Childhood in Nature - Contribute to the implementation of an innovative project!

This Campaign serves the aim to support the first investment to do in order to start an educational and environmental project for young children in the city of Aveiro. We aim to create a place where children and nature live and develop in harmony and learn to respect each other on a daily basis, raising future adults who are in deep connection and respectful for Nature as our Mother Earth. Therefore we need your help to start creating the brand, promoting workshops and activities for the comm...

Dear future supporter,

Welcome to the place where children and nature live in harmony on a daily basis, from sunrise to sunset!

We are a multidisciplinary trio of women concerned with the relationship that today's children have with nature and we seek to promote a space in which this relationship is naturally lived.

THE IDEA

An educational place that allows children to develop physically and psychologically in direct relation with nature, accompanied by adults who facilitate their learning process. The inspiration for the pedagogical intervention starts from Forest School models, passing through referential approaches to childhood such as Montessori, Reggio Emilia and Waldorf Pedagogy, recognizing the child as a unique, individual and creative being. Thus, specific interventions will be designed in order to adapt to each child, using knowledge and practices from a holistic approach. At the basics of all project structure we will have Permaculture, in its comprehensive sense and complementary to the various aspects of life. It will be fundamental to open up to the local community, promoting moments of awareness for parents, experience and training in the most varied areas of expression of the human being.

WHY DO WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT?

This campaign is designed to provide the minimum conditions for the creation of the project and its programs, including all the initial bureaucracies inherent in the creation of the Community, the necessary structuring and planning consultancies, the purchase of agricultural and ecological building materials, pedagogical material and support to the initial workshops to be proposed to the community. The themes will range from Education in Nature and Permaculture to issues of environmental sustainability. Your support will allow us to walk towards the implementation of this innovative project as we aim to be in the next school year. Can we count on you?

WHAT DO YOU EARN WITH IT?

The possibility of integrating a group of attentive people who are proactive in the land of Environmental and Ecological Education, contributing to a pioneering and innovative project at national level. By participating in this campaign you will be able to make regular visits to the project in order to monitor its implementation on the ground and its growth, benefiting from discounts in thematic workshops for adults and children throughout 2018. In the case of more contributions we will be happy to mention your name or the company through which you will participate in all initial communications regarding the project itself and the workshops that derive from it.

About the author

IVONE VASCONCELOS

An Early Childhood Educator who is passionate about childhood in its exploration and discovery essence, a nature lover and a proactive promoter of outdoor activities. With more than ten years of experience in the field of early childhood education, she awakens to the need to restructure the current education model in Portugal, motivating herself to create new social responses aimed at the child's development as a creative being , dreamy and independent. With training in Development of the individual and positive psychology with children, she strives daily to be able to build an environment conducive to the full and balanced development of each of the children who pass through her life.

KATHERINE MARTINS

A full-time mother of two teenagers since the birth of her first child 16 years ago. With an academic background in the area of ​​Management, she accumulates 44 years of positive experiences, some more than others, but always absorbing learning. Today, as the children are grown up, she’s willing to share and receive knowledge from other children, she tries to give them a healthy and happy growth, with the main focus on respect for Nature. She is the author of the blog Olho de Gato by K. (facebook.com/olhodegatobyk) and “rumors says it” that where she puts her hands, magic happens!

VANESSA AIRES

Eternal lover of humanity, she walks through different cultures always with the attentive eye of the Psychology of Education and Development, seeing the world from a "forget the box!" perspective - broadly and openly. The thirst for new cultures has already led her to several destinations to live in a community, from Portugal, to Switzerland, Italy and Nepal, and she have dived deeply trip after trip. Her great passion is to be able to give hope to children and young people, encouraging them to dream constantly and empowering them to work hard to achieve their dreams. Her main goal is to develop a space that promotes participatory communities, aiming to contribute to a world where people come along together and enjoy sharing, feeling empowered to create their own realities.

Budget and due dates

Amount asked in the campaign - € 2765 *

Costs of leasing/preparation of the physical space (Land + Structure) - € 350

Registration Costs and Company Formality - € 850

Consultancy Costs (eg. BioConstruction, Permaculture, Water access, ecc.) - € 250

Implementation Costs - € 900 

Transport and Travel Costs (for trainers) - € 150

PPL Commission - € 238,07

* The amount requested corresponds to 35% of the total amount to be invested.

Important information: We are 100% available to clarify any doubts related to the project to whom to help.

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