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Mostly they will stay here for 3 month. In the first 2 weeks they can rest, have a little holiday. They have to make decisions for their future. Then we make the program for the 3 month, with learning skills, social skills and evidences for a having a responsible life.

There is a day rhythm. Having good food, playing sports and having rest is the base of feeling good. We take care for that, like in a family house.

We eat together, clean up together and have fun!

Work

When they know what kind of work they want to do we can look after education about it. They can learn for the theory exam of driving a car. May be they want to learn for a cook, or a gardener, or construction worker or security worker.

When they don´t know what to do, they can try several things and choose later.

All work is voluntary.

Financing

The stay and activities will be paid by the government in Holland. They pay for the care the boys and girls need. They do this cause they think and hope that this activities are important for the participants so they can make good choices and have a better life.

A project of living, learning and working for younger people, who need some extra care for having a positive life

Problems and Goals

In the moment there are a lot of young people in Holland who are not able to have a good life. The reasons can be, that they:

• do not know what they want to do
• did not finish secondary school
• have problems at home with their parents, brothers and sisters
• used a lot of alcohol and drugs
• have an unhealthy life
• misses social skills
• have little psychiatric problems

The aim is to help them to get a better life.

We do it abroad so they can only think about themselves, and are not involved by the problems at home.

We take care for that they

• have the right day-night rhythm (breakfast at 8 o´clock, eat 3 times a day, in bed in a good time)
• eat well, and have healthy food
• have enough rest at first, and then make new good choices for the future
• learn to keep house holding (cooking, washing, cleaning their own room)
• have education for a job
• learning social skills
• have volunteering work (in the national parks, helping elderly people in the villages, helping by the ski elevator, other things in our education centre, garden and the neighbourhood)
• play sports and music
• a special program for free time

They will have

• their own room
• a social / living room together with the others
• education in our training room with guidance
• meetings for learning social skills, by playing games, doing theatre and so on
• sports in our garden, house and in the sport park
• make music and theatre in our house
• medical care; dentist, have massages when they need it

We have several rules:

• only get out of our place with permission of the staff
• using no alcohol and drugs
• no contact with family and friends
• have to do house keeping
• do voluntary work and education
• behave properly