Tackling the food crisis in Namibia - with the expansion and construction of new soup kitchens This year, Namibia has been hit particularly hard by the drought - but there have also been repeated crises in previous years, such as the global coronavirus pandemic, which has lasted for almost two years, global increases in energy and food prices, prolonged periods of drought and
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Winter begins in Namibia With the onset of winter in Namibia, we have started distributing warm blankets and winter clothing to our steps children and young people. Nights in the huts are very cold, and there is a lack of insulation or a sufficiently thick mattress and blankets. Our priority is to ensure that they, during this cold season
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5 highlights of the project trip by foundation founder Michael Hoppe and CEO Andreas Roß In spring, i.e. in Namibian autumn, it was time again - foundation founder Michael Hoppe and CEO Andreas Roß travelled to Namibia and Zimbabwe together on a project trip and spent a good two weeks here taking part in team meetings, visiting the steps facilities and working together with the foundation.
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What does your FSJ in Namibia look like? What does your FSJ in Namibia look like? We asked this question of the two volunteers from Rehoboth who came to Namibia together in August 2022 and began their voluntary service with steps for children. They describe what their daily tasks are, what they in
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Power of Locals This is the plan: to hand over responsibility for steps projects in Namibia to local people to an ever greater extent, so that we and our National Coordinator can then only be available as advisors and points of contact. Gobabis site management Gobabis Jackie Sanjath Welcome Jackie! We’re lucky to
Schools are required to clean their premises. An inspection is carried out by the Ministry of Health. The head of Bridge of Hope immediately initiated the clean-up day ordered by the ministry today. In the absence of the children, the teachers clean the entire area together—from the kitchen to the classrooms—with the resources available to them. But
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Stephan Hock, who moved to Windhoek with his family a few years ago, is currently developing a lively cookbook: Together with a cooking school in Windhoek, he cooks recipes that are submitted and shared via his website. And of course, he also shares his own recipes featuring culinary delights. The first recipes are already on his website
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Can you still remember the first shovel turns for the kitchen in February? We informed you about it here and are now very pleased that this construction was completed at the end of March. The new kitchen with gas and electric cooking facilities, refrigerator and freezer, kitchen cabinets and large work surfaces for preparing lunch was made possible mainly by the Rotary Club Hamburg
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Since the end of 2017, Bridge of Hope has been a project partner of steps for children in Rehoboth, and we look back with joy on our first year together: through generous donations, we were able to buy the plot of land for the school—on which the school was built 4 years ago—with the Trust steps for children. A big thank you to everyone who helped make this possible
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Hella Krummbach and Miriam Kleinke from the Dresden area are volunteering for the first time this year for three months as young volunteers in our projects in Rehoboth. The 6-year-old children at „Otto Gamseb“ were delighted: every day there was something new to discover with the two of them. For two weeks, they learned about the diversity of the animal kingdom, colors
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