{"id":40160,"date":"2024-03-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/steps.eliasarndt.de\/meilensteine-in-okakarara\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T23:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T21:08:05","slug":"milestones-in-okakarara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/meilensteine-in-okakarara\/","title":{"rendered":"Milestones in Okakarara"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"40160\" class=\"elementor elementor-40160\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41921dc2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"41921dc2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24009e6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24009e6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Let's take a look back and see what has happened so far. This timeline mainly contains milestones from Okakarara - events that we still consider to be formative today. At the end of the timeline is the year 2024 - the year in which we celebrate our 18th birthday in Okakarara and hope that you will celebrate with us. To view the milestones, move your mouse carefully over the text - perhaps you will discover something.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the preschool class of 2006 and 2024:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Unterricht-2006-1920x1440.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Unterricht-2006-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Unterricht-2006-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Unterricht-2006-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Unterricht-2006-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Unterricht-2006-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Unterricht-2006-1320x990.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Unterricht-2006.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"269\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_3198-2160x1440.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_3198-2160x1440.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_3198-810x540.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_3198-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_3198-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_3198-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_3198-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_3198-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" alt=\"\" width=\"407\" height=\"272\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section class=\"steps-timeline-vertical\" aria-label=\"Milestones steps for children\">\n<h2>Milestones of steps for children<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"tl\"><!-- 2006 -->\n<li class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"tl-card\"><time class=\"tl-year\">2006<\/time>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/about-us\/\">Foundation of the steps for children Namibia trust<\/a> by Dr Michael Hoppe. Start of the first project in Okakarara.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"listtype-bullet listindent1 list-bullet1\">\n<li>1.2.2006: Foundation of the trust steps for children Namibia by Dr Michael Hoppe. First chairperson: <span class=\"tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/inform\/steps-current\/in-exchange-with-the-author-erika-von-wietersheim\/\">Erika von Wietersheim<\/a><span class=\"tooltiptext\">Author and supporter<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\" https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/von-wietersheim-erika.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>March 2006: Start of the first project by steps for children in Okakarara in <span class=\"tooltip\">Red Cross House<span class=\"tooltiptext\">Use of the Red Cross House in 2006<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\" https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Main-Office-2006-1.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/span>, a little outside the town. Friends of Augsburg Namibia provided the room they had used for their sewing room to steps, and moved with the former sewing room into an adjoining garage.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>First social step: The first 30 children (exclusively orphans and vulnerable children, OVCs) come to our steps <span class=\"tooltip\">Preschool<span class=\"tooltiptext\">The first children sit here in the pre-school in Okakarara<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\" https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Unterricht-2006-720x540.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/span> and are fed by our<\/span> <span class=\"tooltip\">soup kitchen <span class=\"tooltiptext\">The first two cooks in Okakarara provide our steps children with hot meals <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\" https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rechenschaftsbericht_2007_2009_Seite_05_Bild_0002.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<!-- 2007 -->\n<li class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"tl-card\"><time class=\"tl-year\">2007<\/time>\n<ul class=\"listtype-bullet listindent1 list-bullet1\">\n<li>In December: selection of the first Schutzengel children for the start of the Schutzengel programme<\/li>\n<li>The purchase of <span class=\"tooltip\"> steps property and house<span class=\"tooltiptext\">The move from the Red Cross House into the own project\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Erstes-Haus-Okakarara-2007.jpeg\" \/><\/span><\/span> was completed in March.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<!-- 2008 -->\n<li class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"tl-card\"><time class=\"tl-year\">2008<\/time>\n<ul class=\"listtype-bullet listindent1 list-bullet1\">\n<li>60 children, 10 staff members<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"tooltip\"> A mobile house<span class=\"tooltiptext\">The house had many tasks<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\" https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Grundstueck-steps-Oka_ab-2007_ASC_Vorschule_Naehstube.jpeg\" \/><\/span><\/span> is being built for the afternoon classes and will soon be repurposed into a pre-school classroom.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/uncategorized\/the-first-steps-volunteer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first volunteer Ivy Boachie<\/a>\u00a0comes to Okakarara for her weltw\u00e4rts FSJ<\/li>\n<li>Sewing workshop, through which <span class=\"tooltip\">the Schmotz couple independently of steps 2004 <span class=\"tooltiptext\">Establishment of the sewing workshop by the Schmotz couple<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\" https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Ehepaar-Schmotz-.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/span> founded, is integrated into the overall project as an income-generating step<\/li>\n<li>Start of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/guardian-angel\/\">Guardian Angel Programme<\/a><\/span> with the first <span class=\"tooltip\">6 children<span class=\"tooltiptext\">The first Schutzengel children<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\" https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Die-ersten-6-Schutzengelkinder_-Start-Schutzengel-Programm-2008_Oka.jpeg\" \/><\/span>, who came from the steps pre-school into first grade.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"tooltip\">PC school founded <span class=\"tooltiptext\"> For steps children and surrounding residents: email, PowerPoint, Word and using other software programs.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PC-Schule.jpeg\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Okakarara and Michael Hoppe at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f3J2HnAg7Q0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201eRund um den Michel\u201c on NDR<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<!-- 2009 -->\n<li class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"tl-card\"><time class=\"tl-year\">2009<\/time>\n<p>\n\nThe steps afternoon classes programme (ASC) starts.\u00a0<span class=\"tooltip\">Start <span class=\"tooltiptext\"> The first 1,664 olive trees were planted <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\" https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rechenschaftsbericht_2007_2009_Seite_09_Bild_0008.png\" \/><\/span><\/span>vegetable cultivation on 13 ha on the outskirts of Okakarara \u2013 in <span class=\"tooltip\">Ongombombonde <span class=\"tooltiptext\"> \nThe building of today's daycare centre and preschool in Ongombombonde <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\" https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OBB-Grundstueck.jpeg \" \/><\/span><\/span>.\n \t<span class=\"tooltip\">300 bicycles <span class=\"tooltiptext\">Many bicycles are arriving in Okakarara <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/container-oka-1.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/span> went by <span class=\"tooltip\">Container <span class=\"tooltiptext\">It still exists<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/container-oka-3-1.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/span>to steps in Namibia, l<span class=\"tooltip\">ocal fitters <span class=\"tooltiptext\">Fitters receive the bicycles<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/april-09-003-scaled.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/span> were trained.\n\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<!-- 2011 -->\n<li class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"tl-card\"><time class=\"tl-year\">2011<\/time>\n<p>New building for pre-school, soup kitchen and sanitary facilities in Okakarara. <span class=\"tooltip\">Red Cross House<span class=\"tooltiptext\">Use of the Red Cross House in 2006<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\" https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Main-Office-2006-1.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<!-- 2015 -->\n<li class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"tl-card\"><time class=\"tl-year\">2015<\/time>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/join-in-and-experience\/guest-house-okakarara\/\">Second guest house in Okakarara<\/a> The first house serves as accommodation for volunteers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<!-- 2018 -->\n<li class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"tl-card\"><time class=\"tl-year\">2018<\/time>\n<p>Opening of the new daycare centre and preschool in Ongombombonde.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<!-- 2019 -->\n<li class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"tl-card\"><time class=\"tl-year\">2019<\/time>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/join-in-and-experience\/participate-in-namibia\/\">Start of social leave<\/a> at steps for children in Namibia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<!-- 2020 -->\n<li class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"tl-card\"><time class=\"tl-year\">2020<\/time>\n<p>Distribution of food and masks, purchase of a pick-up for the vegetable garden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<!-- 2021 -->\n<li class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"tl-card\"><time class=\"tl-year\">2021<\/time>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/inform\/steps-current\/guardian-angel-children-take-flight\/\">Guardian angel children become steps students<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<!-- 2022 -->\n<li class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"tl-card\"><time class=\"tl-year\">2022<\/time>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/inform\/steps-current\/organic-farming-in-namibia\/\">Conversion of vegetable cultivation<\/a> on organic-regenerative cultivation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<!-- 2024 -->\n<li class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"tl-card\"><time class=\"tl-year\">2024<\/time>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/happy-birthday\/\">18 years steps for children<\/a> - Anniversary with guest book.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\n<p><style>\n\/* Grundlayout *\/\n.steps-timeline-vertical {\n  --steps-red: #d60034;\n  --line: #e6e6e6;\n  --card-bg: #fff;\n  --text: #222;\n  --muted: #666;\n  font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, Arial, sans-serif;\n  padding: 32px 16px;\n  max-width: 1100px;\n  margin: 0 auto;\n}\n.steps-timeline-vertical h2 {\n  text-align: center;\n  margin: 0 0 28px 0;\n  color: var(--steps-red);\n  font-size: clamp(1.4rem, 1rem + 1.2vw, 2rem);\n}\n\n\/* Timeline *\/\n.tl {\n  position: relative;\n  list-style: none;\n  margin: 0;\n  padding: 0 0 0 0;\n}\n.tl::before {\n  content: \"\";\n  position: absolute;\n  left: 50%;\n  top: 0;\n  bottom: 0;\n  width: 2px;\n  transform: translateX(-50%);\n  background: linear-gradient(180deg, var(--line), var(--line));\n}\n\n\/* Items *\/\n.tl-item {\n  position: relative;\n  width: 50%;\n  padding: 14px 16px;\n  box-sizing: 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0.98rem;\n}\n.tl-card a {\n  color: var(--steps-red);\n  text-decoration: none;\n  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(214,0,52,.25);\n}\n.tl-card a:hover {\n  border-bottom-color: rgba(214,0,52,.6);\n}\n\n\/* Responsive - auf schmalen Screens alles mittig untereinander *\/\n@media (max-width: 800px) {\n  .tl::before { left: 12px; transform: none; }\n  .tl-item,\n  .tl-item:nth-child(even),\n  .tl-item:nth-child(odd) {\n    width: 100%;\n    left: 0;\n    text-align: left;\n    padding: 12px 16px 12px 28px;\n  }\n  .tl-item::before { left: 6px; right: auto; }\n  .tl-card { max-width: 100%; }\n}\n<\/style><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wir wagen einen kleinen R\u00fcckblick und schauen\u00a0 uns an, was bisher geschah. In dieser Timeline finden sich vor allem Meilensteine aus Okakarara &#8211; Ereignisse, die wir noch heute als pr\u00e4gend empfinden. Am Ende der Timeline steht das Jahr 2024 &#8211; das Jahr, in dem wir den 18. Geburtstag in Okakarara feiern und hoffen, dass ihr [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40160"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42893,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40160\/revisions\/42893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}