Equipment for the future bakery in a children's home

The Casa Hogar de Jesús children's home in Santo Domingo de los Colorado provides a home for boys up to the age of 17 who previously lived on the streets, come from difficult family backgrounds or are orphans. The older children and young people aged between 11 and 17 who live at Casa Hogar de Jesús have developed a love of baking. Baking together promotes cohesion and the boys learn to work as a team. The management of the children's home has therefore developed the Future Bakery project with the help of volunteers. The project also benefits the many children at Casa Hogar de Jesús, as the home-baked bread is included in the menu. In total, up to 70 children benefit from the bakery.  
 
The Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation supported the children's home's future bakers project and equipped the small bakery at Casa Hogar de Jesús with an industrial oven and a professional dough mixer. For many of the older boys, it is also a step towards a secure future. They learn a craft under supervision that will enable them to support themselves and later support a living when they leave the home. In the long term, the bakery also contributes to the self-financing of the institution. 
 
As the city of Santo Domingo is characterized by poverty and crime, the youngest members of society suffer greatly. Many of the boys come to the Casa Hogar de Jesús children's home with severe malnutrition. Here too, the Future Bakery project can help by supporting the local community with baked goods. Volunteers, including some from Germany, regularly help at the children's home and support the development of concepts for the use of the bakery.