She was now able to speak with the elementary school, the health center, the church community, the two student dormitories, the kindergarten, the secondary school, and the mayor's office, and experience the needs firsthand. In addition to educational work for older students, one of our association's mainstays is developing and improving the living conditions of the approximately 70 needy soup kitchen children.
March 21st is Namibia's 26th Independence Day. Margret Knoche will be spending it with Albertina and Fiina—a former student of Martin Luther High School—and several children in Swakopmund, from where the association has also received project requests. These will now be reviewed and assessed. Only after their return will the association's committee decide whether the association will continue its long-term involvement in a school and kindergarten in Swakopmund.
Before Easter, I (Joachim Knoche) have the opportunity to travel to Namibia myself. In the two weeks following Easter, the schools, student residences, and kindergartens will be open and operating normally, so my wife and I can visit the school projects, student residences, and kindergartens in Uis, Khorixas, Opuwo, Grootfontein, and possibly Okarara, Omaruru, Okombahe, and Windhoek. Having always come to Namibia during the holidays there in previous years (in August), I am now, as Chairman, delighted to see and experience the projects in "ongoing" operation. This makes it easier for me to decide with the local people which projects should be further developed and in what way.
March 21st is Namibia's 26th Independence Day. Margret Knoche will be spending it with Albertina and Fiina—a former student of Martin Luther High School—and several children in Swakopmund, from where the association has also received project requests. These will now be reviewed and assessed. Only after their return will the association's committee decide whether the association will continue its long-term involvement in a school and kindergarten in Swakopmund.
Before Easter, I (Joachim Knoche) have the opportunity to travel to Namibia myself. In the two weeks following Easter, the schools, student residences, and kindergartens will be open and operating normally, so my wife and I can visit the school projects, student residences, and kindergartens in Uis, Khorixas, Opuwo, Grootfontein, and possibly Okarara, Omaruru, Okombahe, and Windhoek. Having always come to Namibia during the holidays there in previous years (in August), I am now, as Chairman, delighted to see and experience the projects in "ongoing" operation. This makes it easier for me to decide with the local people which projects should be further developed and in what way.
As an association, we are also looking for permanent and reliable contacts on site so that we no longer have to visit the projects ourselves so often – for financial and time reasons.
Thank you very much for the large sums of money you have entrusted to the organization. With this trip, we are trying to use these funds appropriately on site. My wife and I would be grateful if you would accompany us on this journey in your thoughts and prayers.