{"id":42852,"date":"2026-06-04T13:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/?p=42852"},"modified":"2026-06-11T13:42:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T11:42:29","slug":"two-friends-one-common-goal-become-nurses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/zwei-freundinnen-ein-gemeinsames-ziel-krankenschwester-werden\/","title":{"rendered":"Two friends, one shared goal: becoming nurses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our Year 1 Nursing Students Shilipa Christiaan and Uaanao Humbu impressively show just how much courage, perseverance and hope there is in the children and young people who grow up with steps for children. Both began their educational journey in our steps preschools, were admitted to the Schutzengel programme in first grade - and today stand on the threshold of a profession that will change their lives and those of many others.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Shilipa Christiaan \u2013 from preschool child to aspiring nurse<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Shilipa is 21 years old, lives in Okakarara and is the eldest of eight siblings. steps has accompanied her since 2011 - back then still in preschool with educator Melba.\u00a0<\/p>

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Her path was not always easy: she repeated Grade 5, completed Grade 11 in 2023, but had to improve her points and took a course to improve her points at NAMCOL. With support from steps in three subjects, she fought her way through - Mathematics remained her favourite subject.<\/p>

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Today she is studying<\/b> in Year 1 Nursing at Welwitchia Health Training Centre, Kombat Campus. She has already successfully completed the one-year preparatory course \u201eFoundation of Health Science\u201c. She is currently gaining her first practical experience at the hospital in Okakarara.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cI was inspired by my sponsors because they believed in me even when I failed\u2026 They motivated me a lot.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Her career wish was clear from an early age: nurse. One day, Shilipa wants to be a registered nurse, helping children who cannot afford school.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Uaanao Humbu \u2013 once a Schutzengel child, now a steps student<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Uaanao is 20 years old and lives with her grandmother and four siblings in Okakarara. She has been part of steps since 2013 - starting in preschool with educator Lena. Uaanao also had to overcome setbacks and repeated Grade 10 before completing Grade 11 in 2024. Mathematics was also her favourite subject, and like many children from Okakarara, she lived in the hostel from secondary school onwards.<\/p>

Today Uaanao is also studying<\/strong> in Year 1 Nursing at Welwitchia Health Training Centre in Kombat. She has successfully completed the preparatory course and is currently gaining practical experience at the hospital in Okakarara.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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She used to want to become a teacher, but her points were not enough for that. So she decided to study Nursing and found her path in it. In her free time, she likes to spend time with netball and music.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\u201cMy dream is to become a registered nurse\u2026 so I start helping or supporting others the way steps supported me.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Normally, the preparatory course for the Bachelor\u2019s degree takes two years, but due to the particularly good performance<\/strong> both Shilipa and Uaanao were exempted from the second year and were allowed to move on to the Bachelor\u2019s course after just one year!<\/span><\/p>

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Shilipa and Uaanao stand for many young people who, through steps for children, receive opportunities that would otherwise have been denied to them. It shows how valuable long-term support is and how strong children can become when someone believes in them.\u00a0<\/p>

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Education changes lives!<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Both young women carry their dreams with impressive determination \u2014 and we are proud to be able to accompany them on this journey.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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If you would also like to support the educational journey <\/strong><\/p>

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Unsere Year\u20111\u2011Nursing-Students Shilipa Christiaan und Uaanao Humbu zeigen eindrucksvoll, wie viel Mut, Ausdauer und Hoffnung in den Kindern und Jugendlichen steckt, die mit steps for children aufwachsen. Beide haben ihre Bildungsreise in unseren steps Vorschulen begonnen, wurden in der ersten Klasse in das Schutzengel-Programm aufgenommen \u2013 und stehen heute an der Schwelle zu einem Beruf, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":42807,"comment_status":"closed","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-42852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42852","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42852"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42879,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42852\/revisions\/42879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsforchildren.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}