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July 2013 Mammadù Shelter, Otjomuise Hi to all of you, hope you are all fine. Following some news from the magic world of Mammadù. In May we had our school holidays and so we went to visit our beautiful city. The kids love to go to town so they were all dressed up and really sweet. First stop The Christus Church! They were truly amazed by the only painting next to the altar, some of them never saw a painting! For Petrus it was a huge experience and he whispered to me “Mammy there is Jesus!”. Then there was the organ and for the kids it was unbelievable that one plays that instrument even with the feet. We had a very nice guide there, very children friendly and able to explain them everything. From there we moved to the Alte Feste the old German fort which is now a museum. While they were busy visiting the place I went to get muffins and juice for them for break time, believing that after all that culture they would be very hungry. And so it was. When I met them again and asked them what the liked most in the museum, all of them were agreeing: “the fishes”. I was truly astonished because as far as I knew there are no fishes at the museum… but that’s not true, there are!! There is a little fountain in the middle of the fort and there are fishes!! And they were the highlight of our trip. Can you believe? Just a few fishes? Then I thought that these children most probably never saw a real fish. At Mammadù they eat fish every week because it’s healthy, but they come out of a tin and where should they have seen fishes if not in a book!!! Well we had then break time in Parliament Park and then a stop at the playground at zoo park, they deserved it as the behaved impeccable. Lukas, one of our great 1 learners is going on with his gym classes and he is doing so well that he will participate in a special training session in SA during August. We are really very lucky, because the 7000 Namibian Dollars, but as Lukas is really talented the club covers half of the costs and so we could effort to send Lukas too. He is already very exited and we got also his passport ready. I truly believe that we have to support a child in his talent and help him in any way we can to improve. A talent is a gift of God and we have to do everything to support that. Now all of them are back to school and all of them are studying hard, because we tell them every day that only going to school and learning the most they can because it’s very important. Hope you enjoy the pictures. Have a lovely day. Agnes

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July  2013  Mammadù  Shelter,  Otjomuise  

 

 

Hi  to  all  of  you,  hope  you  are  all  fine.  

   

Following  some  news  from  the  magic  world  of  Mammadù.  

In  May  we  had  our  school  holidays  and  so  we  went  to  visit  our  beautiful  city.  The  kids  love  to  go  to  town  so  they  were  all  dressed  up  and  really  sweet.    

First  stop  The  Christus  Church!  They  were  truly  amazed  by  the  only  painting  next  to  the  altar,  some  of  them  never  saw  a  painting!  For  Petrus  it  was  a  huge  experience  and  he  whispered  to  me  “Mammy  there  is  Jesus!”.  Then  there  was  the  organ  and  for  the  kids  it  was  unbelievable  that  one  plays  

that  instrument  even  with  the  feet.  

We  had  a  very  nice  guide  there,  very  children  friendly  and  able  to  explain  them  everything.    

From  there  we  moved  to  the  Alte  Feste  the  old  German  fort  which  is  now  a  museum.  While  they  were  busy  visiting  the  place  I  went  to  get  muffins  and  juice  for  them  for  break  time,  believing  that  after  all  that  culture  they  would  be  very  hungry.  And  so  it  was.    

When  I  met  them  again  and  asked  them  what  the  liked  most  in  the  museum,  all  of  them  were  agreeing:  “the  fishes”.  I  was  truly  astonished  because  as  far  as  I  knew  there  are  no  fishes  at  the  museum…  but  that’s  not  true,  there  are!!  There  is  a  little  fountain  in  the  middle  of  the  fort  and  there  are  fishes!!  And  they  were  the  highlight  of  our  trip.  

Can  you  believe?  Just  a  few  fishes?  Then  I  thought  that  these  children  most  probably  never  saw  a  real  fish.  At  Mammadù  they  eat  fish  every  week  because  it’s  healthy,  but  they  come  out  of  a  tin  and  where  should  they  have  seen  fishes  if  not  in  a  book!!!  Well  we  had  then  break  time  in  Parliament  Park  and  then  a  stop  at  the  playground  at  zoo  park,  they  deserved  it  as  the  behaved  impeccable.  

 Lukas,  one  of  our  great  1  learners  is  going  on  with  his  gym  classes  and  he  is  doing  so  well  that  he  will  participate  in  a  special  training  session  in  SA  during  August.  We  are  really  very  lucky,  because  the  7000  Namibian  Dollars,  but  as  Lukas  is  really  talented  the  club  covers  half  of  the  costs  and  so  we  could  effort  to  send  Lukas  too.  He  is  already  very  exited  and  we  got  also  his  passport  ready.  I  truly  believe  that  we  have  to  support  a  child  in  his  talent  and  help  him  in  any  way  we  can  to  improve.  A  talent  is  a  gift  of  God  and  we  have  to  do  everything  to  support  that.      

 Now  all  of  them  are  back  to  school  and  all  of  them  are  studying  hard,  because  we  tell  them  every  day  that  only  going  to  school  and  learning  the  most  they  can  because  it’s  very  important.  

 Hope  you  enjoy  the  pictures.  Have  a  lovely  day.  

 

Agnes