Friendship Day
Today is Friendship Day. Since February of this year, three of our sponsored children – by now, one should really speak of young adults – have been living together in a small apartment in Windhoek.
Visit to the flat
When steps for children founder Michael Hoppe was on a project trip in Namibia in June, he visited the three girls in their new home together with our National Coordinator Ulrike Mai. They share their flat with Vendjii, a friend (dressed in red here), who has also come to Windhoek to continue her education.
Supporting one another
Johanna, Clenda and Ndapeua help and support one another when they get stuck with their tasks at home. Because together, they are much stronger than they are alone. Especially now, at the beginning of Clenda and Johanna’s studies and with Ndapeua taking new courses intended to help improve her school-leaving qualification, there are many new faces and many new challenges to overcome in a new environment. It is especially nice that they can live together as friends and be there for one another.
Cohesion in our projects
Sonja Schneider-Waterberg always makes sure that her protégés do not enter a new environment alone and can support one another. This means they are at least in pairs when the sponsored children move on to a secondary school in another place far from their home, as is also the case with Uapandera and Perpetua, who attend secondary school in Otjiwarongo.
We especially value this strong social cohesion, which is fostered in our steps projects, particularly by our project leaders, educators and staff.
