[:de] Last year, Henk, project manager in Gobabis, and the staff responsible for our mushroom cultivation exchanged information on cultivation methods with a similar project near Windhoek. The ideas from the meeting are now being incorporated into the new cultivation with a great deal of time and care. The first results can already be seen.
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[:de] At the moment, we are making the cabins of our steps homes families weatherproof for the cold months. Our volunteer Lars Diettrich, senior expert Harald Sandner, and the family supervisor, Jacob Bartman, repaired walls, windows and doors so that wind and rain can’t get into the cabins. [:en] Currently, we make the cabins of our steps homes
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Helga Zaddach invited people to a Namibia evening at the Vineta Atelier in Berlin on 25 March 2015. The insights she shared with her visitors about her voluntary placement in January/February 2015 at the steps for the children project at the Gobabis site were both informative and very personal. The small items and photos she brought along quickly led to an inspiring conversation
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Daily hygiene is one of our pre-schools for curriculum and so the diligent brushing in Gobabis will continue this school year on. [:en] Daily hygiene is one of our pre-schools for curriculum and so the diligent brushing in Gobabis will continue this school year on. [:]
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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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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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Today, our volunteer Doreen Dieck is flying back to Germany. She has received reinforcements in the new year, and since February the volunteer team in Gobabis has temporarily grown to 6 people. Marlies Brandt started with a holiday programme and for three weeks was supported by her granddaughter Annika Zachmann. With lots of games and fun
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[:de] An exciting year 2015 awaits us – we have a lot planned! The guesthouse in Okakarara is growing, a new school building in Rehoboth is planned, a newly formed team in the carpentry workshop in Gobabis is looking forward to the diverse tasks, and much more… Experience the steps for children year 2015 together with us! We wish all of you a
We have a lot planned! Read more »
We currently support 4 steps homes families in Gobabis. In the slums, women who already care for their own or other people’s children also take in additional orphaned children. For 2015, we still need support for two steps homes families. With €1,740 you pay for a family for one year for the food, medical care
For the family care of orphaned children, the steps homes were created in Gobabis. We support women in the slums who are willing to take in additional orphaned children. In addition to medical care and the children’s school supplies, steps for children also pays for food for the whole family. For our steps homes families, we need
