We
are the Harding Family, we are a British family living on a little
farm in the foothills of the central Appenines, Italy. It is a
wonderfully pure environment and we are surrounded by fabulous
wildlife. Our Mum is a Montessori Teacher who used to have a nursery
school in London and we help her run a summer school.
Children from
all over the world come and spend time in our woods playing in the
river, messing about with clay, climbing trees, making things
with sticks and enjoying the freedom and the nature around them. It
is the perfect antidote to living in an apartment in a city.
Now we want to extend this all year round and to include adults, and school trips so
that as many people as possible can come and have fun, creative, woodland adventures
together. But in order to this we need better facilities.
We
have a barn that we would like to turn into a base camp and workshop
but at the moment it is home to our horses so we need to build them a
new stable. We are going to use a lot of reclaimed building
materials but we do need to spend some money on the base and the
roof. Once the horses are comfortable we can get to work clearing up
the barn, putting in some lights, windows and a toilet. We know it
will be hard work but we are sure we can do it by working together.
The
real challenge of living here is to find a way to make a living and
with your help we can do that in a fun and creative way that also
benefits our visitors. Once upon a time this sort of activity would
have been a normal part of childhood but is sadly a rare treat in the
modern world.
We
can do all this and more for E10 000. We have some really fun perks
including a homemade bow carved from one piece of wood, and a
weekend's Glamping in the woods. It would
be great if you could contribute to our campaign but it would also
help if you could share it with as many people as possible. Thank you.
Tom, Lucy, Gus, Albert, Honor, Noah and Sofia.