German pop star Peter Wackel is supporting education for the poorest children and young people in Namibia with the construction of a school. The opening ceremony for the school building will take place on 8 April 2022. The school building was constructed for the Ileni Tulikwafeni community project in the Namibian town of Okahandja, 65 km north of the capital Windhoek. Peter Wackel made his donation to the Reiner Meutsch Stiftung FLY & HELP, which, with the help of donors, builds schools in countries of the Global South. It has a long-standing partnership with the steps for children foundation and has already financed the construction of classrooms at other steps for children locations.
At the official opening of the school building on 8.4.2022 Peter Wackel will be accompanied by friends and fans. They have not only donated many Scout backpacks, but also contributed to financing the adjacent playground and supported numerous Schutzengel children.
The school offers great added value for the community: in the mornings, two preschool classes learn in the classrooms; in the afternoon, children from the Schutzengel programme of the steps for children foundation come for homework support and supplementary lessons. In the evenings, the school rooms are used for further training for adults from the surrounding community.
Since 2019, steps for children has been cooperating with the Ileni Tulikwafeni project in Okahandja, Namibia, founded by Kaunapawa Lourencia Philemon steps for children built a solar-powered hatchery and chicken coop here, generating income for the project's social initiatives. The steps-owned carpentry workshop in Gobabis produced the school furniture for the “Peter-Wackel-School”, thus ensuring suitable learning conditions.
Peter Wackel
Peter Wackel, a German party singer and entrepreneur who performs at festivals and nightclubs in Germany, Mallorca and Namibia, has been in the charts with his songs since 1999.
Reiner Meutsch Stiftung FLY & HELP
The Reiner Meutsch Stiftung FLY & HELP is a non-profit foundation based in Kroppach, whose main goal is to promote education and training for children and young people in developing countries. It was founded in summer 2009 by Reiner Meutsch. To date, more than 550 school construction projects have already been initiated. The new buildings enable many thousands of children in Africa, Asia and Latin America to attend school and lay the foundations for a self-determined future.
steps for children
The foundation Dr Michael Hoppe founded in Hamburg by steps for children invests in the education and training of children and young adults in Namibia and Zimbabwe and enables future prospects and the skills to break the cycle of poverty through their own efforts. steps creates jobs and generates income. The jobs in the small businesses founded by steps help the local population generate income, thereby offering independence and the prospect of staying. The profits generated are later intended to cover part of the costs of the social projects. steps' goal is to become independent of donations in the long term!
