With the aim in sight to set up an Alte Feste-local branch in Omaruru, the members of the Lions Club Windhoek Alte Feste have agreed to support two welfare institutions in Omaruru.

After an on-site visit at Nailoke Niingungo's solar oven enterprise and her solar oven bakery, the business woman received a number of required tools. A power drill was donated by the Grootfontein Lions Club, while the Alte Feste Lions donated an electric jigsaw, an angle grinder and a milling machine, all worth N$ 1,500 (One thousand five hundred). For Mrs. Niingungo this was like a post-Christmas present! These tools will influence her work strongly.

At the end of last year, Dr. Günter Daschiel, a member of the Lions Club Ladysmith, visited the Lions Club Windhoek Alte Feste.

Dr. Daschiel was so pleased with the hospitality of the Alte Feste Lions, that he suggested a "Twinning", a long-distance partnership, between Windhoek and Ladysmith.

The first social get-together, with our Lions-friends from Ladysmith, took place at the Cori B&B in Windhoek West. Lionspresident Hans-Gert Roeschlau, with the help of Willi Peter, arranged for a delicious Braai. There were also some Lions-friends from our partner Club Windhoek.

We, the Alte Feste Lions met previous Sunday for our annual Christmas Party at the Sundown Lodge. After some small-talk at the bar, everyone met at 12:30 hours under the Lapa, where Lions-President Hans Gert Röschlau opened the festivities.