Step into self-employment after more than 10 years
Our carpentry workshop in Gobabis has been an income-generating step for over 10 years. Toys, kitchens and school furniture for our steps facilities, solar ovens, benches, chairs and tables were manufactured there. A year ago we encouraged our carpenters to take the step into self-employment, offered them training in marketing and sales and will continue to support them as best we can.
The furniture they produce is still impressive, so we will be happy to order tables, chairs, benches or beds from them for our facilities. But then under these changed circumstances. We will donate the machines and equipment that we have used so far and which are in good condition to the carpenters to enable them to start into the future.
Our time together will now end in 2024, but our paths will continue to cross - there will soon be renovation work in Gobabis, where new furnishings will be needed again. For example, the conversion of the former computer school and an additional room attached to it. Above all, a small accommodation for future volunteers is to be built here, which will free up more rooms in the guest house and allow them to be used for rent, as the volunteers will now have their own accommodation and will no longer have to stay in the guest house as before.
The step into self-employment is a big change for the carpentry team. For us, it is the first time that we have transformed a previously subsidized project into self-employment.
We wish our carpenters much success on their way to self-employment!