Disability Rights Germany Project #29701

Supporting Families with Disabled Children

by Hande fur Kinder e. V.

Project Report | Mar 5, 2024
Cool sound and fool around

By Andrea Fleischmann | Project Leader

Winter is slowly saying goodbye and the first signs of spring can already be seen. And another season came to an end. The foolish time. The carnival season, also known as the fifth season, begins in Germany every year on November 11^th and ends with Ash Wednesday. Shrovetide reaches its peak on Shrove Monday and Shrove Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. It seems Germany is in carnival mode then and carnival parties and shrove processions take place in many places.

So, of course, Carnival was also celebrated exuberantly at “Der Neue Kupferhof”. It started with making decorations and costumes, where our guest children had a lot of fun and were enthusiastic. Everyone dressed up for the party. So really everyone who liked. From the guest children, their parents and siblings, to employees and volunteers, to pedagogues and nursing staff, to the “Haende-fuer-Kinder” teddy bears. There was an even more exuberant atmosphere than usual in the house. The children had so much fun that it spread to everyone else. The name of “Der Neue Kupferhof” could also have been changed to “House of Smiling People”.

With this in mind, I send everyone a smile and wish you a nice early spring season.

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Nov 6, 2023
Valentinas grosse Fahrt (Valentinas big ride)

By Andrea Fleischmann | Project Leader

Valentina Beck

This is Valentina Beck from Norderstedt, near Hamburg, Germany. Valentina is an incredible fighter. She was born in Santiago de Chile in 1991 with a heart defect. The doctors had already given up on her, but Valentina was fighting for her life. Today she is a happy and cheerful “whirlwind”, who many people immediately take into their heart.

Sport has a very special meaning for Valentina. Valentina has already participated three times at the Special Olympics World Games, in three different sports. 2017 she won in snowshoeing a gold, silver and bronze medal in Ramsau (Austria). 2019 Valentina won the gold medal with the German 4x100 meter relay in Abu Dhabi (Saudi Arabia). This year she won the silver medal in the 1000-meter tricycle race in Berlin (Germany).

The authors Annabell Behrmann and Miriam Opresnik -both from Hamburg, Germany- were so fascinated and inspired by Valentina´s story that they created a wonderful childrens book together with the illustrator Sabrina Kotzerke. “Valentinas große Fahrt” (Valentina´s big ride) is a sensitively written, great story that should not only encourage all people with disabilities, but also encourage all children to have an open attitude towards others.

Annabell Behrmann and Miriam Opresnik visited “Der Neue Kupferhof“, and presented their book in a reading. Our Kupferhof children had a lot of fun and highlighted the story with loud ringing of bike bells.

Big thanks to the two authors for this extraordinary book and this special afternoon at ”Der Neue Kupferhof”.

And many thanks to Valentina Beck, who, with her enormous endurance and unfailing persistence, encourages that giving up should not be an option.

The book was published by Klartext Verlag, Essen 2023

“Valentinas große Fahrt”, ISBN 978-3-8375-2573-1

Have a happy and peaceful Christmas Season.

Miriam Opresnik and Annabell Behrmann

Reading at "Der Neue Kupferhof"

Girl with bike bell

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Jul 14, 2023
10 years "Der Neue Kupferhof"

By Andrea Fleischmann | Project Leader

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