New place of remembrance for children's hospice
Remembering in peace. The Northern Ireland Children's Hospice provides specialized care for children with life-threatening and life-impairing illnesses. Around 230 children and over 70 bereaved families are cared for here each year. The "Quiet Garden" has been an important part of "Horizon House" for the past 17 years. Surviving siblings, parents and friends use it to pay tribute to the deceased child.
Schoolhouse for Special Needs in Barbados
The Schoolhouse for Special Needs in St. Michael is not just another educational facility. Away from their parents' homes, children with special needs find a refuge here where they can learn, develop and become independent in a safe environment. The director of the schoolhouse, Yasmin Vlahakis, has a big heart for children. Many years ago [...]
Construction of a learning center in Israel
The Tal Chaim School is an elementary school in Kiryat Menachem, a small village southwest of Jerusalem's city center. The community was founded in the 1950s when many migrants from North Africa came to Israel. Today, around 17,000 people live here. The Jerusalem Foundation, a globally active, independent and non-profit organization headquartered in Jerusalem, has made it its mission to [...]
New school equipment for Family House
For the first time, the Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation supported the association VEBW e.V.Stuttgart, which supports the "Bungamati Family House in Nepal" project, after the devastating earthquake in 2015. At the time, the village administration of Bungamati had agreed to create a home for 14 traumatized and unaccompanied earthquake orphans wandering around Bungamati. In the course of sustainability, which is enormously important [...]
Sulamot: Music for social change
The aim of the "Sulamot - music for social change" project is to make music together and teach children values through music that will help them grow up in disadvantaged regions of Israel. Together, children learn to stick together in an ensemble and rehearse for performances. They are supported in developing social skills and developing their individual talents.
Modern, inclusive school concept
Education gives children opportunities in life and opens doors to a successful future. But: every child is different, has different strengths and concerns. And every child learns individually. A well-developed educational concept and appropriate spatial conditions are therefore essential to enable children to learn successfully - especially if they have social, mental or physical impairments [...].
New playground equipment for a kindergarten
The Tempelacker has been an institution of the GHG (Gemeinnützige und Hilfsgesellschaft St. Gallen) for over 140 years and stands for the care and development of children in various areas. A residential home for young children from difficult social family backgrounds ensures stable conditions and a promising future. In addition, special therapy centers throughout Eastern Switzerland offer support for children with [...]
Conversion of a primary school
New classrooms. In addition to a secure upbringing and growing up in familiar family surroundings, school is an important foundation for children to feel strong enough for life later on and to be curious about the world. With the help of the TRÄNCHEN TROCKNEN initiative of the Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation, a new project was launched in 2018 alongside the already successful [...]
Renovation work on the petting zoo at Irmengard Hof
The Irmengard-Hof on Lake Chiemsee in Bavaria is the Björn Schulz Foundation's aftercare and convalescent home for families with seriously and terminally ill children, adolescents and young adults. When a child is seriously ill or lives with a disability, this presents the whole family with many challenges and a tough test every day. A convalescent stay at [...]
Repairs and new purchases for inclusive day care centre in Rostock
In 2015, we supported the Evangelische Stiftung Michaelshof in Rostock for the first time and financed the equipment for the then new after-school care center. After a few years, the first repairs to the furniture were necessary in 2019. As the sustainability of our projects is very important to us, we were happy to take on this task and also financed a wheelchair-accessible stove and a [...]
New playground equipment for the Wartaweil inclusive school camp
The Wartaweil school hostel is an educational and meeting facility for pupils with and without disabilities. The Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation has been supporting the school hostel on Lake Ammersee, south of Munich, since 2015. Every week, around 150 children and young people between the ages of 5 and 16 come here to play together and take a break from school [...].
Children’s home in Costa Rica
The name of this project says it all: "Hogar de vida" - home for life. The "Hogar de vida" residential life center in Costa Rica cares for abandoned and abused children aged 0 to 10 years. At the transitional facility, the young charges receive both medical care and emotional support to help them develop their mental and [...]