Why should I become a guardian angel?
Our guardian angels are an enormous support for particularly motivated, socially excluded children and young people at risk of poverty in Namibia. We thank all guardian angels very much for this.
We are convinced that education is not only a fundamental right, but also the key to breaking the cycle of poverty on your own.
However, due to several factors the costs per guardian angel child have risen significantly in recent years. Some of them are:
- The Namibian government reintroduced and increased school fees.
- School books and work materials must be purchased for each school child.
- Inflation in Namibia is rising rapidly, the cost of school uniforms alone has increased by around 25%.
- The food costs for the meals of the guardian angel children have also risen sharply.
We continuously support our guardian angel children and young people as well as our students. We would also like to further expand our support program so that we can continue to take in new guardian angel children every year.
Because our program has a lasting effect:
- The drop-out rate of the sponsored children is significantly lower than that of non-guardian angel children.
- Children from the guardian angel program have a higher grade point average than the class average.
- Early pregnancies are less common than in adolescents outside the program.
- Young mothers come back to our educational institutions after childbirth to continue attending school.
- Since the start of the support, 13 of the supported girls and boys have passed their Abitur.
- Six of them have already started their studies.
A great effort by children who grew up in the informal settlements. Our steps guardian angels have made it possible for us to accompany and support over 145 children and young people from the poorest backgrounds on their educational path every year.
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting our steps education program, with which we give the children and young people in Namibia a chance for a better and self-determined life.
steps Guardian angel children in the afternoon lesson solving math problems.