A promise is only real when it arrives. We buy the livestock in Opuwo. Then comes the hard part: getting it out to Etanga, over rough road deep into the Kunene, with the community, not for it. When the animals reach the village, the herds start again. Donate: www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

Field notes before we fly. In two weeks I land in Etanga for EDF's first trip since we became a 501(c)(3). Here is what your gifts are already building on the ground. #Namibia #Kunene

An elder in Etanga holds what no archive does: the names, the seasons, how a family reads the land. The Heritage Center we are building keeps it with the community, not for it. Walk with us. https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/walk-with-us-etanga-development-foundation #Namibia #Africa

In Etanga, this is the age school either continues or quietly stops. A uniform and fees decide it. EDF covers both so a child stays in class, with the community not for it. Walk with us. www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati... #Namibia #Nonprofit

In Etanga, a cow is not charity. It is milk, income, and a family that can stand on its own. Your tax-deductible gift helps rebuild the herd. Walk with us. www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati... #Namibia

@africa.theconversation.com on a Namibian study: kids read English better when their home language is welcomed in class, not shut out. Heritage and schooling belong together. #Namibia #Education Walk with us. https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/walk-with-us-etanga-development-foundation

The Conversation Africa@africa.theconversation.com · 2w ago

Children learn English better when their home language is part of the classroom. New research from Namibia shows why: theconversation.com/why-children... #Education

Distribution day in Etanga. She held each piece to the light and picked what fit her family. Nothing is handed down here, the community sorts and shares it together. #Namibia #Kunene Walk with us. www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

Patricia Korukuve runs the meetings in Etanga. Before a goat or a bag of maize meal moves, the community decides together what comes next. With the community, not for it. Walk with us. www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati... #Namibia #Kunene #Africa

Namibia recommits to universal clean water and sanitation by 2063. In Kunene, water is the whole day: the herd, the household, the walk to fetch it. A promise worth keeping. #Namibia #Kunene Walk with us. https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/walk-with-us-etanga-development-foundation

All Namibian News@namibiannews.bsky.social · 2w ago

Field Notes, Friday. Three and a half weeks from now I fly to Etanga, our first trip since becoming a 501(c)(3). Here is what year one is built from, in plain terms: herds, school gates, and food that reaches a family before the dry season does. #Namibia #Kunene

In Etanga, a family's herd is savings, status, and the next meal. We are helping restart herds, goat by goat, with the community, not for it. #Namibia #OvaHimba Walk with us. www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

The Namibian Journal of Environment's open-access special issue: Conservation and Land in Namibia. @siansullivan.bsky.social on the heritage Kunene's tourism map leaves out. #Namibia #Kunene Walk with us. www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

Walk With Us — Etanga Development Foundation

Around the sacred fire, stories are told and futures are shaped.In Etanga, a remote community in Namibia's Kunene region, the OvaHimba have stewarded land,…

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Prof. Sian Sullivan@siansullivan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🌍 New co-authored article in the Namibian Journal of Environment - special issue on #Conservation and #Land (more below!) Cover by Clarance Geingob, who has completed multiple illustrations for research we're doing on one of the first anti-colonial Uprisings in north-west #Namibia (1897-1898)

Year one lesson: the fastest way to lose a community's trust is to arrive with the plan already finished. In Etanga we start by asking who owns the herd. With the community, not for it. #Namibia Walk with us. https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/walk-with-us-etanga-development-foundation

In Etanga, a school uniform can decide whether a child is let through the gate or turned away. Fees and a uniform are often all that stand between a kid and the classroom. Walk with us. #Namibia #Kunene www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

Onambelela farmers grew and sold their harvest at DAPP Namibia's market day: food security built with the community, not for it. https://allafrica.com/stories/202607230258.html #FoodSecurity #Namibia Walk with us. https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/walk-with-us-etanga-development-foundation

Honest question for anyone building something young: what is the one thing you wish someone had told you in year one? We are still learning ours in public. #Nonprofit #npsky Walk with us. https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/walk-with-us-etanga-development-foundation

Dry season in Kunene means food has to travel. One gift becomes maize meal and cooking oil, loaded in the truck and carried the last rocky miles into Etanga, into the community's hands. #Namibia #OvaHimba Walk with us. www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

Out now my workshop report on restitution - insights from Africa journals.ug.edu.gh/index.php/cj...

Since 2017, I've walked with the OvaHimba community of Etanga, Namibia. Now we're a 501(c)(3): school fees, dry-season food, starter herds, a Heritage Center designed with the community, not for it. Walk with us. etangadevelopmentfoundation.org

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