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2025, February - An insulin pump for a brave Namibian boy
We're 33% in (1,153€ including EFTs)! 🥳❤️🩹⛱️
Now... he needs you to team up with us to change his life forever. Whatever you can chipin to reach the 65,348.10N$ (3,500€) needed to get him an insulin pump is highly appreciated...❤️🩹 everything counts ✨✨✨
How to team up?
- 💞 Share our GoFundMe campaign 👉🏽 https://gofund.me/1c1235a8
- ❣️ Share our bank details for EFT donations 👉🏽
Reference: Insuline Pump
Recipient: Umbrella Initiatives
Bank: FNB
Branch Code: 282273
Branch: Maerua Mall
Account number: 64285661350
Let's do this together ❤️🫂
Your Team...
Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️
From People To People
Why does he need this insulin pump so badly?
- ❤️🩹 He has Type 1 diabetes; his pancreas no longer produces insulin due to autoimmune damage to his beta cells. This makes it challenging to control blood sugar levels with conventional injections.
- ❤️🩹 In addition, he suffers from celiac disease, which further complicates his overall metabolic management.
2025, March February - Umbrella Initiatives Launches Donation Hub Receptacle
This communication serves to invite you for the launch of the first-ever Umbrella Initiatives Donation Hub Receptacle. The Donation Hub Receptacle aims to create a flexible platform for good Samaritans and donors who wish to donate towards the broader objective of Umbrella Initiatives.
Umbrella Initiatives promotes and thrives on collaborations and serves as a bridge between people willing to help others and people in need. Together we are touching many lives by helping others
This project was made possible through collaboration and generous support from Woerman Brock who offered financial contribution and free space for the receptacle, WIS students (11th Grade) who painted the receptacle, Rent-a-Drum who donated the drums, Mr. Stefanus who did the welding, and Neo Paints for their generous discount.
The media is cordially invited to cover the launch of the first ever Umbrella Initiatives Donation Hub Receptacle scheduled as follows:
DATE : Tuesday, 12 February 2025
VENUE : Woermann Brock Klein Windhoek /Ae//Gams
TIME: 15h00 (Sharp)
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2025, February - Donation Hub!
Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️ receives all kind of donations in good condition (cleaned and not-broken pre-loved clothes 👖🩳🥿👚👗🧦, toys 🪇🎁🧸, appliances ⏰️⌚️📸🔦, etc), sorts them, and makes them available to +/-30 NGOs within the Umbrella Network ⛱️💞.
Yesterday, we invested 7 hours non-stop, sorting our generous donors' contributions. Now our container is full and ready. In the coming weeks, we will invite NGOs to collect the items they need to implement their projects.
If you'd like to donate to us, you can do so at our Donation Hub at Woermann Brock Premium Supermarket Klein Windhoek. Look out for the yellow bins 💛🛢️ donated by Rent a Drum and decorated by Windhoek International School students.
Together, we can do more for others ❣️
Your Team...
Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️
From People To People
2025, February - 5th Workshop for NGOs: Community Mobilization
Yesterday was a day of knowledge sharing, reflection, and hard work.
Yesterday, Adelheid Awases soaked us with community mobilisation knowledge and infused us with passion during the 5th Umbrella Initiatives Workshop for NGOs. Thank you for your time, professionalism, and dedication. 💞
Big thank you to our *committed Umbrella Network members* - small local NGOs- who showed up sharp on time, with big smiles, and ready to learn and share. It's such an honor to work with you ☀️⛱️
This was only possible thanks to our great partner, the Franco Namibian Cultural Center (FNCC). Thank you soooooo much for your support!
Together, we can do more ❣️
Your Team...
Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️
From People To People
2025, February - 8th visit to Central Hospital - Oncology Unit
This weekend, we visited the Pediatric Oncology Unit at Central Hospital for the 8th time.
As usual, we brought to each of them a basic hygiene set (sponge 🧽, soap 🧼, toothpaste, and brush 🪥 , as well as body cream) thanks to our partner Woermann Brock Care Trust. Each kid also received a toy from an anonymous donor 🧸.
We're visiting them to have time to bring the childhood experience back to them during their very long and exhausting treatments. This time around, we played many games (chase the chair, catch me, etc.), laughed, and hugged.
We will be back in 3 months with more ideas and much love. 💗
Together, we can do more for others ❣️
Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️
From People To People
2025, January - Bookselves for all
This week is soooooo crazy... so magic! Soooooo many things are happening ✨✨✨
Today, we say thank you again. Big thank you to Markus Kirche for reaching out to us ⛱️ to channel their old library bookshelves. Today, 14 old bookshelves have found new homes at kindergarten, orphanages, soup kitchens, and more!
Thank you, Ursula and Marsia, for trusting us. Thank you, Hendrick - Avea Foundation, for making meaningful connections and staying until the end. Thank you, Havanah Charity Foundation, Smiley's Kindergarten, and Havanah Soup Kitchen, for showing up on time, helping other institutions, and becoming a team. Great work done! 💪🏼💪🏼
Together, we can do more for others ❣️
Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️
From People To People
2025, January - Desks for all
Ultimate Safaris has been supporting Mammadu for a long time. Recently, they decided to renovate their office furniture. As usual, Mammadu was informed and received some wonderful bookshelves. But there was sooooooo much more that the offer was extended to Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️ (thanks to Mammadu) . We then linked up our members with Ultimate Safaris... the chain of good will ended up with TB Free Namibia, EqualEdAware, and Smiley's kindergarten having a nicer working space for their wonderful social work.
Together, we can do more for others ❣️
Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️
From People To People
2025, January - Washing machine for E.M.A.!
This washing machine has been donated to E.M.A. (Emergency Medical Assistance - NGO) in honour of the late Dr. Beatrice Brock.
We have no words to thank our anonymous donor who has supported E.M.A., an Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️ member, in their mission to save lives irrespective of people's insurance status. We honour your work too.
Images show the new washing machine in action and training on its use being given to E.M.A volunteers ✨
Together, we can do more for others ❣️
Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️
From People To People
2025, January - Welcome, 2025!
We're so happy to be together again, planning synergies, collecting energies, and loving our volunteer work!
We look forward to engaging with all of you... our action volunteers, Umbrella Network NGOs, partners, donors, and kind citizens.
It will be a great year! The size of our smiles when we're together is a guarantee of it!
If you'd like to see us in action, follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/umbrella_initiatives?igsh=MWZpcWRtY2F5d205MA==
Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️
From People To People
2024, December - Bye bye, 2024!
We say goodbye and THANK YOU to an intense and wonderful 2024.
This year in numbers...
- 29 NGOs in our network
- 500 kgs of donations distributed
- 4 Workshops for NGOs
- 1 Booster for NGOs
- 1 NGOs in the Spotlight
- 10 implementation projects
- 7 Deliveries to Central Hospital
- 1 Delivery to the Correctional Service (kids)
- 7 Little Libraries installed
- 1 Bio-Market Fundraiser
- 1 GoFundMe Fundraiser
Wow... lots of things behind us... and sooooo many more coming.
All this was possible thanks to generous donors, wonderful partners, and incredible NGOs (Umbrella Initiatives' beneficiaries). To ALL of YOU... THANK YOU! Thank you for making this 2024 so unforgettable
2025... here we come ... Are you ready? But before that... we need to catch air... we will be off until 20th January.
Together we can do more for others Let's stay Together in 2025!
Umbrella Initiatives
#bye2024
#hello2025
#thank_you
#umbrella_initiatives
2024, November - 7th Visit to the Pediatric Oncology Unit
It was a VERY special day ❤🩹. With time, we learned that more than gifts, the children at Central Hospital Oncology Unit, like all children, need hugs, playful time, care, and love. So now we visit them on weekends when we have plenty of time to hug them and play with them.
During this visit, we delivered a personalized hygienic set to each children containing:
Soap bar
Sponge
Tooth paste
Toothbrush
Fabufarm cream
As well as children books and toys, and books for the adult oncology unit.
This time around, and for the second time, Lynn , owner of Magic Faces 💞, volunteered with us and brought magic to each of them! We're so touched by Lynn's generosity, kindness, and empathy! Thank you, Lynn, for sharing your time and professionalism with the kids and us! Thank you for your magic and love!
Warm thank you also to Woermann Brock Care Trust for supporting our projects! Without you, this would not be possible!
Together, we can do more for others ❣️
2024, November - Second donations hub sorting & delivery
Thanks to the generous donations from MANY anonymous donors we were able to distribute:
205,5 kg of second hand clothes
103 books
6.5 kg of shoes
3 boxes of stationery supplies
Wondering who these donations benefited? Checked the pictures (right side) and visit them clicking on their names below:
Together, we can do more for other!
2024, October - NGOs in the Spotlight - Second Edition
💯✨ NGOs in the Spotlight ✨ 💯
Wednesday 23rd October @ FNCC
hosted by
⛱️ Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️
The 2nd NGOs in the Spotlight next Wednesday, 23rd October 2024 - 17h00 (for 17h30) @ FNCC (118 Robert Mugabe Av.) had 22 amazing Namibian NGOs showcasing what theythey do! 9 of them explainexplained to us WHAT they do, HOW they do it, HOW YOU can be part of the change! Additionally many other NGOs joined the evening! Many amazing NGOs in one spot, for YOU!
Wondering whom was there? Check this out!
• Child Protection Association
• Marembo Charity Foundation
• Havanah Charity Foundation
• Namibian Animal Welfare Association (NAWA)
• The Namibia National Children Hearts Trust
• Ascent Empowerment & Development Found.
• International Women Association Namibia (IWAN)
Thank you to the FNCC for hosting us! Thank you the wonderful NGOs for their time! Thank you to the audience for their interest! THANK YOU!
Together, we can do more for other!
NOGs Spotlight event - Video.mp42024, September - Fundraiser: Bio-Market Coffee Shop - 21st September
On Saturday, 21st September, Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️ hosted its first (of many!) Coffee Shop at the Bio-Market❣️
We offered a yummy breakfast in a vibrant ambiance full of opportunities! Our visitors more about what we do ⛱️, chated with our volunteers 🦜, and brought donations 🎁.
We hosted this coffee in collaboration with other 6 wonderful NGOs:
It was an all-in-one opportunity! ❤️
The NGOs joining networked while getting the coffees and broetchens ready, many visitors asked to talk to them and spontaneous rounds of conversations happened, it was great!
We are coming back to the Bio-Market! Book your agends! See you the coming 12th April 2025 and 20th September 2025!
Thank you colleagues! Thank you Green Market! Thank you donors! THANK YOU!
2024/09/21_UI_Bio Market final.mp42024, August - Rotary Club Windhoek Presentation
Thank you Rotary Club Windhoek for the invitation!
Today we had the pleasure to explain what Umbrella Initiatives does, how we do it, and for whom to the Windhoek Rotarians.
We're convinced that collaboration and networking is key to improve the impact of many wonderful Namibian NGOs. Today we extended our network thanks to the Rotary Club Windhoek.
Thank youuuuu ❣️
2024, August - 5th Visit to Pediatric Oncology Unit
Today, the Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️ Team had a VERY special day at the Windhoek Central Hospital, Namibia. We visited the Pediatric Oncology Unit for the 5th time, where we brought our usual personal sanitary set 🪥🧼, yogurt🍯, apples 🍎, and a bookshelf full of wonderful children's books 📚.
However, this visit was made extra special thanks to Lynn and team from Magic Faces Namibia generous hands 💞. Every child received a beautiful face painting and an amazing artistic balloon. The day was filled with loud laughter and fun. The Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️ team is honored to have been part of this magical day💛
This was all made possible by our wonderful partners and donors; Woermann Brock - We Care, PathCare , International Women Association Namibia (IWAN) , The Book Den and Tom Van Wyk Quantity Surveyor.
Together, we can do more for others❣️
2024, August - 3rd Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️ Workshop: Website Development for NGOs
We hosted our 3rd Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️ Workshop: Website Development for NGOs. It was a very intense and productive workshop.
We're extremely thankful to the Goethe-Institut Namibia team for their professionalism and for hosting us once again. ✨
We also would like to thank our colleagues and beneficiaries: the wonderful and hard-working local Namibian NGOs that participated TB Free Namibia Namibian Animal Welfare Association (NAWA) International Women Association (IWAN) Yamululu Ascent Namibia Foundation Casa Youth Foundation EM Love
Together, we can do more for others ❣️
2024, July - Fundraiser: Stand @ Back to School Namibia Market
We fundraised during the 6th Back to School Namibia Marke @ FNCC to support many NGOs in Namibia.
We take all kind of donations and channel them to people in need.
Together, we can do a lot for others ❣️
2024, June - Winter Delivery to Havanah Charity Foundation
Our experience at Havana Charity Foundation was such a wonderful collaboration. This time around, we -Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️ volunteers- distributed winter clothes that were donated by many donors.
Thank you very much to our donors for making this possible!
⛱️ Umbrella Initiatives channels donations to relevant projects and NGOs throughout Namibia. If you have donations but don't know to whom you should donate, reach out to us ⛱️, we will take care of the sorting and distribute them.
Images cannot really explain the joy kids and their families had thanks to Havana Charity Foundation hard working volunteers.
Together, we can do more for others ❣️
2024, June - 4th visit to Central Hospital
We visited our friends at Central Hospital ❤🩹 to deliver beautiful winter beanies to the premature babies and filers to the Adults Oncology Unit.
The wonderful beanies are a gesture of love ❤️ from the International Women’s Association Namibia (IWAN). Thank you so much, IWAN, for collaborating with us!
Together, we can do more for others ❣️
2024, May - Donations channelled to amazing NGOs!
An amazing Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️sorting day with incredible volunteers and magnificent energy! Thank you volunteers & thank you donors!
Out of this sorting, and thanks to our generous donors we got the following donations channeled to partner NGOs:
- Sports items for Physically Active Youth (PAY)
- Second hand clothes for Back to School Namibia
- Shoes for Namibian Association for Animal Welfare (NAWA)
- Books for an old age house thanks to International Women Association Namibia (IWAN)
- School uniforms for Marembo Charity Foundation
⛱️ We channel your donations to amazing projects run by wonderful souls ❤️
Together, we can do a lot for others ❣️
2024, May - Fundraiser: A gas-freezer for PAY
We were SUPER excited! Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️ launched its first international GoFundMe campaign to secure a gas freezer for Physically Active Youth (PAY), a Namibian NGO that assists kids through educational support. PAY offers +35,500 meals per year to underprivileged kids and needs the gas freezer to secure the meals for the kids.
In 2 days (48 hours!) we had reached our fundraiser goal and in 10 days we ⛱️ delivered the gas freezer to PAY! No more meals will go wasted when the electricity is down! 🍲🥗🧆💛
Thank you very much to our amazing donors 🙌🏼 who made it possible in no time!
We loved the partnership experience with PAY! Thank you for your wonderful energy and all you do for so many kids! ✨️
Together, we can do a lot for others❣️
2024, May - Marketing for NGOs: Toold Tips and Tricks
An amazing evening learning Marketing: Tis, Tricks and Hacks for NGOs thanks to Rhingo Mutambo (Chief Public Relations Officer for the Prime Minister). It was a luxury to learn how to have a greater impact on our causes, thanks to you! 🫶🏼 ❤️ 🙌🏼
Thank you, Goethe Institut Namibia, for hosting us! ❤️
Thank you, colleagues, for actively and professionally participating:
Together, we can do a lot for others ❣️⛱️
2024, May - 3rd visit to the Pediatric Oncology Unit @ Central Hospital
We ⛱️ partnered with the International Women’s Association Namibia (IWAN) to visit the Oncology Units at Central Hospital for a 3rd time.
We brought 30 gorgeous winter beanies knitted by IWAN members for the kiddos (winter is coming)🥶 and a bookshelf filled with books 📚 of all kinds to the adults (thank you very much to the ⛱️ donors).
This time, the kiddos remembered us and wanted us to stay with them ❤️. We're working hard to keep supporting them in the long run with the sanitary packs. Our next visit will be in June-July.
We also plan to bring a bookshelf and books for the kiddos. If you have any kids' books to donate, please reach out to us.
Together, we can do a lot for others ❣️⛱️
2024, April - NGOs Synergy Booster
We're working hard to support local NGOs in Namibia.
During the NGOs Synergies Booster +30 volunteers from 14 local NGOs gathered @ Goethe-Institut.
Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️ is busy organizing training workshops, sorting donations, and coordinating volunteers to assist these wonderful NGOs!
Thank you for joining forces:
TB Free Namibia
Marembo Charity Foundation
Monica Soup Kitchen
EM_Love_Foundation
Home_iNAMi
EdEqualAware
Thank you to the Goethe-Institut Namibia team that offered us the meeting space! Thank you for joining forces to help others!
Together we can do a lot for others!⛱️
2024, March - NGOs´ legal needs Assessment meeting @ The Village Garden
Yesterday we had the first NGOs Legal Needs Assessment meeting where Black Society, Namibian Animal Welfare Association (NAWA), International Women’s Association Namibia (IWAN), Ann Pads, Namibian Heart Foundation, WaDaRee Care, Marembo Charity Foundation, Back to School Namibia & Umbrella Initiatives shared their legal assistance needs with Steve Gray, a lecturer at Michigan University (USA) and former Fulbright Scholar in Namibia (among many other roles).
Through Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️ we promote collaborative work and support non-profit organizations working for people in need. This was the first of many future meetings where we will meet to exchange experiences, learn from each other, and do more together!
Thank you, Steve, and all the non-profit organizations that took the time to explore non-profit organizations' legal needs together and potential solutions.
Thank you to the Village Garden team that offered us the meeting space! Thank you for joining forces to help others!
Together we can do a lot for others!
2024, March - NGOs in the Spotlight @ FNCC
Umbrella Initiatives ⛱️
Car Boot Spot
@ Joe's Beerhouse
Saturday 02/03/2024
8h00 to 11h00
On Saturday 02 March we had our first outreach and fundraiser activity with volunteers! We had a spot at the @ Joe's Beerhouse Car Boot Sale!
Thank you very much Joe's Beerhouse for your support 👉🏼 https://www.joesbeerhouse.com/events/
Thank you to all our donors for their contributions! We had great sales and will do great projects with the funds! 💛
2024, February - NGOs in the Spotlight @ FNCC
We publicly launched Umbrella Initiatives during the
Namibian NGOs in the Spotlight
Thursday 22nd February 2024
17h00 for 17h30 (we start very punctual! 👍🏼)
FNCC gallery - Robert Mugabe Av.
During this gathering, we had a 5-10 minutes presentation from each of the participating NGOs + Q&A. This evening had the following NGOs:
1st Side by Side
2nd OYO
3rd International Women's Association Namibia (IWAN)
4th Ascent Empowerment and Development Foundation
5th Ann Pads
6th Black Society
8th Mammadu
The mottos of the event were:
If you want to help but do not know how or with whom to do it, this is your opportunity to find an answer!
If you heard about us but want to know more, this is your opportunity to learn more!
If you have no idea about NGOs' work, this is a great start! You met wonderful individuals doing amazing work in Namibia!
The event was FREE and it was an AMAZING opportunity to meet other NGOs, and also to recruit potential volunteers and core members for Umbrella Initiatives. It was a great success! Thank you Back to School Namibia for inviting us!
