Block Foundation and steps for children create spaces. A new home for work and education in Gobabis, Namibia At one of our locations, in Gobabis, a new building—a multifunctional centre—was completed just in time before the start of the Corona crisis. The Hamburg entrepreneur Eugen Block can not only run catering with a system or a hotel, but is also […]
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There was a lot to do even before Corona Christine Leege, a social educator and director of her own day care centre in Norderstedt, awarded as „KITA21 – makers of the future“, was back in Gobabis before the start of the coronavirus crisis and worked here as a social educator. In her report she describes her impressions and the developments on the ground. Yes, what does it look like here, this year…
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What does Regina from Gobabis do? The steps homes child Regina is staying. She feels at home with her steps homes family in Gobabis. In the meantime, she has completed her matric, which is comparable to the Abitur in Germany, and is currently improving this in courses at NamCol (Namibian College, which is a state further education programme) in order to be able to
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In Gobabis, the food distribution for our steps children is now finally possible in line with the legal guidelines: teachers and educators are helping to teach the children, in a playful way, to keep their distance. Before eating, all children must wash their hands thoroughly and then queue for their meal in a long line. They take their meals separately from one another. Social
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Our steps homes are families who take orphans into their family circle, take care of their nutrition and continuous school attendance and provide them with loving care. They also have to cope with difficult conditions due to the crisis. Here we see the food parcels that are distributed to our families in Gobabis. Further information!
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This donation reached steps for children and was immediately distributed to our soup kitchens. Because even if the projects are closed, the children who appear irregularly and hungry at our soup kitchens will still get something to eat. The cabbage was also distributed to our steps homes families. The donation was so large,
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Right now, work is being done to ensure that each of the teachers and all other carers can be equipped with protective face masks, gloves and disinfectants. Further, we need to provide information for our guardian-angel children and in the steps homes. People from the medical field should also help to educate the parents of our steps children—this is the idea. We will be the
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The South African non-profit organisation Accredited Test Centres (ATCs) awards a certificate to computer schools in southern Africa. These computer schools are then regarded as certified test centres that are authorised to train and issue the International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL). They are identified as such on the ATC website. Since 17 June 2019, the computer school in Gobabis has belonged to steps
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We are delighted that the school building financed by FLY&HELP was ceremoniously handed over to the headmaster and teachers on 7 June 2019 and entered with a beaming smile. Henk Olwage, head of our partner project Light for the Children, was on site for the inauguration together with Peik Bruns. steps can support the construction of over 18 school buildings and soup kitchens within
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Many people in Switzerland made the most of a beautiful summer's day for a good cause! At this year's Golf Charity, held on 21 June 2019 at the Moosseedorf Golf Park, we recorded a new record number of participants. And once again this year, the participants were able to enjoy their round of golf in summery temperatures and sunshine; the fact that they were able to combine their hobby with a
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