like to use the semester break to gain practical

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New volunteers in Gobabis

New volunteers in Gobabis [:de] steps welcomes three new volunteers in Gobabis. Since the end of January, for the first time we have also had two female volunteers in the project via the weltwärts programme: Paula Scharfe and Luise Berkholz teach the children in the mornings. They show the little ones and the older ones how to sing, take part in lots of sports activities, and learn the basics of writing and arithmetic. Since

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steps in Rehoboth

[:de] New food supplies and ingredients for the soup kitchens of our partner projects in Rehobth, financed by the income from our rental apartments in the town.                                  — Heart for the Children                                                                               Otto Gamseb —                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

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Experiences of a volunteer

[:de] Our volunteers in Namibia regularly report on their experiences in the projects. Since the beginning of February, trained pre-school teacher Christina Gintenstorfer has been supporting the kindergarten and afternoon care in Okakarara. During the two weeks of active work in the project, Christina has already experienced a lot: “Together with a Namibian colleague, I look after a group. There are different thematic focuses (e.

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Training for pre-school teachers

During the December holidays, the three pre-school teachers from steps for children – Johanniter PrePrimary School took part in a 5-day training course with AMOS-NAMIBIA in Grootfontein. Nineteen participants learned how to set up a classroom and teach creatively and effectively with little material, as well as how to inspire children to learn something new. Each participant also received

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Guardian Angel in Secondary School

Ndapeua, Clenda and Uetusuvera were the first schoolchildren supported by our guardian angel programme. This year they move on to secondary school and will be in Grade 8. We are happy about these three’s successful school journey and continue to support them with the help of our guardian angel sponsors. For the new school year, we wish them all the best

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