[:en] Thanks to a generous donation from Holland, we were able to present our two project partners Heart for the Children and Otto Gamseb with a solar oven each. The staff and children are looking forward to trying out a wide variety of dishes with the ovens. The production and sale of the solar ovens from our carpentry workshop in Gobabis creates important jobs. The income from
Solar ovens for our project partners in Rehoboth Read more »
[:de] Isabella Ueitele, lecturer at the University of Namibia (UNAM), was in Gobabis for two days and provided another training on growing and cultivating our mushrooms. We are constantly improving our methods and achieving increasingly better harvests. [:en] Isabella Ueitele, lecturer at the University of Namibia (UNAM), was for two days in
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[:de] The printing company NEEF + STUMME premium printing has, through its socially responsible business commitment, ensured that solar oven production in our carpentry workshop in Gobabis is progressing speedily. The donation of several hundred used printing plates from offset printing provides, for our income-generating step and the carpentry workshop, an important basis for the oven production,
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Our two weltwärts volunteers, Luise Berkholz and Paula Scharfe, in Gobabis keep surprising us with their great ideas and activities. This time, they planned a photo workshop for children in Grade 5 under the motto „One Saturday by the lake“. Luise and Paula report on their workshop: „The weekend before last, we went with the children to the dam
Our steps kids discover the camera Read more »
I’m now back in Germany, but I would like to report on an event afterwards. Henk Olwage, project manager in Gobabis, demonstrated at the project managers’ meeting in Okahandja the use of the solar ovens produced in the carpentry workshop in Gobabis. Each steps project now receives a solar oven for testing. On the one hand, this is intended to save energy costs, and on the other, to use the solar ovens
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[:en] It's winter in Namibia at the moment and sometimes it's very cold. When I was in Gobabis, the temperatures dropped to -5°C at night and there was no heating. At least I had a thick jumper, thermal clothing and blankets. How the people in the poor neighbourhoods manage without blankets and sometimes without a mattress on the cold floor of their homes?
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[:en] For a few days now I have been travelling through Namibia to our steps projects and looking at the latest developments and buildings, having detailed discussions with the employees and being happy about our bright steps children. Last Monday, the first meeting took place at which the heads of all steps projects, or the projects with which steps for
Dr. Michael Hoppe on a project trip to Namibia in 2015 Read more »
Since 1972, the „International Day for the Environment“ has been observed every year on 5 June. All over the world, a wide variety of events, talks, actions and measures take place on this day in order to raise awareness, among other things, of the importance of handling natural resources in a sustainable way. Sustainability is also a key topic for steps for children in carrying out our work.
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[:de] During the last school holidays, the first health check-ups were carried out with 25 children, which are to take place regularly from now on. The Ministry of Health is providing two nurses for this purpose, who are to examine the children but also raise their awareness of and educate them about their bodies. [:en] In the last school holidays the first health check-ups with
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[:de] On the Monday of the last school week before the holidays, Luise Berkholz and Paula Scharfe took their preschool class to the new library in Gobabis. Many of the children had never been there before, so it was the first time they had ever entered such a large building. And there were sooooo many children’s books! The staff
