KONTIKI residential homeon course into the futureBuilding-extension and pathbreaking modifications for people with mental and physical disabilities

Many years ago, when our youngest daugh-ter, who unfortunately died at an earlay age, was born with a severe disability, we realized very clearly what an intense phy-sical and mental effort is required, to care for a loved one with severe limitations. The care soon exceeded our strength. Not all people with severe disabilities have a family. It is therefore important and ex- tremely valuable that there are homes and facilities that have the means at their disposal to care for these people.

As the years have gone by, I realized, what a wonderful institution the KONTIKI Residential Home is. When you walk through the front door you immediately feel welcome. After a few visits, you are greeted like a friend. The exchange is vivid with relatives, the people living in the village and those from outside. Everyone is open-minded. Here, people with dis- abilities find a true home. And the day care center is increasingly being frequented by people from outside in order to pursue a satisfying, meaningful activity during the day.

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But it is becoming increasingly evident that the KONTIKI has reached its limits. The lack of space is so acute that parts of the work-shops and the administration are tempo-rarily housed in containers. Fortunately, the KONTIKI Foundation has been able to acquire land right next to the original site. The plans for the new building, which inte-grates well into the overall structure, have already been drawn. So that the ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction work can take place as soon as possible and that KONTIKI gets the space it really needs urgently. To be able to start the task, the institution relies on donations.

I ask you for a moment’s attention for the following pages, which describe the planned project. I also ask for your solida-rity with people who live with disabilities. Our commitment is needed to enable them to live a meaningful life. Many thanks!

Roland Heim, member of the cantonal government, President of the patronage committee of the KONTIKI Residential Home Foundation

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KONTIKI – It is not by chance, that our re-sidential home is called like this. Like the raft on which an adventurer once headed from Peru across the wild ocean to reach the mainland again, the KONTIKI Residen-tial Home also aims to provide safe ground for its inhabitants. We convey confidence and strengthen self-esteem. What we have done for almost 40 years in a most com-mendable way now needs a new setting.

The extension and the technical modifi-cations to the building are an absolutely necessity to be able to continue our work as a professional institution – for our re-sidents, the external day visitors and our highly valued staff. Day after day and night after night they do their best. The limi-ted space is an additional challenge for all, making everyday life difficult. And it is extremely unsatisfying that we cannot realize the plans approved by the canton because we do not have enough space. The planned adjustments are urgent – for

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the people who live and work here, for our employees and for the many people who would like to live in our residential home.

We also want to continue promoting inclusive developments and not rest where we are now. We want to swim on the crest of the wave into the future too and sometimes look ahead for the famous «nautical mile». But we cannot do this alone. Therefore, it would be immensely valuable for us to undertake the planned journey with you. On behalf of all those affected and involved, we thank you sincerely.

Hans Ruedi Ingold President KONTIKI Residential Home Foundation

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The KONTIKI, which is sponsored by the KONTIKI Residential Home Foundation, accompanies people with physical and mental disabilities. As much as necessary and as little as possible: which is the core theme supporting all areas of life of the residents as well as the external day visitors.

The contact between the residents and employees is close – KONTIKI is a big fa-mily. This creates a feeling of being in good hands, but still there is the possibility for privacy and individuality. The forms of living match the different life stages and needs. KONTIKI has an external resident group and a department exclusively for senior citizens; a special room is provided for temporary accommodation or for getting acquainted with KONTIKI.

In the day care, which also provides in-house services and work for the residential home as well as in the garden. The residents and external day visitors are encouraged and challenged. A main pillar of KONTIKI is the creation of products for cats and dogs which are sold in the KONTIKI SHOP KON-HAPI. And in the KONTIKI CAFE KARANGA guests like to drop in, to be spoiled with sweets or they enjoy the daily fresh lunch menu.

The nameThe name KONTIKI is drawn from the raft of the same name with which in 1947 the Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl sailed from Peru across the Pacific. The aim of the trip was to provide evidence that the colonization of Polynesia from South America was possible with the means of pre-Inca time. The raft is part of the blue-white logo of the KONTIKI Residential Home. The name is a symbol of trusting the chosen path and facing the new.

Key figures54 residents (including 16 places for «Goldies»: people with disabilities in their old age)

1 external resident group

1 short stay or holiday room

52 working spaces in the integrated day care

72 employees

Home and day care: The KONTIKI Residential Home offers a home and integrated working space for people with mental and physical disabilities – for the rest of their lives.

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Review1980 The residential home for people with disabilities was opened in Zuchwil.

1985 For the time being three times, later four times a year, the in-house newspaper «Üsi Zytig», now called «KONTIKI Logbook», is published.

1996 The residential home is named KONTIKI.

1998 A male resident and a female resident get married; in the Roman Catholic Church of Biberist.

1999 The two-day excursion of the entire residential home, which takes place annually before the institution moves to Subingen, takes the residents to the Christmas Market in Munich and twice to Eurodisneyland in Paris.

2000 ISO certification.

2006 A specialized group for the elderly with disabilities is founded and the «Goldies» department for elderly people with disabilities is established.

2013 Exhibition by the well-known artist Schang Hutter in the house and garden.

2014 Participation in the regional trade exhibition.

2017 Exhibition stand at the fair «HESO Solothurn».

... I like it in my residential group, where my friend Roland is living too. I enjoy the differ-ent programs in the day care, I most enjoy painting.

Open, friendly, cheerful: The KONTIKI is committed to helping each other and to providing a relaxed atmosphere. Due to the limited space, this often demands great improvisation and patience. Let’s have a look inside:

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A DAY AT THE KONTIKI

There is a lot going on this morning. The automatic front door opens and closes, people are coming and going. People are talking everywhere. «Good morning», «hi», «how are you?» Warming sunlight is shining through the skylight of the well-attended CAFE KARANGA. A resident places pillows on the sofa with great care. Every move he underlines with a thoughtful «like this». «Exactly like this,» he finally concludes. Now resting on the sofa and studying the ice cream menu. At the next table, a senior citizen and her partner drink cappuccino. Years ago, the two of them moved to the KONTIKI together and now they live in a double room in the residential department of the retired «Goldies». While he is reading the newspaper, she greets passing people by their name, gets up, shakes hands, and taps some people on the shoulder. At the corner table, a woman tickles her table neighbor, shouts «cock-a-doodle-doo» and finally gets the man laughing.

A big familyThe mood of KONTIKI is friendly and cheer-ful. That may be due to the architecture, which is bright, open and colorful. Above all, a positive spirit is active all over the house.

The residents are met at eye level, the care takes place respectfully and friendly, and the contact among the residents is lively and full of helpfulness. KONTIKI is a big family.

With a lot of activities around the house, the residents are encouraged and asked to give their best. Everyone able to help does so. This morning, the laundry needs to be ironed, napkins and towels are folded, sorted by color and sent to the various departments of the residence. Two women and two men are sitting around the table, concentrating on what they are doing. Every move is carried out precisely. But the space is limited. Between the two powered wheelchairs there is hardly enough room, each maneuvering needs to be exact. Originally, it was assumed that the residents would work mainly exter-nally. But the necessity of helping in their own residential home grew continuously. Suddenly someone yells «Znüni!» – it’s time to have a snack! – and the next bottleneck is revealed: There is no room for break. Therefore everyone eats the apple slices and the slices of bread in a corner, next to mountains of laundry to be ironed.

«I wish that every person gets the opportunity to live his or her life in dignity. This includes finding a place where they feel at home, surrounded by helpful, kind people and where they have a chance to pursue a meaningful employment. KONTIKI has been aiming to achieve these values for years. It is my wish that KONTIKI can stand up for the dignified lives of our handicapped fellow human beings in the best possible way in the future.»

Benedikt Weibel Former CEO of Swiss Federal Railway (SBB), management expert and consultant

Permanent remodelingIf one is lead through the building by Ma-rio Kunz, the manager of technical services, more problems come to light in the base-ment. A part of the cleaning equipment is placed right in front of the heating system, toilet paper is piled up in a corner of the working spaces, large gymnastic balls and kitchen utensils are squeezed in one cor-ner of the storage room and wheelchairs are parked in the ventilation room. «Our residents need aids that must to be stored somewhere,» Kunz says in the long cor-ridor, touching a resident who is coming around the corner heading for the dining room with a cart full of crockery. From a distance you can hear noise. The table is already set. At lunchtime, everyone dines in the dining room, where homemade red toadstools – made of papier mâché – are placed on the tables at this time of the year. «That’s an important moment of the day, when we all come together,» Oscar Schmid, head of the institution, says.

Every chair in the large room is occupied. The numerous walking aids and wheel-chairs need space and there is a large crowd around the buffet with its salads, soup and main dishes. Even after meal times, the room is used. In this room gym-nastics, music and large group events take place. That means it needs a permanent remodeling and people need to carry the equipment back and forth. Time and again, the management decides not to buy new material because there is no room to store it. «Having our own gym in an additio-nal building would make life a lot easier for all of us,» says Oscar Schmid.

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«We should do everything so that people with disabilities can live as happily as possible and find a good place in our society. They are people like you and me, except that they are born with a disability or have to manage restrictions all their life. I stand with my name for the KONTIKI and his intentions and plans for the future and wish the people in charge all the best.»

Martina Strähl Mountain Running World Champion

No sofa availableAfter the large lunch break the next bottle neck is revealed: The number of day care residents has increased steadily in recent years. Residents with disabilities who par-ticipate in the KONTIKI’s daily program and eat here. Many of them need a place where they can lie down and recuperate from time to time. At present, the only option for this are the sofas in the recreation room of the residential units. This means that the space is very limited at this time of the day.During the afternoon, the two working spaces get crowded again. With each ad-ditional resident, the available space gets less and less and activities become more complicated for everyone involved. Wood and its edges are polished here. At the next table, herbs are dried and labels for bags are painted using apple rings. Peop-le are knitting and stitching, they play with toy blocks, and they put together a puzzle or create dog biscuits out of a long dough.

This is one of the main pillars of day care: the production of high-quality, fanciful products for dogs and cats – «meaningful activities that preserve and promote phy-sical and mental abilities,» Oscar Schmid, head of the institution, says while walking through the in-house KONHAPI Shop.

The risk of overwork or underloadThis afternoon, the noise level is high in the day care. Many activities are taking place in the working area. This prevents the supervisor from constructive support and the residents from staying focused on the task. «Unfortunately, some of the people are under-challenged in the old spatial structures,» Roland Roth, head of the day care, says. The situation gets increasingly difficult for people with severe multiple disabilities. On the one hand, the limited space is a further burden for them, on the other hand, special offers such as a «snoezele room» are missing (the Dutch

«In my experience, people with physical and mental limitations as very genuine and honest. After you have won the hearts of these extraordinary people, there is a connection with them forever. They are valuable assets to our society. Therefore, society must support projects such as the KONTIKI. We all, who are allowed to live so-called «healthy lives», are expected to take notice.»

Tanja Gutmann Model, tv host, Miss Switzerland 1997

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term «snoezelen» combines the two words «snuffelen» – cuddle – and «doezelen» – doze). «Snoezelen» means staying in a cozy room where you lie comfortably or sit and are being surrounded by soft sounds, scents, light effects and sensory stimula-tion as well. «Heavily handicapped people need more stimulation,» Roland Roth says, explaining that snoezelen serves to im- prove the sensitive perception and relaxes. «This valuable offer is missing today.»

«Often it is complicated»«I’ll go outside,» a resident shouts, putting on his rain jacket, joining the garden group. The green areas of KONTIKI are spacious. Flowers grow and there is a garden with vegetables and fruit next to raised beds, under which wheelchairs can be moved. Today, they have to cut back strawberries. One of the residents works with scissors, another is removing the cut green, and one resident patiently picks up leaves and puts them in a bucket. The man in the rain jacket calls again «I’ll take care of it», comes back with a broom and cleans the paths. A well-rehearsed team.

Today, the weather is good, «but if it’s raining, it gets complicated,» Susanne Schriber, head of the services department, says. There is neither a locker room nor a dirt sluice or a drying room. If after a rainy afternoon, Susanne Schriber wants to put her wet clothes and gloves on a drying rack, she must first figure out a suitable space. At the same time, she always has new ideas: She wants to set up a recycling group, as well as a group that repairs bikes.

A home to lastThe afternoon is coming to an end. The recreation room in the resident home of the «Goldies» is well occupied. Here are two groups of eight persons of retirement age. The daily structure of senior citizens is no longer characterized by daily work. But elderly people also need more space to enjoy their retirement and their leisure time activities. The situation in the living room is tight – especially for people whose radius of movement is getting smaller and smaller – and for which the declared aim of the KONTIKI is to provide a home for the rest of their lives.

More and more, KONTIKI receives requests from people with disabilities who want to live here or who want to work in the day care. The conditions in the working spaces are particularly constraint. For many years now, KONTIKI was not able to utilize the space approved by the canton because there are not enough rooms. In our large working space as well as in our smaller wor-king space too many people have to work in a too constricted environment. Facing this situation our staff needs a lot of organizing and improvising skills and it gets more and more difficult to support every single resident. Especially people with severe multiple disabilities are not stimulated enough due to the lack of additional offers.

I There will be six new, small, flexibly ad-justable working spaces as part of the planned extension. In these spaces, the staff will be able to take care of these disabilities more individually and more focused.

I The connection rooms to the surroun-dings will be modified, which simplifies the conditions for the groups working outside.

I Eight new jobs will be created in the day care.

I A «Snoezele» space will be established.

KONTIKI has been well established over the past forty years. However, in orderto continue providing an optimal setting for residents and external day care residents, modifications have become indispensable. An overview.

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There is an increasing lack of space regar-ding therapy, office and meeting rooms. The dining room needs to be remodeled frequently and often it is diverted from its intended use. This requires not only smooth planning but equipment also has to be carried back and forth. The offices of the employees are constantly occupied, meetings take place in rooms that are too small, and with the exception of a narrow coffee room there is no lounge for the employees.

I A new room which can be used as gym and for other purposes will be built.

I In future, there will be enough offices, meeting rooms and recreation rooms.

The upcoming modifications will improve the situation of a topic that KONTIKI is well-known for: caring for older people with disabilities and with dementia. This very important topic demands new solutions.

I In the two existing residential groups of the «Goldies» more and more special programs are on offer.

I People with an increasing tendency to abscond are stopped from doing so with structural modifications.

I A new self-contained garden of senses will be created.

The need for new, more flexible forms of housing is becoming ever greater – especially for people with disabilities who need not that much care and whose wish to be independent is great.

I A new building for an additional residen-tial group with four persons will be built.

I Four individual studios will be built as well.

«In our performance-oriented society people with disabilities have a hard time. Institutions like the KONTIKI are in the truest sense of the word the <solid ground under their feet>! The planned extension of the institution is absolutely necessary and makes sense. Those who are responsible deserve our support and enjoy my fullest confidence.»

Hanspeter Latour Football coach, author and consultant

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«People with disabilities deserve a nice home and suitable working spaces. The extension of KONTIKI will cover new needs. The residents are part of our village community. They deserve our support. Fortunately I am healthy. That is one of the reasons why I want to contribute to providing direct help for people with limited abilities.»

Josef Ingold Auditor, Subingen

From a distance, the consistently simple and friendly architecture catches some- one’s eye: low-rise buildings and flat roofs, vivid, weather-beaten wooden facades, light-flooded courtyards, surrounded by bushes, trees and a lot of green. During the first construction phase from 2007 to 2010, it was important to architect Benedikt Graf that water, which is linked to the name of KONTIKI, plays a major part. The «Sagibach» creek, which flows through the property, was integrated in the design of the garden. The central part of the main.

Functional comfortThe large estate is not supposed to look like a nursing home or a hospital. «We tried to focus on functional living comfort,» Graf says. It was always the goal to create the perception of «a complete concept» and yet to create parts that present an indi-vidual character. «The building is large, but strongly structured in the shape of a butterfly.» Courtyards are located between the wings, each residential group

has its own part of the house; the structure is two floors high. «The residents should have contact with the ground,» Graf ex- plains, «they should feel safe and secure.»

Transparent and flexibleThis concept will now be further woven into the expansion. The existing parts of the building will have an additional L-shaped wing; the result is a new, self- contained, larger yard – ideal for the creation of a garden of senses, which should also be available to people with dementia. There will also be a portico for the residents, and in future the bus of the residential home will be able to stop under a glass roof. To facilitate new developments in the future, many of the new walls will not be supportive. For example, the new day care will be constructed to contain several parts, resulting in six working spaces. They are placed next to each other facing south, «different windows provide light,» Graf ex-plains, «even over the corridor – providing

According to architect Benedikt Graf, the buildings of KONTIKI were from the be- ginning planned to facilitate change and to allow the construction of new buildings.The architecture firm «Graf Stampfli Jenni Architekten AG» in Solothurn hasextensive experience in planning nursing institutions and residential homes.

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transparency and flexibility.» According to the architect, this studio, which uses wood and machinery, has a «room in the room» and is therefore well-soundproofed.

New freedom of movementOn the ground floor further offices and meeting rooms will be built, on the first floor a new residential part, in the base- ment rooms for multi-purpose and storage facilities and a separate therapy bath. In all new rooms, the focus is on a meaning-ful, pleasant and adapted use: «It’s not just about fulfilling the standards for obstacle-free building,» Benedikt Graf says, «but about creating room for free movement.» Often you see several electric wheelchairs, wheeled walkers or other movement aids in one room that take up space. The architect, who is very ex- perienced in the care and residential home sector, particularly points out the newly created activation area for the so-called «Goldies»: «This is very important so the pensioners do not spend the entire day in their residential units only. »

All of one pieceThe modifications to the existing residen-tial home are kept to a minimum. Some have positive side effects which will be of use: «Cutting off» the passageway from the rest of the extension building, creates a new room which will be used as staff room. The current shop will be integrated into an extended lobby and lounge area, and by moving a wall, the well-frequented café will become lager. The architects stick to the materials used so far. «By that we create an entire one piece unit.

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«One of my cousins, with whom I have spent a lot of time since childhood, has trisomy 21. The topic of people with disabilities is close to me. I have known KONTIKI since childhood: I grew up in Zuchwil. I have realized for many years how important it is that there are such specialized institutions where people like my cousin are well looked after and treated kindly. It is essential that the KONTIKI is structurally adapted and the external framework is optimized.»

Thomas Zindel Tax expert and federal Champion of Swiss wrestling (Schwingen)

«It is important for our region, but beyond that, that there are facilities like KONTIKI. Here, our people with disabilities are best cared for and looked after. To maintain high standards in the future the residential home needs structural extension. And since the institution is not in a position to achieve this on its own, the solidarity of all of us is important.»Raoul Stampfli Attorney at law, Solothurn

The costsThe goal is to cover 5 million Swiss francs through donations.

I 10.4 million Swiss francs are needed to realize the overall project.

I The KONTIKI Residential Home Founda-tion is raising 2 million Swiss Francs. In addition, the foundation will purchase the required land in advance.

The ScheduleAfter we have reached 3 million Swiss francs through donations, the ground- breaking ceremony will take place.

The goal is to be able to move into the new premises in 2020.

Since there will not be enough space, containers will be installed in which some work will be carried out and offices will be established.

«Getting along in today‘s world is not easy - not even for people without disabilities. Therefore it is of paramount importance that places like the KONTIKI Residential Home exist. It is essential as well that the structures of the KONTIKI are perfectly adapted to the people who work and live there.»

Carla Stampfli Journalist, swimmer, 28 times elite Swiss champion

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Estimated costs for the new building CHF

Real Estate 0

Preparatory work 210’000

Building 8’530’000

Equipment 110’000

Surroundings 540‘000

Additional building costs 910’000

Domestic equipment 100’000

Total 10’400’000

Financing CHF

Total of costs 10’400’000

Own funds of the foundation 2’000’000

Through operating account affordable financing 3’400’000

Funding through donations, sponsoring and possibly further borrowing 5’000’000

Even in public transportation people with disabilities should be able to travel as barrier-free and obstacle-free as possible. Therefore, the public bus transportation company BSU has been investing in mobility for all for years, in close cooperation with the canton and the municipalities. All our buses are equipped with a low-floor entry and a wheelchair ramp. The KONTIKI is an important institution in our region. It deserves broad support from us all.»

Fabian Schmid Manager of the public bus transportation company Solothurn and surroundings (BSU)

It is important to us that the KONTIKI Residential Home receives the support it needs.That is why we are involved in patronage for the planned extension.

PRESIDENTRoland Heim, member of the cantonal government

Urs Ackermann-Brunner, Dipl. phil. II, biologist, President of the parliament of the Kanton of Solothurn, member of the cantonal parliament

Harry Affolter, manager BDO AG

Doris und Ruedi Bieri, Mühledorf

Urs Böhlen, former CEO, manager of development projects

Hansjörg Boll, town clerk administration of the city of Solothurn

Peter Brotschi, aviation journalist, member of the parliament of the canton of Solothurn and of the communal parliament of Grenchen

Heinz Brunner, project manager extension of the KONTIKI Residential Home

Rolf Büttiker, former member of the Swiss Federal Council of States (Senate)

Lars Egger, CEO Espace Real Estate AG

Peter Emch, manager Gartenbau Flury + Emch AG (horticulture), member board of directors of the agricultural formation center «Oeschberg» Koppigen, Vice- president of the Solothurn section of «Jardin Suisse» business association

Kurt Fluri, mayor of Solothurn, member of the Swiss National Council (House of Representatives)

Oskar Fluri, Dr. med., former member of communal parliament of Solothurn, head of St. Valentin brotherhood, former President of «Perspektive» social counseling institution

Daniel Fohrler, radio and tv host

Maja Freiburghaus, Dr. med., member of the KONTIKI Residential Home Foundation

Andreas Gasche, manager of the cantonal trade association Solothurn

Yvonne Gasser, member of the KONTIKI Residential Home Foundation

Beat Graf, lic.rer.pol., Vice-president W. A. de Vigier Foundation

André Grolimund, President IG PRO KONTIKI (community of interest), member of the KONTIKI Residential Home Foundation

Veronika Habegger, Derendingen

Jacqueline Heim-Meyer, member of the KONTIKI Residential Home Foundation

Urs Huber, member of cantonal parliament

Josef Ingold, Auditor

Hans Ruedi Ingold, mayor of Subingen, President of member of the KONTIKI Residential Home Foundation

Ueli Kölliker, senior judge

Michael Kummli, vice-mayor of Subingen, member of the cantonal parliament

Hanspeter Latour, football coach, author and consultant

Marianne Meister, member of the cantonal parliament, member of the KONTIKI Residential Home Foundation

Verena Meyer-Burkhard, business econo-mist, mayor of Buchegg, first Vice-president of the cantonal parliament of Solothurn

Stefan Müller-Altermatt, member of the Swiss National Council

Michael Ochsenbein, mayor of Luterbach, member of the cantonal parliament

Anita Panzer, lic. phil. I, member of the cantonal parliament, mayor, owner-manager apacom und apatrek

Thomas Rufer, printing shop ROS AG

Marlies und Roger Saudan, entrepreneurs

Käthi Scartazzini, Dr. med., former member of the cantonal parliament

Roland Schaller, head business unit «Mittelland» CREDIT SUISSE (Switzerland) AG

Fabian Schmid, Dr., Manager public bus transportation company Solothurn and surroundings (BSU)

Roger Siegenthaler, mayor of Lüterkofen, President Repla Espace

Raoul Stampfli, Dr. iur. Lawyer

Rolf Steiner, former headmaster

Walter Stocker, member of the KONTIKI Residential Home Foundation

Hansjörg Stöckli, former manager BDO AG

Theo Strausak, lic. iur., chairman board of directors Glutz AG

André Streit, member of the KONTIKI Residential Home Foundation

Martin Vollenweider, entrepreneur

Christian Wanner, former member of the cantonal government

Walter Wirth, CEO AEK onyx AG

Urban Wirz, Dr. med. und Dr. phil., former doctor of KONTIKI Residential Home

Roberto Zanetti, member of the Swiss Council of States

Thomas Zindel, Tax expert and federal Champion of Swiss wrestling (Schwingen)

Sven Zybell, manager DePuy Synthes

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THANKS FROM THE HEART

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Oscar Schmid, Head of Institution KONTIKI Residential Home Foundation

At the forefront of our mission, our duty, we stand for integration and inclusion. In other words, how can we best accom-pany people with disabilities so that they can perceive themselves as independent people as much as possible and participa-te as members of our society as accepted individuals? Inclusion means participation in everyday social life.

For our mission the location of the KONTIKI Residential Home could not be better. The residential home is situated in the middle of the village of Subingen. Post office, bank, café and shops are just a few minutes’ walk away. Residents can thus move independently in the village, partici-pate in the club life of Subingen or visit the fitness center. Through the daily contacts the villagers know our residents and have become a kind of «confidants».

The acceptance in the village and commu-nity of Subingen is remarkable; we regular-ly receive inquiries for general meetings, club events or funeral service dinners. These requests show openness, accep-tance and appreciation for KONTIKI and its residents.

With the planned extension we want to create an added value.

I Added value and a meaningful life through sensible daytime planning, which is why we need an extension building due to the steady growth.

I Added value for a growing number of elderly people with disabilities, as medi-cal developments give them the chance to live longer.

I Added value through alternative living arrangements in the KONTIKI. This enables us to meet the requirements of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and to meet future requirements.

Dear reader, I would appreciate to get in touch with you. Help us to establish soon the infrastructure which will be up to date and appropriate.

Thank you for your attention and your open heart.

Roland Heim Roland Heim member of the cantonal government, President of the patronage committee of the KONTIKI Residential Home Foundation

roland.heim@fd.so.ch

Oscar Schmid Head of institution

Tel. 032 686 53 71oscar.schmid@whkontiki.ch

Hans Ruedi Ingold President of KONTIKI Residential Home Foundation

Tel. 032 613 20 21hansruedi.ingold@subingen.ch

Sandra Pezzullo Project manager

Tel. 032 686 85 44 Mobil 076 489 52 07 sandra.pezzullo@whkontiki.ch

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Wohnheim KONTIKIDahlienweg 64553 SubingenTel. 032 686 53 70

www.whkontiki.ch

Account informationCREDIT SUISSE (Switzerland AG)IBAN CH58 0483 5093 5770 0101 3Account «Extension»

Your donation to the project « KONTIKI Residential Home: extension andpathbreaking modifications forpeople with mental and physicaldisabilities» is tax deductible within the legal framework.