Berichte 2017
A toy library for Okombahe
Children in Germany have lots of good toys, often too many! Children in Okombahe rarely know stimulating, educational toys.
The Namibia Support Association tries to support the young children in Okombahe so that they can concentrate and develop further in school later on. Guided games, both alone and with others, are very valuable for this.
A toy library is a collection of toys that is set up like a library. Young children aged 2-9 can come at certain times to borrow games for 1-2 hours and play them with others, sometimes under supervision. This concept is still very new in Namibia. On her trip in March, Margret Knoche traveled to Windhoek for four days with six people with educational training from Okombahe to introduce them to a toy library.
The unanimous opinion was that they would like to introduce this in Okombahe too. On their project trip in August, Joachim and Margret Knoche organized a three-day training course for eight teachers in Okombahe, so that a trained teacher can now start with the Toy Library in Okombahe in the new school year. However, a fenced-in room still needs to be set up and some toys need to be made and some need to be purchased. The Namibia Association will keep you updated on whether the Toy Library can really start as planned in January.
Children in Germany have lots of good toys, often too many! Children in Okombahe rarely know stimulating, educational toys.
The Namibia Support Association tries to support the young children in Okombahe so that they can concentrate and develop further in school later on. Guided games, both alone and with others, are very valuable for this.
A toy library is a collection of toys that is set up like a library. Young children aged 2-9 can come at certain times to borrow games for 1-2 hours and play them with others, sometimes under supervision. This concept is still very new in Namibia. On her trip in March, Margret Knoche traveled to Windhoek for four days with six people with educational training from Okombahe to introduce them to a toy library.
The unanimous opinion was that they would like to introduce this in Okombahe too. On their project trip in August, Joachim and Margret Knoche organized a three-day training course for eight teachers in Okombahe, so that a trained teacher can now start with the Toy Library in Okombahe in the new school year. However, a fenced-in room still needs to be set up and some toys need to be made and some need to be purchased. The Namibia Association will keep you updated on whether the Toy Library can really start as planned in January.
Here you can see some pages from the Presentation of the Board
at the Annual General Meeting 2017.
Food for village development in Okombahe
Many of you noticed us at our food stand at the inauguration of the new Pfedelbach community hall "Nobelgusch", perhaps even ate a Namibian sausage or drank a fair trade juice. With the proceeds of around €800 we can finance the educational project that my wife Margret Knoche initiated during her recent stay in Namibia.
Many of you noticed us at our food stand at the inauguration of the new Pfedelbach community hall "Nobelgusch", perhaps even ate a Namibian sausage or drank a fair trade juice. With the proceeds of around €800 we can finance the educational project that my wife Margret Knoche initiated during her recent stay in Namibia.
With five adults from Okombahe, all of whom work with children in educational settings, she traveled to the capital, Windhoek, to spend four days visiting training companies, schools, and educational institutions. This gave adults from Okombahe, a small African town in Namibia, lots of new ideas about how they can organize their work locally and what opportunities there are for children and unemployed young people in Namibia. Next year, a toy lending service for kindergartens and primary schools is to be introduced, and the local pastor also wants to visit training companies in Windhoek with unemployed young people so that they can gain a new perspective on their lives in Okombahe. In August, when my wife and I are back in Namibia, we hope to build on this and discuss new opportunities with the local people. In this way, the Namibia Support Association is trying to give people hope in small steps. This is concrete village development in Okombahe.
Beer table sets for the soup kitchen in Okombahe
Margret Knoche spent three weeks on behalf of the Namibia Support Association visiting the supported projects in Namibia. She visited the supported young people at the NEAC School in Windhoek and at the Martin Luther High School.
During their time in Okombahe, the four beer table sets that had already been purchased arrived. What a difference it makes! Previously, the approximately 70-80 children all sat on the floor or ate standing up. Now they have the opportunity to sit at tables and on benches while eating.
Margret Knoche spent three weeks on behalf of the Namibia Support Association visiting the supported projects in Namibia. She visited the supported young people at the NEAC School in Windhoek and at the Martin Luther High School.
During their time in Okombahe, the four beer table sets that had already been purchased arrived. What a difference it makes! Previously, the approximately 70-80 children all sat on the floor or ate standing up. Now they have the opportunity to sit at tables and on benches while eating.
