steps in Mutare

Our mission in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a poor country and ranks 108th out of 127 countries in the 2024 Global Hunger Index. Almost a third of children under the age of 5 suffer from chronic malnutrition. In 2024, the global price, energy and food crises in Zimbabwe contributed to an inflation rate of as much as 635.3 %. Access to education and nutrition is thus once again [...]

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5 highlights of the project trip through Namibia

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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Off to Zimbabwe

Off to Zimbabwe After four years, the Board of Directors has now been able to travel to Zimbabwe again and visit the projects that have been created through cooperation with Plan International and Stiftung Hilfe mit Plan. Due to the tight time frame, they mainly looked at the income-generating measures. The project's progress and successes to date have impressed Michael

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Successes of steps in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe success stories We can look back on the successes of steps in Zimbabwe and realise that we want to continue. Since 2017, we have been supporting education and income-generating measures in cooperation with the Help with Plan Foundation and Plan International. We would like to share the successes of our cooperation to date with you: Successes in the province

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Empowering girls in Zimbabwe

Making girls strong in Zimbabwe steps for children, together with the foundation Hilfe mit Plan and Plan International, strengthens girls in particular through measures that prevent child marriage, enable education and career prospects, educational work and violence prevention and support young women and families to make proper use of income-generating measures. Last year, for example, 100 disadvantaged children

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Safe sleeping place for girls

We are building dormitories in Zimbabwe and thus safe sleeping places for girls Safe sleeping places for girls: We want girls to have a safe place to sleep and are therefore building girls' dormitories in Zimbabwe with Plan International and the Hilfe mit Plan foundation. We describe here how these are equipped and what we are achieving. Would you also like to get involved and

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Career prospects

Career prospects Together with Plan International and the Hilfe mit Plan foundation, we want to create career prospects for young people in Zimbabwe - in other words, economic youth empowerment! Through vocational training and support in gainful employment and self-employment As part of another joint project with the Hilfe mit Plan Foundation and Plan International in Zimbabwe, we are promoting vocational training for young people.

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Chickens and honey for families in Mutare and Mutasa

In addition to the four ECCD centres at the Mutare and Mutasa project locations, we are also working with the project communities to develop income-generating measures to improve the financial situation of families. A market analysis has shown that vegetable growing, beekeeping, poultry and fish farming are promising business areas. Chickens and honey for families 60 women and men

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First foundations for Zimbabwe

[:en] At the beginning of November, Michael Hoppe travelled to our new project country Zimbabwe. During the trip, which lasted several days, he visited communities around the Mutasa and Mutare regions. Together with our partner Stiftung Hilfe mit Plan, we started our collaboration there for the next three years at the beginning of August 2017. The aim of the projects is to promote early childhood education for children,

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steps goes Zimbabwe

[In 2016, the Hilfe mit Plan foundation of the children's aid organisation Plan International asked Michael Hoppe whether he would like to contribute his expertise, particularly in the area of income-generating measures, to a joint project in Zimbabwe. He then combined a visit to the planned project area with his trip to Namibia in November 2016. The commitment of the people who

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