"Peace must be learned and practised with the same effort as war. Let's not deceive ourselves! Unless we invest the same financial resources into peace research and peace education, peace will remain an illusion. As soon as we invest our mental, spiritual and material powers to learn peace, the "historical wheel of war" will start to turn into the opposite direction."
(Pia Gyger, Lassalle Institute, Switzerland)
"Once we come to the deepest levels of our spiritual source and our love, the question of economy will naturally dissolve. Why not give away everything I own to a world I love, a world full of the creatures I love? The development of Healing Biotopes is only a beginning of bringing forth such a world. This world now needs a vast amount of start-up capital and a redirection of the flow of money towards peace."
(Charly Rainer Ehrenpreis, economist of Tamera)
"If you support Tamera financially, you invest in the development of a new culture. May this project serve your own inner joy and your own development. May you fully benefit from the work we are doing! May this project serve your continual commitment to global peace work. May it provide inspiration and new life perspectives -- to you, your friends, and your children."
(Sabine Lichtenfels, co-founder of Tamera)
The community's day-to-day expenses are covered by our own activities.
The monies invested in the development of the Tamera site and its various projects have been donated by many donors, some sponsors and some EU-subsidies.
For this we wish to express our gratefulness!
Presently the following projects are planned:
1. Expansion of the infrastructure for the "Monte Cerro Peace Education," including a student kitchen, a third seminar room, a library with an internet café, dormitories: 150,000 Euros.
Supporters are invited to contact Rainer Ehrenpreis: Rainer.Ehrenpreis@tamera.org
2. Planning of a new Seminar and Guest Centre: 150,000 Euros.
Supporters are invited to contact Frieda Radford: frieda-radford@gmx.de
3. Scholarship Fund for students and youth primarily coming from countries from the Majority World. Annual funding: 120,000 Euros.
Supporters are invited to contact Rainer Ehrenpreis:
Rainer.Ehrenpreis@tamera.org
4. Travel fund for the political network and for the pilgrimages of the "Global Campus" (Israel/Palestine and Colombia). Annual funding: 120,000 Euros.
Supporters are invited to contact Phoebe Andrea Regelmann: Phoebe.r@gmx.net
5. The "Place of the Children" is permanently expanding. Supporters are invited to contact Oskar Eckmann: schule@tamera.org
News: the entire children's community will go on tour with their play "The black Shadow -- the riddle of the princess". They can be seen in autumn 2008 in Germany and Switzerland.
Traveling expenses: 20,000 Euros.
6. Expansion of the water landscape following Holzer's Permaculture:
completion of the design of the great lake near the Aula and the permaculture gardens, improvement of the water supply, maintenance and care: 130,000 Euros.
Supporters are invited to contact Silke Paulick: ecology@tamera.org
7. Planning and development of an animal sanctuary serving equally for the healing of human beings. An emergency solution is now in the development stage for the immediate attention to sick and homeless animals: 10,000 Euros.
Supporters are invited to contact Almut Schmitz: horseproject@tamera.org
8. SolarVillage:
Building the TTT Platform (Technology, Training & Transfer) - a future-oriented technological research and meeting place.
Planning costs: 18,000 Euros.
The SolarVillage lake: 95,000 Euros.
For more details please contact Barbara Kovats: SolarVillage@tamera.org
9. Connection to the electrical grid, construction of a 22 kW solar installation feeding its production into the net.
235,000 Euros.
Supporters are invited to contact Martin Schindele: martin_schindele@yahoo.de
10. Aldeia da Luz - workshops for textiles, herbs, and arts & crafts:
270,000 Euros.
Supporters are invited to contact Beate Möller: beate.moeller@gmx.de
The further development of Tamera is feasible with the cooperation of friends of the project and a supportive public.
We thank you for your help and support.
All donors will regularly receive the "Tamera Newsletter" via e-mail.
A donation of 2,500 Euros entitles you to a "Tamera-Schein" that comes with an annual free week in Tamera, including board and lodging.
With a donation of 50,000 Euros you become a "godfather" or "godmother" of Tamera. A tree will be planted for you in the Tamera Donors' Alley, and you will be welcome to attend all events for free.
You are also welcome to become a monthly contributor to our circle of supporters with an amount of your choosing.
We are also interested in loans. Please contact our head economist by e-mail:
Rainer Ehrenpreis - *finances@tamera.org <mailto:finances@tamera.org>*
We again wish to thank you for your engagement and support.
Welcome to Tamera!
The Tamera Community
