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. For a year, they devoted themselves with a great deal of heart and energy to our projects in Gobabis and Okakarara, and here they describe to you in three words what was special about this time […]
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After the children have had all their summer holidays in Germany, the holidays finally start in Namibia too. We wish everyone lots of fun in the next 2 weeks!
Holiday in Namibia Read More »
The year of our weltwärts volunteers Katharina and Sophia in Okakarara came to an end last week. But before they left, they still made the children a wonderful gift: „At the end of July, we finally put our plan into action and invested the remaining donations from the donors’ circle meaningfully into the project. So the money for the new spring floor mat came from …”
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We plan, on the one hand, to expand the vegetable garden in Okakarara, but also to „professionalise“ it. It will then be a typical „income-generating step“ that helps make us independent of donations in the long term. In addition to the current cultivation (income for the staff and vegetables for the soup kitchen), there should be enough vegetables and fruit for sale in
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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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[:en] As part of the nationwide immunisation campaign, our children and colleagues were also vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella yesterday morning. The nurses and staff from the Ministry of Health and Social Services visited social projects and schools and immunised everyone between the ages of nine months and 39 years free of charge. Our guardian angel children and the kids
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[:en] We are delighted to have a new supporter and cooperation partner: Thoba Reisen has added a special package to its travel offer: a 13-day tour with a stay in Gobabis and Okakarara. Under the motto „Doing good together“ Namibia's contrasts - country, life, people, travellers can visit our steps projects at the two locations and also
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[:en] The children in Namibia have been back from their holidays for a week now and the second term has begun. I'm sure many kids in Okakarara are still thinking back to the eventful time in May, when our weltwärts volunteers Katharina and Sophia put together a varied holiday programme:
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[:de] For several weeks, Victoria Hussmann supported us actively in Okakarara. With the pre-school and kindergarten children, she practised a bit of English, especially with the help of new simple songs. She also took over art class with the children. There, flowers were lovingly crafted and rainbows were painted. In addition, she supported the volunteers with their morning sports and
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[:de] Our world volunteers, Katharina Wagner and Sophia Eckerth, report what was going on in Okakarara before the holidays: Last week, we volunteers came up with a few new ideas for every area. Starting with sports in the morning: With both pre-school and both kindergarten classes, we tried wheelbarrow races, a new racing game and “Journey to Jerusalem”. The kids have
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