A BUDDY for a life-time for every child in an orphanage

Two worlds meet: the first is the world of the professionally and otherwise well-established adults; the second is the world of youths living in orphanages. While materially well cared for, societal everyday life beyond their institutions is often virtually unknown to these youths. They hardly know how to behave and successfully move “out there”. The “buddies” try to enter the world of their protégé(e)s so as to start building a bridge towards independence, for their later use. They lay a foundation; with them, the young experience that someone takes care of them and looks after their growing up into adults. An innovatively configured, trustful relationship can sometimes be better than any individual training.