With a donation of 15 Euros per month, a child receives one healthy meal a day.
With a donation of 50 Euros per month, learning materials can be provided for all children.
With a donation of 100 Euros per month, you enable a child to attend our facility with lessons and care, including learning materials and meals (“abstract sponsorship”).
One-time donations are also very welcome. Every donation helps!
Early Learning Center (ELC)
100 percent of your donation – without any deductions – goes into our foundation’s support program.
Donations up to 20 percent of income are tax-deductible.
Endowments can be distributed tax-effectively over a period of ten years.
Volunteers are also Very Welcome to Support our Preschool and School Accompaniment Program! Working Together with our Teaching Team, Playing with the Children, and Helping Them Learn is a Very Special Experience!
We Offer Internships for a Period of Several Months, Ideally 6-12 Months. Our Experience Has Shown that a Shorter Period and the Associated High Fluctuation Negatively Affect the Children’s Development. Most of our Children Live in Impoverished, Very Difficult Circumstances, are Often Traumatized, and Require the Greatest Possible Stability in Their Caregivers. We Would like to Offer Them this at Little House of Hope.
If You are Interested in an Internship at Little House of Hope or our Partner Organization MYO, Please Send your Application to Info@Littlehouseofhope.De.
Internship Report by Carla Kübler
April 2023
My name is Carla Kübler, I am 19 years old and I am from Hamburg. After graduating from high school, I worked as a volunteer at Little House of Hope (LHoH) and Mondesa Youth Opportunities (MYO) from September 2022 to February 2023.
I gained a lot from this time in the projects and in Namibia! I had many exciting experiences and met new, interesting people.
At LHoH, I was immediately welcomed very warmly by the manager and the teachers, as well as by the children, and integrated into the kindergarten and school routine. Initially, I was assigned to different classes and was thus able to get to know the “little” and “big” children well. I also gained insights into the differences and similarities in teaching styles of the individual class teachers. By the end of the school year, I knew the names and faces of all 80 morning and 70 afternoon children, all of whom had grown very dear to me.
When the new school year began in January and new classes were admitted, I was primarily assigned to a class with 24 children aged 5 to 6. Here, I had the opportunity to get to know the children in this class more intimately. This gave me a better impression of how significant the differences in the children’s learning levels and learning speeds are. In addition to assisting in class, I was also allowed to help in the kitchen and learned how to cook local dishes, such as the popular “Mais Pap” (corn porridge).
I really enjoyed coming to LHoH every day. Working with the children was incredibly fun, but it also challenged me greatly and pushed me to my limits. I was particularly impressed by how much effort and thought the teachers put into celebrating special days with the children, in addition to their regular lesson preparation. Birthdays, Valentine’s Day, or Christmas became very special school days for the children – and for me – with a lot of preparation.
Nothing could have truly prepared me for the experiences I had in those six months. Receiving so much love and openness from the children and teachers positively surprised me greatly. At the same time, it was unfamiliar for me to experience the difference every day between my “middle-class” home in Swakopmund and the township where LHoH and MYO are located, and to see how some children struggle with learning and their parents often don’t know how best to support their children or lack the means to do so.
In my view, LHoH and MYO are therefore projects that offer hope and real support for the children and their families. They lay important foundations for their further academic and professional careers. The children feel that they don’t have to overcome the hurdles of the school system alone, but always know where to get the necessary support. Parents are also involved in supporting their children and integrating learning into daily life, for example, through reading aloud.
The commitment of the sponsors, management, and local teachers gives the children a real chance to receive a good education. I am infinitely grateful to have been a small part of LHoH and to have experienced daily life there. I will definitely always look back on my time there. I will certainly visit again!
