Our vision
It is important to us to make a social contribution. It is not enough for us to take care of our animals and offer our herbs optimal growth conditions. We want to let people who were not lucky enough to be born into such an idyll participate in this valuable source and thus offer a hand to reorganize their lives. We promote a positive image of humanity that focuses on resources. It's about recognizing, awakening and developing the strengths that exist in every single person.
Target groups
People of both sexes with all sorts of problems can find support with us and can be accommodated. The target groups are primarily young people and young adults with special needs or limitations of a psychological, psychosocial or sociocultural nature.
Young people who have difficulties integrating socially, at school or professionally and who want to develop their personal future prospects. Violence against people and animals, alcohol and drugs are not tolerated here. The basic requirement in our offer is your own will to improve your current life situation, because only those who set themselves a goal can be helped to achieve it together.
We also have a place for people with exhaustion depression and burnout who want to stabilize themselves alone or with the whole family during a break, for example after a stay in a hospital.
Time-out
The opportunity to take a short break and slow down to reflect on important questions about life. Young people who come to us for very different reasons find a place with us where they can find peace, experience the plants and animals, develop confidence in themselves and gain stability. It is a temporary rest that strengthens them to set out again for new shores. With their existence and their behavior, our animals contribute to the relaxation and calming of people and thus enable the reduction of stress, restlessness and aggression. Through contact with the animals, the young people experience many positive emotions such as joy, enthusiasm, security, closeness, warmth and contentment and are encouraged to express their feelings authentically. In addition, animals also show the guest boundaries by approaching or moving away, turning towards or away and allowing themselves to be touched in a relaxed manner or defending themselves. Animals are also good listeners and signals understanding and comfort, making them ideal comforters.
For young people 1 - 4 weeks possible
bridging placement
The family-analogous offer is aimed at young people who have individual educational needs. In particular to young people whose families of origin are not able to adequately pursue their upbringing for various personal reasons. The individual need for help requires a temporary or long-term lifestyle that is physically separated from the family of origin. It is important to support those being cared for in sharpening their awareness of their own qualities and resources and in developing trust in their abilities, with the aim of leading a life as self-determined as possible. Within the framework of a life community, the individual has the opportunity to encounter himself and life with all its facets over and over again and to learn how to deal with challenges, overcome obstacles and acquire social skills. Finding a way of dealing with the current life situation and developing new perspectives are also important aspects of the residence plan. Integrated in our family framework and our farm work, close and personal relationships should develop. The people being cared for can combine learning with concrete experiences, get a connection to real life processes, find out the origin of healthy food, and they can move and actively contribute away from virtual illusory worlds. The young people can have positive experiences and learn from them for their own life.
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For young people 1 - 4 months possible
break from home relief offer
The child or young person usually visits us one or two weekends a month or during the school holidays. The frequency and length of stay during vacations depends on the needs of the foster child and the agencies involved. Weekends are Friday through Sunday and provide an extra home where they can build trust, form constant bonds, unwind and explore new things. If you want, you can help us with work with the animals, such as cleaning donkeys, mucking out stables, preparing and distributing food for the various animals. The donkeys, llamas and alpacas are regularly trained by us in their halter training on walks in the nearby forest and on field roads, which is always a challenging but welcome change for people and animals. However, the center of life (relationships, school, job, leisure time) of the child or young person is at his main place of residence (home, foster family, home).
time out
Our time-out offer is aimed at people after a hospital stay with exhaustion, depression or burnout, who still feel empty inside and the way home and back to the world of work is still too early. Or those who feel reduced performance due to physical, emotional and mental exhaustion, are burned out and need a break from everyday life and work. We are currently living more than ever at a distance from nature – behind glass, in houses, on the internet.
An expert herb hike with us reduces this distance to nature and brings you closer to plants, animals and the perception of the seasons. Such a walk sharpens the senses for what is growing in our immediate vicinity and motivates us to exercise in the great outdoors. Conscious contact with our animals, plants and the landscape is a powerful resource for deep relaxation and recreation.
With us you can get your feet on the ground again alone or with the whole family, feel yourself again, learn to feel life again, enjoy and replenish your own sources of energy. Finding the balance of body, thoughts and feelings, according to the motto withdraw and come back strengthened.
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For adults as long as it takes and until the Time has come to move on stronger.
autonomously, or it is possible to take part in activities around the farm if you wish.
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