A special highlight during Michael Hoppes project trip in Namibia was meeting with his friends, the artist Frank Rosenzweig and his born in Namibia wife Valerie Mouton-Rosenzweig from Buxtehude. They led the second part of the art project „All Kids One World“ in our project in Gobabis by: To inspire understanding and peace are two […]
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[: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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[:de] Thank you very much for this wonderful support for steps for children at the project location in Gobabis! On 29 August, Kerstin Thiele (foundation board chair) presented the cheque from the Ernst Prost Foundation for Africa to Martina Pracht in Stuttgart. Shortly afterwards, this wonderful gift arrived in Hamburg for Michael Hoppe. We’re very happy to have
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[:de] In mid-August, we said goodbye to our four weltwärts volunteers, Janna, Lisa, Katharina, Sophia and Patrizia – she was there on site for three months. Over the course of one year, they dedicated themselves to our projects in Gobabis and Okakarara with a lot of heart and energy, and here they describe what was special about this time in three words
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[:de] While for us it’s summer with pleasant temperatures, winter has arrived in Namibia. Last week, the especially the region around Windhoek was affected by the first real cold front of the year, with temperatures down to as low as -15°C below zero. We received a message from Gobabis about -11°C. The cold especially affects residents of the slums, who have no blankets and only
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[:de] It becomes clear again and again how much investing in guest houses pays off. Looking back at June, we have good news from the guest house in Okakarara: we had an above-average number of bookings for an occupancy rate of almost 50%. This surplus benefits in particular the children in our pre-school. Bookings were made by Namibian Vocational Training Assessors (vocational school teachers),
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[:de] A few weeks ago, our volunteers Janna and Lisa in Gobabis, together with the teachers, started a sports programme for the different classes: „Every week there is a specific theme, such as throwing, shooting, dexterity or team sports. At the beginning of every sports session, we play something to warm up and then start with the different exercises
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[:en] On 27 May, Nasrin Siege, children's book author and founder of „Hilfe für Afrika e.V.“, visited our project location in Gobabis on her private trip. Hilfe für Afrika e.V. has been supporting aid projects in various African countries since 1996. Since 2015, steps has found a new partner and friend in the organisation. In Gobabis, Nasrin Siege was accompanied by Henk Olwage
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