Courtyard and garden redesign for the mother-child house
Protected play. The Karolina mother and child house in Münchener Au offers pregnant or single mothers a home and support in everyday life. Ten mothers and their 13 children live in the house. The inner courtyard of the building is a place for the mothers to meet and socialize and provides space for the children to play. The Regine Sixt [...]
Renovation of a day-care center for disadvantaged children
In the northwest of Lithuania, many children live in disadvantaged families who face problems such as poverty, violence and unsafe street life. The children often grow up without parental supervision, spend a lot of time on the streets and miss out on school. In 2012, the municipality of Viekšniai founded a day care center with the purpose of providing children with a safe and secure environment [...]
Renovation of the outdoor play area for Talitha Kumi Kindergarten
Safe play. In 2012, Regine Sixt visited the educational center "Talitha Kumi" in Beit Jala near Bethlehem together with the then Federal President Christian Wulff. The facility, which is supported by the Berlin Missionary Society, includes a kindergarten, a school from first grade to university entrance qualification, a hotel management school, a boarding school for girls and a large guest house. In it [...]
Twin School Program
After a short pilot phase in 2014, the successful Bridging the Gap art program was launched to promote cultural understanding and exchange between Jewish and Arab pupils. The program took place at the Jewish Adam School and the Arab school Ein Rafa. Despite politically difficult phases, it quickly became clear that the two schools could grow together [...]
Equipment of a refugee shelter
Along with the integration initiatives of German business, the Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation is sponsoring unaccompanied refugee minors. As part of a pilot project, Burg Schwaneck was converted into accommodation and provided with infrastructure. The aim here, in particular, is to provide the young people with new hope.
A new playground for the Sterntaler Hof
Confidence & joie de vivre. When a child suffers from a life-threatening or life-limiting illness, this not only causes great consternation in the entire psychosocial environment. Above all, it means a massive and often long-term burden for the whole family. Sterntalerhof is a children's hospice that cares for families with seriously, chronically and terminally ill [...].
Renovation of leisure facilities for an inclusive school camp
Barefoot path & wheelchair swing. The Wartaweil school country home in Bavaria was the first completely barrier-free and disabled-friendly school country home in Germany. Other school country homes have since followed suit. "The Wartaweil home remains a showcase project. The special facilities, including bathrooms and beds, barrier-free access to the lake and a large park with many leisure activities, make Camp Wartaweil a unique [...]
Extension of an institution for handicapped people
Inclusive forms of teaching. The Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation TRÄNCHEN TROCKNEN supports the expansion of the after-school care center of the Evangelische Stiftung Michaelshof, which operates facilities for the care and support of people with mental and multiple disabilities. Michaelshof has also been running a special school with after-school care for pupils with a focus on mental development for 23 years. In the 2013/2014 school year, the [...]
Renovation of the Foster Care Service Suite at the Kennedy Donovan Center
Professional service. The Kennedy Donovan Center is one of Massachusetts' largest social service agencies. For almost 40 years, it has provided training, health care and day schools for children with developmental disabilities and Down syndrome, as well as family problems. Each year, it cares for 4,300 children between the ages of zero and three. Now the center needs to expand its services and has a 1,300m² [...]
Construction of a recording studio and computer room in the Manna family center
Constructive project work. At the Volksdorf Youth Center in Hamburg, young people are given the opportunity to cultivate social contacts and relieve the pressure exerted by school, family and their environment. In the recording studio set up by the Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation, young people can realize concrete music projects of which they can be proud and for which they receive appreciation and recognition. The [...]
Classrooms for pediatric surgery
The Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation has provided both the technical equipment and the necessary furniture for an on-site school for the mother-child center in the children's surgery department. At the Regine Sixt School, children of all ages, backgrounds and religions can learn together. Hadassah is known for providing first-class medical treatment to all of Israel's different population groups [...].
Therapy center for children in Italy
Sensory learning. In May 2012, an earthquake shook northern Italy. The inhabitants of the provinces of Modena and Ferrara were particularly affected at the time. It was the worst earthquake in 500 years, several people died and several thousand were left homeless - including many children. Together with Mille Miglia s.r.l., the organizers of Europe's most legendary road rally, and Malteser Hilfsdienst [...]