
Lift as you rise
On this the fifth anniversary of the formal registration of the Gondwana Care Trust I reflect on the past five years, the impact that we have had and most importantly I reflect on why we do this.
The first realization that comes to mind is that it is not about the past five years. It is about the past 26 years. The tone was set right at the beginning when effort and money was spent on uplifting our people and giving back to nature what belonged to nature. It would have been easier and more profitable not to. But a small and financially struggling Gondwana did. Gondwana was not born big but was born a deeply purpose driven company.

IT IS ALL ABOUT SISTERHOOD… MATUKONDJO DOLLS PROJECT
Following the tracks of a windy, dusty road amid a randomly cited cluster of corrugated tin shacks in Windhoek’s Katutura, Okuryangava, along Mount Meru Street, you will regularly find a group of friends gathering on their front stoep. Meriam Haingura, Magda Ndimulene and Drotea Hamunyela have been living here for years. Meriam is originally from the vicinity of Nkurenkuru, northwest of Rundu and moved to Windhoek with her husband to ensure a better future for her seven children. Soon, she befriended her neighbours, Magda and Drotea, who are both from Owambo in northern Namibia.