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  • At a summer 2023 banquet launching the Uukumwe Project, Sanet Steenkamp, executive director of Namibia’s Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture, advised a group of Namibian and American teachers not to hold back. “The children,” she said, “deserve for us not to hold back.” Steenkamp’s…

    5th grade teacher at Wainwright Intermediate School in Tacoma, the project requires a certain humility. “Collaborative practice, sharing challenges and celebration, reflecting on our goals and growth all stem from strong, grounded relationships that require vulnerability and building trust over time,” she says. On both sides, the project has meant life-long connections and friendships rooted in a spirit of reciprocity.“Namibia is starting to feel like a second home, and my Uukumwe team a part of