Thank you very much:
Alfonso Hüppi / for your fateful invitation into the Museum in the Bush and your grandheart cosmopolitanism / without you we might never have come to Africa.
Erwin Gebert from Etaneno Farm / for your hospitality, precious farm tools, and our serious arguments.
Holger Bunk / Without you, the Primary School Garden might not exist, because you led us to Miss Matilda, and you have been supporting the school from 2003 until now.
Our son Johnny / for your basic trust in us and in this work / we will never forget how faithful you've been working on the compost (as if there are no snakes) when you visited the school for your first time, aged eleven.
Carla and Andi / for the many beautiful fruit trees.
Michi / for the first garden tools.
Our godson Hugo / for a wheelbarrow and a garden hose.
Stefan, Paul, Svea, and Johnny / for the action “drinking for Africa," which enriched the garden with a 5000 liter rainwater tank.
Doris and Peter, for the most beautiful sunsets, the most delicious meals, and the feeling of being at home in the middle of the wilderness.
And to our farmer, Heiko Becker, for his patient and loving support with even the most stupid questions, for wonderful farm tours and of course for the one or other jackal!
Family Cotze from the Roidina Lodge / for many large and small care packages.
Joe Maier / for 500 spoons, all the kitchen utilities, and 1000 advices.
Stefan and Stella / for this great website and their constant support, updates, and patience.
Pia / for the beautiful words.
Svea / for the nice translation.
Summertime / for the outfit.
Alexa / for her great commitment to Inner Wheel, which means that our vision of building a schoolhall suddenly becomes real quite quickly.
Ms. Wolf / for her homeopathic ability to practice and heal from the distance.
Marius Klages and the whole team of Zahlenwerk / for knowledge, advice, action and infinite patience in all our tax issues and concerns.
Regula and Fredy Lienhard / for generous, generous, and recurring support.
Peter Friedli and Noldi Stettbacher / for their generous help in technical support.
Stefan / for his great big heart and never-ending assistance.
Michael / for the “pin with a head” as a start of the construction of the school hall.
The one and only Founder Olivia M. Weber (sel.) of the Light Dimension Foundation for new Dimensional Consciousness / for food, warmth, and appreciation for life in peace and respect.
Wolfgang and the HPZ / for the spontaneous help.
Fly & Help with EduCare / for the generous support for the construction of three new classrooms and the renovation of the toilet facilities. Roman Gabriel, build good 0601 GmbH, and the buyers of the Mendels / for the shining moment of GO BEAM. Myriam, for your openness and trust. Our quiet, modest, and generous supporters who prefer to remain in the background. Fly & Help with the Hartmut Pfeifer family / for the generous support for the construction of a farm kindergarten. Reiner Meutsch, who dedicated his birthday to the school building project in Otumborombonga. Kirsten and Gerd Wölbling, who with their big hearts always share their wonderful farm life with us.

Our families and our many friends / who never get tired of listening, thinking, and giving their hearts and their money.

A very special thanks to our public supporters:
Foundation Kunstfonds Bonn, Germany
Kulturlandgemeinde AR, Switzerland
Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Germany

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But above all we would like to thank our Namibian friends:
To the headmistress, Miss Matilda Kharuxas, for her friendship, her long-standing trust, and words as beautiful as the soil of Africa, who will continue to be by our side at the GO BEAM Academy. To the headmaster, Mr. Marco Siseho, for his trust, his openness, his support, and his unwavering desire to take education at the primary school to a new level. To Ms. Muhurre, Ms. Dschambule, Mr. Patako, Ms. Kambinda, and all the other teachers at the primary school for their selfless dedication beyond their regular duties. To Ms. Hilde Hoeses, Ms. Lydia, Ms. Erika, Ms. Stella, Mr. Ludwig, Mr. Richard, Mr. Manfred, Om Lasa, and the many others for their continuous collaboration as equals. To Mr. Marcellus and Miss Lydia for their dedicated work in the garden and nursery. Without them, we and the garden would be lost. To Mister Festus, Miss Rona, and Miss Sabatha / for the wonderful work in the library. To Mr. Hermanus van Ster, our Master of Ceremonies / for his dedication as garden coordinator. To the one and only Mister Cloethe / for his height, his know-how, and his humor. To Ms. Rachel / for the pink nail polish. To Ms. Uiisis / for the most beautiful birthday song ever. To Mr. Harry and the school board / for the great involvement of parents. To Miss Isolda and Miss Christophine / for their big hearts at GO BEAM kindergarten. To all 559 children / for pictures, necklaces, love letters, and their trust. And to the incredibly great team at the Ministry of Education around Mister Ndafenongo, at Kambazembi Royal TA, at Mister Asaph Kandjeo, at Mister Novengi, the family of Miss Vahanika Kahorongo, and the community of Otumborombonga / for the continuous support, the dedicated and committed cooperation, and the heartfelt, shared, all-uniting desire to build a primary school for Otumborombonga.

We thank you from the bottom of our hearts because we feel blessed to be able to do this work!
Ms Petra and Mr Thomas

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