[:de] Hannah Russ and Lasse Schneider are our new weltwärts volunteers in Gobabis and have been supporting the project since August for one year. We’re very excited about their wonderful commitment and want to share with you their first impressions: Although we’ve only been here for a few weeks, it feels like half an eternity – at least from
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[:de] On Friday, 4 August 2017, Mr Wolfgang Brune from Lilienthal showed pictures and videos in the summer garden of the “Bahnhof Neu St. Jürgen” restaurant in Worpswede from his two trips to Namibia and Botswana in 2014 and 2016. On his second trip in May 2016, he also visited the kindergartens of steps and its project partner in Windhoek and
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[:de] The auction item, the impressive artistic works by the students from classes 5, 6 and 7 as well as from the art profile course (upper grades) at the Christianeum under the direction of Inga Beyer, could be admired on display boards in the Elbe shopping center as early as two weeks before the auction: oil paintings, drawings, right up to the graffiti—of consistently high artistic quality
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After I met Collin Benjamin 10 years ago for the first time in Hamburg’s Park Station, a reunion took place last November in Windhoek place with the result that he wants to support the work of steps for children as ambassadors. Collin Benjamin was from 2001 to 2011 for the First Team Hamburger SV. He
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Thanks to the support of the Town & Country Foundation Award, the children in the partner project Boomerang in Windhoek now a sandbox under a cool shade net. We are pleased that this project has developed so well over a year and the number of children could be doubled. A big THANK YOU to all
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[:de] Once again this year, the steps for children foundation was among the award recipients. Our two cooperation projects “Boomerang” and “Love Your Neighbour” in Windhoek/Katutura are receiving funding for a playground and learning materials. On Wednesday, 14 September, we welcomed Ms Helene Hesse, Town & Country Haus franchise partner, and Dr. Arne
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[:de] We warmly congratulate Ingrith Tjivela on her master’s degree from Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, which she completed in just one year! She can be very proud of everything she has achieved over the past 12 months – we certainly are. As part of her study program, she was involved
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[:de] In mid-August, we said goodbye to our four weltwärts volunteers Janna, Lisa, Katharina, Sophia and Patrizia – she was on site for three months. For one year, they devoted themselves with great dedication and energy to our projects in Gobabis and Okakarara and describe the special aspects of this time in three words here
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[:de] While we are enjoying summer with pleasant temperatures, winter has arrived in Namibia. Last week, the region around Windhoek in particular was affected by the year's first real cold front, with temperatures of up to -15°C below zero. We received word from Gobabis of – 11°C. The cold hits the residents of the poorer neighborhoods in particular, who are without blankets and sleep only
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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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