She was able to speak with representatives from the primary school, the health center, the church community, the two student dormitories, the kindergarten, the secondary school, and the mayor's office, and experience the local needs firsthand. In addition to educational work for older students, a key focus of our association is developing and improving the living conditions of approximately 70 underprivileged children who use our soup kitchen.
March 21st marks Namibia's 26th Independence Day. Margret Knoche will be celebrating it in Swakopmund with Albertina and Fiina—a former student of the Martin Luther High School—and some children. The association has received project proposals from Swakopmund, and these proposals will now be reviewed and evaluated. Only after their return will the association's board decide whether the organization will become involved in a school and kindergarten in Swakopmund on a longer-term basis.
Before Easter, I (Joachim Knoche) will have the opportunity to travel to Namibia myself. During the two weeks after Easter, the schools, student dormitories, and kindergartens will be open and operating normally, allowing my wife and me to visit the school projects, dormitories, and kindergartens in Uis, Khorixas, Opuwo, Grootfontein, and possibly Okarara, Omaruru, Okombahe, and Windhoek. Having always visited Namibia during the school holidays in August in previous years, I am now, as the chairman, pleased to see and experience the projects in operation. This will make it easier for me to decide, together with the local people, which projects should be further developed and how.
March 21st marks Namibia's 26th Independence Day. Margret Knoche will be celebrating it in Swakopmund with Albertina and Fiina—a former student of the Martin Luther High School—and some children. The association has received project proposals from Swakopmund, and these proposals will now be reviewed and evaluated. Only after their return will the association's board decide whether the organization will become involved in a school and kindergarten in Swakopmund on a longer-term basis.
Before Easter, I (Joachim Knoche) will have the opportunity to travel to Namibia myself. During the two weeks after Easter, the schools, student dormitories, and kindergartens will be open and operating normally, allowing my wife and me to visit the school projects, dormitories, and kindergartens in Uis, Khorixas, Opuwo, Grootfontein, and possibly Okarara, Omaruru, Okombahe, and Windhoek. Having always visited Namibia during the school holidays in August in previous years, I am now, as the chairman, pleased to see and experience the projects in operation. This will make it easier for me to decide, together with the local people, which projects should be further developed and how.
As an association, we are also looking for permanent and reliable local contacts so that – for financial and time reasons – we no longer have to visit the projects ourselves so often.
Thank you so much for the generous donations you have entrusted to our organization. With this trip, we are trying to use these funds effectively on the ground. My wife and I would be grateful if you would accompany us in your thoughts and prayers during our journey.