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Strázsa Farm Started as a farm and guesthouse in 2007
Launched a social cooperative in 2010 to help disabled people Organize education programs and study trips for children to show the natural treasures and traditions of the area – Kiskunság National Park During a horse riding summer camp a mentally disabled girl participated – the integration was very successful and it gave inspiration and motivation for the organizers to develop integration programs on the farm
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The farm is six-hectare area, mainly forests
Started cooperation with affected families From 2012 a two-week course for acquiring independent living and working abilities for mentally disabled youngsters „Strázsa-test” From 2016 disabled young people work on the farm in animal care, forestry and catering The farm is six-hectare area, mainly forests Animal keeping: poultry, goats, sheep, rabbits, horses
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Financial aspects Income from hospitality
Income from educational programs Company donations Successful tenders
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Strengths Results Weaknesses Increasing number of guestnights
„Strázsa-test” successful training licensing in 2015 Became accredited employer (2015) “Best community development social enterprise” award (2016) Successful tenders – ongoing building of the „Ability Park” Strengths Solid basis in the enterprise Extended connection system Weaknesses Limited utilization in winter time Low staff numbers – difficulties in finding good workforce Difficult access of the farm by public transport
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Future plans and challenges
In 2017 they will build an „Ability park” from tender source Planning of widening their entrepreneurial activity and expanding rehabilitation employment. It is important to formulate long-term goals and keep them in mind during achieve smaller, closer goals, while being able to respond quickly to opportunities.
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Farm in Nyírtelek When Filadelfia Evangelical Church in 1992 started, the ecclesia was composed of 5-6 persons With enthusiastic volunteers, the work started together in order to help Roma people („Roma mission”) In 2010, they established and started to operate the Safe Start Child House with volunteers In 2010, the Social Land Program was launched, with the aim of employing 23 public workers results : regularity, reliability in uprising in the morning, teamwork, esteem of the money they earned
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The 70-80 % of the population belongs to the Gypsy minority
Created a social cooperative - Filadelfia Crown Social Cooperative in 2014 and started agricultural activities in the land they rented from the local government 6000 m2 of land 60 m2 greenhouse 1000 m2 polytunnel 10 ha of land for arable vegetable growing, fruit growing and arable crop production larger area of organic land, smaller part is under conversion The % of the population belongs to the Gypsy minority
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Main activities social services support service home care
provision of farmwarden service /village warden service child protection and social reintegration vegetable growing in polytunnel and in arable land arable crop production fruit growing sales on wholesale market, organic shop, direct sale within the community mentor programme 5 to 20 public employees
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Financial aspects SAPS Rural development aid for organic farming
Civil organizations are not supported in the Land Programme but can apply for individual support
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Results and strengths Weaknesses Challenges
Strengthened family households Workers benefits: - get from produces - likely to be able to return to the labor market - they and their families get to know and get used to healthy foods Everyone has a special role in the community Weaknesses There is no rent option Is not possible to use local government land Capital shortage Difficulties in selling They cannot process Civil organizations cannot be supported by municipalities Important to have some professional vision, not to blindly enter into new projects because it can lead to disappointment and failure Challenges
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Future plans Sales in restaurant and in organic shop
Investment: bigger tractor, in order to do by themselves at least the cultivation between rows New polytunnel
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