Berichte 2018
Our current projects
From Friday to Sunday on the 3rd Advent
we were again with a stand in the castle courtyard at the Öhringen Christmas market.
In addition to small African and German Christmas gifts, the Namibian winter soup (with corn and chicken) and the vegetarian ovambo soup (with pumpkin and sweet potatoes).
In addition to small African and German Christmas gifts, the Namibian winter soup (with corn and chicken) and the vegetarian ovambo soup (with pumpkin and sweet potatoes).
There was also Fair trade elephant cocoa and elephant coffee,
each with or without Amarula liqueur and home-baked cookies (Brödle).
100% of all proceeds from food, drinks or sales go to the school and children's projects in Okombahe, Omaruru and Windhoek.
Advent bazaars
in Pfedelbach-Oberhöfen and in Schöntal-Bieringen
At the Sunday, 25 November, organized by the Namibia Support Association two Advent bazaars, one in Pfedelbach Oberhöfen in the old schoolhouse, the other in Schöntal-Bieringen, Weinbergstraße 33, at Müllers in the courtyard.
Both Advent bazaars took place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Many people had made and crafted a variety of Advent items beforehand. At affordable prices, it was possible to prepare one's own environment for Advent and Christmas. Small Christmas gifts for friends and relatives could also be found.
With sausages and drinks, but also coffee and cake, the physical well-being of the participants was very well taken care of that day.
100% of the proceeds went to support projects in Namibia.
Among other things, around 120 children receive a nutritious, healthy lunch three times a week in two soup kitchens, a further 50 young people are given accommodation in a student hostel and around 40 parents are additionally supported with school fees for their children or with kindergarten fees for their small children.
It was nice that some of you were there and also found out about our work.
The Namibia Support Association consolidates its structures in Namibia
Most of the association’s projects run through the concrete work in Okombahe of Albertina Swartboi
(a soup kitchen for about 80 small children, their support of four school dormitories and one kindergarten with the toy library) and Yvonne Nowases
(a second soup kitchen for around 80 older school children, support in the church's student hostel and the implementation of the children's church service partnership) and other employees in Okombahe were very calm and encouraging. For a long time, however, the association lacked local people who could provide structural support and keep an overview of enquiries and problems.
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above Vehepa Akwnye, Christof Kisting
and Naftaline Hiiko
A second soup kitchen for Okombahe
A special request came from the Dibasen Secondary School.
Classes 8-10 are taught there in Okombahe. Most of the students (around 200) are housed in the attached student residence, as the daily journey from home to school would be far too long. The association covers the costs of the student residence for nine needy students. The general student residence fees include a regular, proper lunch for these young people. The other 80 or so young people who live in Okombahe, however, have to go home during the lunch break before the three afternoon classes. The problem now is that most of these young people do not return to school and deliberately miss the afternoon classes. In order to stop this, the school management asked the association whether we could set up a soup kitchen near the school for these 80 young people, providing a simple lunch. Yvonne Nowases, the school secretary, has now started this soup kitchen together with a cook, which is regularly financed by the association.
Margret Knoche spent three weeks working on the Namibia Support Association’s projects in Okombahe and the surrounding area.
Many individual projects, such as the toy library (an educational toy lending service) in the kindergarten, were further developed for the beginning, burglar-proof windows and doors and shelves for the toys were purchased.
A second kindergarten in Okombahe was given a shade roof so that the children can play outside in the heat even in summer.
She visited many existing projects and developed them further with the local staff.
Paulus Shiku, a reporter for the Namibian Press Agency (Nampa),
which is comparable to the German dpa, made a short video about her stay and some projects.
Hier sehen Sie einige Seiten von der Präsentation des Vorstandes
ander Jahreshaupteversammlung 2018.
