Kinderhaus Bodensee e.V
Mindersdorf, Hohenfels, Germany
Casey, Charis, Jesse and Martin Hautzinger
The founders
The founders
Casey and his fabulous family are the founders of the Kinderhaus Bodensee e.V. They have renovated an old farm and, in 10 years, have turned it into a safe haven and a little Paradise for children in need. Casey is currently working there as an educator 24/7, providing a beautiful and better childhood for the kids admitted at the kinderhaus.
About this charity
The Kinderhaus Bodensee e.V.
« Children’s home-Lake of Constance »
« Children’s home-Lake of Constance »
Help for children
The Kinderhaus Bodensee e.V. located in the Lake of Constance vicinity, in Hohenfels-Mindersdorf, offers family-oriented home/shelter accommodation for children aged 2 to 9 years old.
The children are admitted in the Kinderhaus when they are in need of professional help due to severe abuses, dysfunctional families and/or problematic living conditions leading to altered childhood development.
A developmental-friendly place for children
The Kinderhaus functions according to a family-group model with a pedagogical-therapeutic approach.
It provides continuous, therapeutical and trustworthy relationships for the children and is set in a beautiful and healthy natural environment which support the children’s recovery process.
Mission of the Kinderhaus Bodensee
The Kinderhaus Bodensee offers a place for the protection, growth and development of the children entrusted to it and to their family-systems. It is religiously-neutral, but is inclined towards Christian-ethical values.
The pedagogical approach is primarily based on therapeutic pedagogy, taking into account the current scientific state of social pedagogy, developmental and clinical psychology (with a particular attention given to the learning and bonding theory) and psychotherapy for children and adolescents.
For a child to develop harmoniously as a social being, the following elements are needed:
Educational goals for the children
« Being free from social fear »
« Developing strong social skills »
The children are empowered by these learning processes to switch from helplessness to self-reliance/self-control/self-confidence/self-efficiency.
The Kinderhaus Bodensee e.V. located in the Lake of Constance vicinity, in Hohenfels-Mindersdorf, offers family-oriented home/shelter accommodation for children aged 2 to 9 years old.
The children are admitted in the Kinderhaus when they are in need of professional help due to severe abuses, dysfunctional families and/or problematic living conditions leading to altered childhood development.
A developmental-friendly place for children
The Kinderhaus functions according to a family-group model with a pedagogical-therapeutic approach.
It provides continuous, therapeutical and trustworthy relationships for the children and is set in a beautiful and healthy natural environment which support the children’s recovery process.
Mission of the Kinderhaus Bodensee
The Kinderhaus Bodensee offers a place for the protection, growth and development of the children entrusted to it and to their family-systems. It is religiously-neutral, but is inclined towards Christian-ethical values.
The pedagogical approach is primarily based on therapeutic pedagogy, taking into account the current scientific state of social pedagogy, developmental and clinical psychology (with a particular attention given to the learning and bonding theory) and psychotherapy for children and adolescents.
For a child to develop harmoniously as a social being, the following elements are needed:
- strong and stable bonds
- securing relationships
- protective spaces
Educational goals for the children
« Being free from social fear »
- Building a positive self-concept and self-confidence
- Promoting healthy emotions regulation and impulse control
- Supporting confident behaviour
- Encouraging an eagerness to learn and develop interests
« Developing strong social skills »
- Promoting the ability to understand, perceive and take on roles
- Promoting the ability to interact
- Encouraging self-assertion
- Promoting the development of healthy habits, behaviours, and self-control
The children are empowered by these learning processes to switch from helplessness to self-reliance/self-control/self-confidence/self-efficiency.
About its current project
Donations for the "Kinderhaus Bodensee e.V." will go towards:
- Sustaining its functioning by hiring new staff members/employees.
- Further renovating some of their buildings (specifically the facade, the Attic and the Roof).
Your donations are making a difference
The facade of the house is now renovated thanks to your help: