Social - Herba di Berna

The association“Rêves sûrs – Safe Dreams” wants to offer young people a safe roof over their heads. Behind this project are people who come from the field of open youth work and alley assistance. For them, it is clear that Bern lacks an emergency sleeping facility for young people. Although there are emergency sleeping facilities, some of which could in theory be used by young people, in practice the hurdles are often too high. That is why a supervised and yet low-threshold emergency sleeping center is needed.
Instead of young people staying in public spaces, unsafe places, or even with untrustworthy people, they need to be able to go to a safe place voluntarily and free of charge. In such a safe place, people’s basic needs are met and specialized personnel provide professional support. No one is forced to claim an offer, but all should have the opportunity to do so. Safe dreams should be in it for everyone.

Currently, a crowdfunding for the youth shelter is underway to secure funding for the first year of the pilot project. We as Herba di Berna AG were asked if we could support this crowdfunding. We are very happy to do so, as we are convinced that the Rêves sûrs association will do an excellent job, which starts at an incredibly important point in the lives of the people concerned.
Concretely, this means for us: On the one hand, we want to draw attention to this wonderful project with this blog post and on the other hand, we have supported the crowdfunding in the form of “goodies”. With a contribution of 50 francs there is a small Merci from our cultivation.

We firmly hope that we can contribute to the success of this project. Support this project, enjoy the small Merci as well as the good feeling, stand by your commitment, tell other people about this project and support the association in the social media, e.g. by following the Facebook account of “Rêves Sûrs”. Here’s to a Christmas season of solidarity for the benefit of all.

The cooperation between us and the workshops of VEBO in Grenchen and the Oberwald Center from Solothurn means a lot to us. We are happy to stand by this successful cooperation and would like to show what it looks like in this blog post. At the Oberwald center, our products are refined and the packaging is labeled, while VEBO’s workshop takes care of filling, sticking and welding all our blossoms.

The two institutions VEBO and Zentrum Oberwald offer people with a physical or mental impairment a protected working environment. Our orders involve the finishing and packaging of products, which are then put on the market for commercial sale. For people from the workshops, who often find themselves in a difficult life situation, this enables them to participate in an important sector of our social life.
When we have our products prepared for sale by these workshops, we are entering into a business relationship that is about more than just profitability. With every order we can make a small contribution so that the people in the workshops can engage in meaningful and varied activities. Knowing this, it is not a problem for us that not every single product is perfectly packaged or glued, even if this means that we sometimes have to do some touching up ourselves. In our eyes, such organizations are very worthy of support, and especially in a time of chasing crises, we are very happy to continue this partnership.

For you, our customers, this means: If the label on your next purchase is not quite straight on the packaging, this is no reason to get upset. It is much more a sign of the humanity with which our products are provided.

Do you want to know more about our cooperation with VEBO and Zentrum Oberwald? Get in touch with us.