The 4 phases you go through,
to get involved with steps
We have selected the 4 phases you go through to get involved with steps for you. The getting-to-know phase, the information phase, the questions phase and the decision phase.
Phase 1 – Getting to know us
You can primarily get to know us through recommendations from other people. For example, if a friend has done a Voluntary Social Year in Namibia. Or because a teacher friend travels to one of the projects every year as an expert to conduct teacher training and is happy to talk about it. Maybe you are invited to a birthday party and the birthday person wishes for a donation to steps for children instead of gifts.
We are also represented on social media. Do you already know our accounts?
Phase 2 – Finding out more
So you go to the page www.stepsforchildren.de to find out more. What does the foundation do and what makes it so special? Our articles explain that we support people in Namibia and Zimbabwe with educational and income-generating measures who want to break the cycle of poverty through their own efforts.
And how are these goals implemented?
On the page Our Vision you will find an explanation: income-generating measures, i.e. small businesses such as a carpentry workshop or a sewing workshop, provide the local population with jobs. Employees can thus finance their own lives and additionally support their relatives, whom they also help feed (up to 10 people!). And the social measures from daycare through preschool to afternoon classes are also supported by surpluses earned in the small businesses during normal times (without a pandemic). So that – in the best-case scenario – long-term independence from donations can be achieved.
Phase 3 – The questions
Now you surely have questions such as these: Why should you still donate if independence from donations is the goal? And how sustainable is this support? Does this mean that steps for children withdraws from the projects as soon as they have become independent, leaving the locals to manage everything on their own? Take a look at this article on the subject: “Power of Locals”.
Before you decide to support steps for children, you probably want to get to know someone from the organisation? That is easy too!
Get involved in our steps COMMUNITY and get to know the country and the people, the projects and other supporters. This way, you can gain deeper insight into our work on the ground, ask your questions and contribute your ideas personally.
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Phase 4 – The decision
You have now become more familiar with the framework of the steps organization. Perhaps you now feel like traveling to Namibia and also visiting the steps guesthouses to get to know the people involved in the projects personally?! This way, you can experience that your donation makes a difference. steps also offers you the opportunity to start your own fundraising appeal; your ideas are very welcome.
Have you recognised the four phases you go through in order to get involved with steps in yourself?
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