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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).
There was also Fair trade elephant cocoa and elephant coffee, each with or without Amarula liqueur and homemade cookies (Brödle).

All proceeds from food, drinks or sales go 100% to the school and children's projects in Okombahe, Omaruru and Windhoek.
Advent bazaars
in Pfedelbach-Oberhöfen and in Schöntal-Bieringen

On Sunday, November 25, 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 in advance. At affordable prices, it was possible to prepare one's own environment for Advent and Christmas. It was also possible to find small Christmas gifts for friends and family.
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 provided with accommodation in a student hostel, and around 40 parents are additionally supported with school fees for their children or with kindergarten fees for their young children.
It was nice that some of you were there and also learned about our work.
The Namibia Support Association strengthens its structures in Namibia

Most of the association’s projects are run through the concrete work in Okombahe by Albertina Swartboi (a soup kitchen for about 80 small children, their support of four student dormitories and one kindergarten with the toy library) and Yvonne Nowases (a second soup kitchen for approximately 80 older schoolchildren, support in the church's student dormitory, and implementation of the children's church service partnership) and other staff in Okombahe were very calm and encouraging. However, for a long time, the association lacked local people who could provide structural support and keep track of inquiries and problems.
read more above Vehepa Akwnye, Christof Kisting and Naftaline Hiiko

A second soup kitchen for Okombahe

A special request came from the Dibasen Secondary School. Grades 8-10 are taught there in Okombahe. Most of the students (approximately 200) are housed in the attached student residence, as the daily commute from home to school would be far too long. The association covers the student residence fees for nine needy students. The general student residence fees include a regular, proper lunch for these young people. The other approximately 80 young people who live in Okombahe, however, have to go home during the lunch break before their three afternoon classes. The current problem, however, is that most of these young people do not return to school and deliberately miss the afternoon classes. To prevent this, the school administration approached the association and asked if we could set up a soup kitchen near the school, providing a simple lunch for these 80 young people. Yvonne Nowases, the school secretary, has now started this soup kitchen with a cook, which is regularly funded 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, and burglar-proof windows and doors and shelves for the toys were purchased.
A second kindergarten in Okombahe received 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.
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