Groundbreaking ceremony for our new soup kitchen in Okakarara
Great news as part of our nutrition initiative – we would like to share it with you straight away: the first spadeful of earth has been turned for the new soup kitchen in Okakarara!
The kitchen will primarily reach children from the surrounding Informal Settlements, who have often been left out until now. Many of them live in difficult conditions and do not have regular access to a balanced meal. With the new soup kitchen, we are creating a place where they can not only reliably receive healthy food, but also experience care, community and security.
A warm meal is far more than food – it lays the foundation for health, development and better opportunities for the future.
With construction beginning in June 2026, a project is being implemented that will make a real difference to many children – and, if everything goes according to plan, we will be able to open the new soup kitchen as early as next autumn.
Over the coming months, we will take you along to the construction site and report regularly on the progress. Follow us there too Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn, so you don't miss anything.
First groundbreaking ceremony for the new soup kitchen in Okakarara.
from left: Sonja Schneider-Waterberg (National Coordinator),
Eveline Ketjivandje (Office Manager Okakarara)
By the second week, you can already see the outlines
of the building.
Week three: The first walls are already standing. With every step of the construction, we are getting closer to our goal of enabling more children to enjoy a healthy diet.
Soup kitchen in Otto Xamseb serves its first children
The soup kitchen at the Otto Xamseb Education Centre is now fully equipped and has started operating. The first children are already coming regularly to receive a warm, balanced meal here.
Our cook, Glodina van Wyk, prepares the food fresh and serves it to the children. The menu is varied and nutritious – vegetable soup with spaghetti and chicken soup, among other dishes, have already been on the menu. The offering is soon to be expanded by freshly baked bread .
For many children from the neighbouring Informal Settlements at the Rehoboth site, this meal is far more than just food. It means security, care and the opportunity to grow up healthy and concentrate better at school.
With the soup kitchens in Namibia, steps for children ensures that children receive a balanced meal regularly – an important foundation for health, learning and a self-determined future.
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