“Kinderhilfe in Namibia e. V.” is an organisation
based in Germany, which was etablished by Mr Hans-Joachim Gomoll
(IBV München), Mr Gerhard Friedl (former Chief editor of
the Bavarian Broadcasting System - Radio) together with vsome
some friends of Namibia in 1992. Originally the main objective
of this organisation was the financial and moral support of the
so-called former GDR – Namibian children through vocational
training in Germany. So far, ten young German-Namibians have participated
in this programme, four of them are still in Germany.
The high costs invested in the original programme did not render
the expected results, so in August 1997 the chairpersons, Mr.
Jochen Gomoll and Mr. Gerhard Friedl decided to transfer the activities
to Namibia.
The funds for ”Kinderhilfe in Namibia” are mainly
coming from private donors in Germany and the fundraising programme
during Christmas ("Sternstunden") at the Bavarian Broadcasting
Co-operation (Bayerischer Rundfunk. Since 2002 "Kinderhilfe
in Namibia e. V." is receiving funding from the German "Ministry
for Economic Cooperation and Development" for bigger projects.
In addition to this „Kinderhilfe in Namibia e.V.“
is responsible fort the administration of funds coming from various
donors like LBS Baden-Württemberg, Irma-Pfeifer-Stiftung,
communion children of Linz/Rhein and others.
In Namibia a group of Namibians supports the first selection
of project activities, the final decision is always taken in Munich.
The composition of the local board guarantees both the utilisations
of funds in accordance with the constitution and transparency.
The basic decision taken was to assist young Namibian people with
the following two programmes:
