14/12/ – 18/12/2017 After we have finished our little tour in Kaokoland, I immediately have to prepare my journey home. However, I still have some time left, so I can finally look at the latest progress of the various construction projects. I am glad to see that the new classrooms in Otjimuru are now finished […]
08/12/ – 13/12/2017 When Urs returns on Friday, he is happy that everything went according to his plan in his absence, but he has to get rid of a justified complaint towards my direction: there is no stock of cold beer in the house! Oh man, sorry, sorry, sorry, big beginner’s mistake. The next morning, […]
01/12/ – 07/12/17 Apparently, I was not too dumb doing the tasks assigned to me. For one week, the supervision of the base in Okangavati is entrusted to me. While the two supermen from Switzerland Urs and Manfred have to go to Outjo and Windhoek for various errands, I hold down the fort. In Omanguete, […]
27/11/ – 30/11/17 In Omanguete, the foundation has literally already been laid. This means that now the walls of the hostel can be erected. Just a week ago, some construction workers started making bricks. Since last year, I know that this material has to undergo a hardening procedu (working process – school construction) for one […]
20/11/ – 26/11/2017 After the construction team have moved from Otjimuru to Omanguete and have spent a day off, they continue to work hard. Already a few months ago, 3 new classrooms and a school kitchen were inaugurated. However, there is a lot in this school that is old, that means it is too small […]
18/11/ – 20/11/2017 As already reported, I have received donations from my family again with which I can get something useful for the school in Otjimuru. After consultation with Anna, the principal, it is time. Tjoola, a teacher of the school, kindly drives me to Opuwo, about 100km away, in order to go shopping: correction […]
13/11/ – 17/11/2017 As in broad rivers, the basalt rocks stretch from the top to the bottom of the “zebra mountains”. As this black rock heats up too much in the sun for something to thrive there, the dark streaks remain nude and give the mountain its name and unique appearance. And right here, in […]
13/11/2017 Before I stay in Urs’s tent at the Otjimuru construction site, Urs, his mom and I visit the school in Omuhonga. The expansion of this educational institution was sponsored by CONDOR in 2016 and I was able to accompany the events last year. There will be a reunion with the highly dedicated principal, Mr. […]
08/11/ – 12/11/2017 Arrived in Windhoek, I check into a central hostel for two nights, from where I can reach the next mall on foot to complete the most necessary errands for a relaxed start. Right at the beginning, I organise an internet stick for my laptop, a Namibian SIM card for my own mobile […]
26/10/ – 07/11/2017 Between leaving Crete and leaving for Windhoek, I did not even have two weeks for reunions, preparations for my Namibia trip, as well as taking necessary steps for my official “reintegration” into Germany. Only a few years ago, I would have stressed myself from morning to night to be as ideally prepared […]
