Empower children

Our upcoming Activities: "Happy Times"

Get the children off the streets

We want to create an environment in the afternoon after the classes at 1pm. They need a structured day, because many of their parents are at work. Some parents have an alcohol problem and a lot of students live in a violent home. Otherwise, they are home alone, or spend their time on the streets doing nothing.

Afternoon Activities

Our new activities:

In November 2019, we bought a used container, which will be the center for our afterschool activities. "Happy Times". The container had to be repainted. We put safety bars in front of the windows and the door, and set up an alarmsystem.

Our new activities will be: Hoola hoops, drums, singing and dance performance, chess and mill games, rube cube, literature club our sewing atelier and last but not least children can do yoga and achieve their ICT abilities.

A second Meal a Day

before the children are going back home they will get a little snack.

Making them part of it!

Success takes place at eye level

Our projects are only as successful as they are accepted and put into practice by the school, and are made a part of themselves and their culture.

Get the Children off the Streets

A warm Meal a Day

Many of the children come from disadvantaged homes. There is often no food at home, because their parents cannot afford it. This factor causes a poor performance at school. With an empty stomach, it`s impossible to attend and concentrate in school. thats the reason why we support "a warm Meal a Day."

Festus Gonteb Primary School Library

In 2018, we started with the library in a used container. We painted the outside, installed a new alarm system and new bookshelves. The most difficult part was to find suitable books for all the different ages. In the last few months, we got several hundred new books. Since April 2019, we employ a fulltime librarian, which is paid monthly through Goods4Life. The librarian is presenting some new books to each class, so they get to know the books.

ICT, Laptops, Printer and TV

Eight laptops and a printer are available so the students can write their essays and print them out. Festus Gonteb Primary School is the only library in the Erongo Region/Namibia who has the opportunity to provide laptops.

Extending Knowledge

The library is during and after school open and also during school break. For some children the library has become their new favorite place.

The salary for the librarian is paid by Goods4Life.

School Uniforms

Being equal

To wear the green and yellow school uniform means to have the same Status as all other children. Uniforms are very expensive, and not all the parents are able to buy them for their children.

Yoga4Mondesa

Children who are practicing Yoga are more balanced and happy. They achieve even better grades in school.

Playground

The children enjoy the break inbetween the lessons

Goods4Life and Mondesa Schooland Community Foundation restored it with the help of a few volunteers.

Sewingatelier

We started out with our six brand new Bernina sewing machines. We teach the students how to sew diffrent things like a little bag for their pencils.

Sports

Soccer

We could motivate entrepreneurs in Swakopmund to donate shirts and shoes for a team! The daily exercises will keep them busy and fit. They love to participate, and they also learn to focus on what they are doing.