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| Home of Good Hope, Katutura, Namibia |
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| Home of Good Hope, Katutura, Namibia |
Even if I had achieved travel-technically my big aim, when I reached the
southernmost tip of Africa - there was still something I desperately
wanted to do: to visit Monica and the kids of "Home of Good Hope" in
Katutura near Windhoek, Namibia. Actually, I have promised it and for
sure, I wanted to go there. So, I put myself in a bus and have gone in
22 hours to Windhoek. It is 1500 kilometers, so, it takes quite a
while!
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| Home of Good Hope, Katutura, Namibia |
Four years ago, I spent two months in Namibia and half of
this time I have spent in Windhoek. Again, I stayed at Chameleon
Backpackers. The staff was still the same, and dog Blackie apparently
still knew me. I got a place the same dormitory and on top the same bed
like 2009....
The friends of that time for sure were not there
anymore. Chameleon Backpackers still is, however, a drop-in center for
young pilots in search for employment to get the necessary flying hours.
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| Home of Good Hope, Katutura, Namibia |
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| Monica, Home of Good Hope, Katutura, Namibia |
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| Home of Good Hope, Katutura, Namibia |
However,
I had 1 1/2 hours to take a shower, to have breakfast and to get ready.
All that after 22 hours in the bus. Then Monica arrived - she is the
lady running "Home of Good Hope". Here, lots of underprivileged children
from township Katutura near Windhoek get a warm meal! In 2009, I helped
out for some weeks! It was great to meet Monica again! For sure, we
went right away to see the kids. In 2009, around 200 children came each
day to the soup kitchen -
today, it´s up to 580!
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| Home of Good Hope, Katutura, Namibia |
For sure, not all of them find immediately a
place to sit down and eat. In the morning, there are the small kids and
the ones, which attend school in the afternoon. From 12.30 pm, the soup
kitchen becomes very busy, when school children flow out of all
directions into the small hut. The queue sometimes is all the way to the
street.
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| Long queus, Home of Good Hope, Katutura, Namibia |
It was a great week with Monica and the kids. Singing,
clapping, dancing, distributing food - all that with loads of children
on the arm. Playing with the kids, making puzzles, being a doctor for
the ones with cuts and burns, hugging and talking. One day, we wrote and
painted nicely colored African checks for the donors as a thank you.
Lots of things to take photos and videos. Each day was filled with all
sorts of activities and each day, I was completely finished, when I came
back to Chameleon around 4pm.
Monica’s son Peacemaker gave me a tour through the township. By myself, this would
not be a good idea, also not with a camera and taking photos. But with Peacemaker joining me, it was no problem.
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| Home of Good Hope, Katutura, Namibia |
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| Home of Good Hope, Katutura, Namibia |
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| Home of Good Hope, Katutura, Namibia |
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| Katutura, Namibia |
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