Clenda, a student, tells how she started with steps for children in Okakarara when she was a small child in kindergarten, and how she can now pursue her life path independently. She explains how the support and encouragement she received in her early childhood helped her to continue with her education and get closer to her goals. Today, Clenda is a student, 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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steps for children in Katutura The new steps facility, Single Quarter, is struggling with the increasing crime rate One of the most dangerous residential areas of Windhoek is the Single Quarter in Katutura. This is mainly because poverty is very high here and many people try to secure their survival through illegal activities.
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New classrooms in Namibia The Kid-Care Kollege in Katutura offers new educational facilities for children from the poorest backgrounds in Windhoek, Namibia. In the Namibian capital Windhoek in the Goreangab district, also located in Katutura, we have been supporting the Kid-Care Kollege, the Johannes Kraus Foundation, since the beginning of the year with the kind support of the Georg Kraus Foundation.
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From left: Rautia Shikongo (teacher), Martin Schölling (National Coordinator Team), Secilie Ekandjo (cook) Single Quarter in Katutura In Windhoek's poorest neighbourhood, Katutura, we have founded a new social facility for children that creates prospects by offering education, care and meals. We are delighted that our new facility, the „Single Quarter“ preschool in Katutura, will open its doors in April.
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Friendship Day Today is Friendship Day. Since February of this year, three of our children of the protective angels – one should by now really be talking about young adults – have been living together in a small apartment in Windhoek. Visit to the apartment When steps for children founder Michael Hoppe was in Namibia on a project trip in June, he worked together with
Stephan Hock, who moved to Windhoek with his family a few years ago, is currently developing a living cookbook: together with a cookery school in Windhoek, he cooks recipes that are sent in and shared via his website. And of course he also shares his own recipes with culinary delights. The first recipes are already available on his website
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Juliane Scheller volunteered for two and a half months with us at steps for children in Okakarara (Namibia). The 26-year-old speech therapist from Hamburg vividly describes the experiences and insights she gained during her time with the people in Africa. So I packed my bag and took a few usual items with me such as
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[:de] A donor trip to our project areas gives supporters the opportunity to look at the work on site in a concrete way. Up close, nine of our supporters from Germany were able to experience different project locations in Namibia in mid-November. For some, it was not their first project trip, as was the case for Anton Rathgeb, who has been providing a wide range of support for steps for nine years. For him
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