Fortsetzung Unsere Auszubildenden

Beide machen gerade ein 6-monatiges Praktikum jeweils in einem Hotel hier in Swakopmund. Obwohl die Bedingungen in den beiden Hotels sehr unterschiedlich sind, bestätigen sie uns, dass sie sowohl in der Theorie als auch jetzt in der Praxis sehr viel lernen und dankbar dafür sind.

Petronella ist im ersten Jahr ihrer Büroausbildung und ist schon viel selbstbewusster und fröhlicher geworden. Ohne es genau zu wissen, haben wir sie nun schon viele Jahre unterstützt, erst an der Waldfrieden-Grundschule bei Omaruru, dann an der Martin-Luther-High-Schule (MLH) und nun bei COSDEC in ihrer Ausbildung. Ich bin dankbar, dass wir nun schon seit 12 Jahren in junge Menschen in den Schülerheimen investieren. Bei den meisten erfahren wir nicht, was aus ihnen geworden ist, doch immer mal wieder taucht ein dankbarer junger Mensch auf.

Marvellous macht eine Krankenschwesterausbildung, die deutlich teurer ist als die Ausbildung bei COSDEC. Als wir sie vor zwei Jahren eingestellt haben, wollte sie von uns nur die Ausbildungskosten, den Lebensunterhalt könnte ihre Familie selbst bezahlen. In der Realität stimmte das leider nicht so ganz, nun helfen wir ihr teilweise mit zusätzlichen Transportkosten und einem Essenszuschuss, da sie letztes Jahr aufgrund von Mangelernährung ins Krankenhaus eingeliefert werden musste. Jetzt macht sie wieder einen fröhlichen und ausgeglichenen Eindruck. Aus ihr wird nächstes Jahr mit Sicherheit eine gute Krankenschwester.

Die anderen beiden Auszubildenden Roceline und Martinus sind in Okombahe und bestreiten eine 1 ½ -jährige Online-Erzieher*innen-Ausbildung. Doch darüber mehr, wenn ich über Okombahe berichte.

Unsere derzeit 8 Auszubildenden werden von Paten in Deutschland finanziert, die sich bereiterklärt haben, 1-3 Jahre einen ganzen (1800.-€) oder halben (900.-€) Ausbildungsplatz pro Jahr zu finanzieren. Falls gewünscht dürfen diese gerne mit den Auszubildenden auch persönlichen Kontakt aufnehmen. Ende Oktober wollen wir wieder neue Auszubildende in persönlichen Interviews auswählen.                       zurück

ContinuedCity cycling 13202km

Special thanks also go to the Evangelical Church Parish in PfedelbachChristian Dengler campaigned for this to happen. Eberhard Bauer from the Bauer printing company and Hansjörg Stickel from Hosti GmbH the result of the “Team Evangelical Church Community” with 4234km donated to the Namibia Association. This will further increase the proceeds for Namibia. twice for €42.34 increased.

With the money raised from sponsors, we can

· either Support 14 children in a state-run boarding school for one year

· or Providing for 20 children in a soup kitchen for one year

· or We will open our educational playroom (Toy Library) for one year.

Many thanks to our generous sponsors!back

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It's been sitting unfinished for over a year now, even though all the materials are there. But the workers are stalling on wage demands that the government refuses to pay. That's why nothing has progressed. We already helped out with an outstanding payment at the end of last year. But that doesn't seem to have been enough, because now everything has ground to a halt again, since other workers weren't satisfied with the offered wages. I argued at length with the administrator, who, on the one hand, complained about the workers' attitude, but on the other hand, now wants the money back from us. Without going into detail, this is very annoying and hurtful for me. Now we're trying to find a new way to get the kindergarten finished and reopened soon. Only then can our Toy Library (educational play area) They should function normally again. Let's see if anything changes in the coming weeks.

And progress is being made, slowly but surely: There's a new German teacher at MLH, and since last week the lights have come back on in the teachers' room. However, the water supply in Okombahe is still very irregular.

Over the past months and years, I have seen many different projects and initiatives by Germans in Namibia. The beautiful buildings were constructed with project funding that had been applied for. Such beautiful buildings, such clean and well-made materials! Our children in Okombahe have never experienced such a structured environment before. That sometimes makes me sad. But we don't have the money for that, and so far we haven't Nor is there anyone in the club who would like to submit applications for that. and strategically advances the ideas on site with us.

What Margret and I can do, and what we keep trying to do, is help the people in our projects. with respect and love, on equal terms to show our support. We try to live alongside those in charge (of the soup kitchens, kindergartens, and schools) or with the project participants (the children, students, and trainees) in their daily lives and support them in this. Our farewell party here in Okombahe was another such opportunity to sing, dance, and eat together, to which many brought something of their own.

That's all for today, thank you very much for your interest in the people of Namibia.

In recent weeks you have five reports You can learn a lot about the current situation in Namibia from me. If you are interested, If you would like to hear more or contribute your skills, please contact us.back

Fortsetzung                 Post aus Namibia, Teil 4

Aluceus und Titus, die beiden Maurerlehrlinge haben ein Segen ihr Mathe1 im Nachhinein bestanden und müssen nun die Prüfungen für das zweite Jahr schreiben, wenn sie wollen. Emil, der gelernte Bürokaufmann, wird seine eine nichtbestandene Prüfung im Mai nachholen und vorher online dafür üben.

Zwei der acht Auszubildenden, Roceline und Martinus, leben in Okombahe und bestreiten eine zweijährige Online-Erzieher-Ausbildung bei NAMCOL. Beiden bezahlen wir in der Ausbildung ihren Lebensunterhalt, sie arbeiten dazu ca. 30 Stunden die Woche mit Kindern in der Toy-Library, im Schülerheim oder in der Vorschulklasse der Grundschule. Martinus konnten wir von seinem Paten in Deutschland einen guten gebrauchten Laptop zum Lernen und Arbeiten übergeben. Wir hoffen, dass wir die Kleinkinder in Okombahe mit den beiden Auszubildenden unterstützen können. Die Praxis wird ihnen in ihrer Ausbildung guttun, so dass das für mich eine „Win-Win“-Situation ist.

Wer von Ihnen bereit ist eine Patenschaft für ein Ausbildungsjahr für einen jungen Namibier zu übernehmen, der darf sich gerne bei uns melden.

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Continued Post from Namibia, Part 3

How can a garden be cultivated with little water? How can you grow your own seeds? Which plants grow well together in the same bed? How do I make my own compost? All these answers were very important to our people from Okombahe. Laurenz and Jasmin And we, too, want to see what changes occur in the gardens over the next six months. But gardens in Okombahe are always a risk because of the constant water shortage. And unfortunately, there has still been far too little rain in Okombahe; everything is dry, dry, dry.

Margret also gave a training course to some women a few days ago. How can fresh vegetables be preserved or canned? She exchanged ideas with six younger women and put the methods into practice. Yvonne, who was also present, was very enthusiastic and wants to offer this training herself to other women soon. Small success stories?

He has been leading the organization for three years Roceline now our Toy Library (pedagogical play area) in Okombahe. Without formal training, but interested, she did this for two years, and has now been studying to become a kindergarten teacher through distance learning with NAMCOL for a year. She is very enthusiastic and showed me many new ideas yesterday, which she also wants to share with the other kindergarten teachers in Okombahe.

Since this year, we have been supporting in addition to Roceline also Martinus, a young man who also by NAMCOL educators He wants to become a teacher. To enable him to complete his distance learning studies, we pay his basic living expenses. In return, he helps Roceline in the toy library for three hours every day and tutors the older children in the boarding school (grades 5-7) in math and English for three hours. Our first impression is very good: he is motivated and the children are looking forward to seeing him.

Beate, Our current guest is also a kindergarten teacher and has pursued further education in many areas. Together with Margret, she attended the Kindergartens, the Toy Library, and the pre-primary class of the primary school She helped out. She was spontaneously allowed to participate in everything, which was good for her and for the people in Okombahe as well.

Margret and Beate have also the ecumenical with the women in Okombahe "World Day of Prayer for Women" on the subject "Women in Palestine" They celebrated and afterwards ate together. This was very interesting and encouraging for the women present. They want to meet again soon and pray specifically for the women and girls in Namibia. The official figures violence against women and girls In Namibia, there are approximately 3000 cases annually, and the number of unreported cases is certainly much higher.

On a Saturday, we were with our guest and actually five younger Namibians, Roceline, Martinus, Emely, Rosmarie and David, who help us in the projects, to Brandberg to the "White Lady" They drove. None of them had ever been to Brandberg. They don't know the beauty of Namibia. Unfortunately, they came. Rosmarie (her child's illness) and Emely was not with her. Emily She was at her aunt's house that morning; her aunt had been stabbed to death by her violent boyfriend the previous night. The woman leaves behind six young children who will now be raised by their grandmother. A horrific example of gender-based violence, which is currently receiving increasing media attention in Namibia.

That's all for today, thank you very much for your interest in the people of Namibia.back

Continued Post from Namibia, Part 2

The bakery in Okombahe, which we supported as a start-up for a while, shows me more and more clearly how human guilt These are often the reasons for the shortage.

Perhaps out of necessity, but certainly criminally, they disappeared last year. Sacks of flour and money in their own pockets, but even worse is the energy company that is in the Top floors embezzle millions has, but in the case of small projects, it takes so much money just for providing electricity that a village project cannot survive at all.

In addition, he told us YvonneYvonne, who has been trying to keep the bakery in Okombahe running since November, told me the following yesterday: She was away at a training course last week and handed over the reins to an employee we've known for a long time. When Yvonne returned, the employee complained that the money she had taken in had been stolen. Strangely enough, a relative of hers was suddenly able to sell a lot of meat. The police are investigating, but as is so often the case, the victims have to provide evidence that the police can't find on their own. That needy people behave so corruptly among themselves, and that the police just stand by and watch, was something I couldn't have imagined before.

I am currently reading the second book by the Namibian politician here in Namibia. Libertina Amathila “The Emty Armchair”. She describes her "retirement," during which she became a professional farmer. A proud Namibian, she served the state for twenty years in high government positions and is now also Disappointed by some of the Namibians' attitudes. The general mentality of "Give me" (autere) She illustrates this very clearly with an example. A water pump, shared by several farmers on a government-provided resettlement farm, had broken down. They complained about the lack of water. Only a belt had snapped, costing the equivalent of €9. No one wanted to pay for it, even though they had enough money to go to the local inn. "It's not my property alone," they said, "the government should pay for it."

This "Give me" mentality (autere) We hear this time and again. I had a long conversation with the chief administrative officer of the county council in Okombahe. He's organized a sports tournament in Omaruru for next weekend, arranged transportation and new jerseys, but now they're still short drinks and food. None of the parents are willing to contribute. And without full provisions, the sports tournament won't take place. But I have... also said NO Because parents need to be taught over time to contribute themselves. This "give me" (autere) mentality hinders so much personal development and makes it so difficult for Margret and me to determine the appropriate level of support. Where do we need to help because otherwise nothing will progress, and where do we support the unfortunate mentality of the "other".

Now I've talked enough about the shortages and problems; next time I want to share some positive success stories.

That's all for today, thank you very much for your interest in the people of Namibia. back