Beluga School for Life
Germany
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The Beluga School for Life was established to afford the orphans and half-orphans of the tsunami catastrophe, as well as the surviving parents a new future. Since many of the children still suffer from their traumatic experiences, the BSfL additionally offers psycho-social care. The children live together with the adults in groups of various sizes - either in small family houses or larger community accommodations. Moreover, the "families" are embedded in neighborly and village-like structures. A main concern of the Beluga School for Life is education. In order to prevent the children from being trapped in the vicious circle of poverty as adults, their creativity and autonomy needs to be developed.
