{"id":27,"date":"2013-04-08T08:59:20","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T08:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/summerfieldskaraka.co.nz\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2022-07-25T06:15:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T06:15:57","slug":"our-charitable-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/summerfieldskaraka.co.nz\/?page_id=27","title":{"rendered":"A Gift Charity"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Summerfields Charitable Trust<\/strong><\/span>
\nMission Statement:
\n\u201cTo offer an environment to aid healing from deep trauma\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

‘A Gift’<\/strong><\/span>
\nOur love of Jesus Christ and the understanding of His healing grace are the foundations of the ‘A Gift’<\/i> program.
\nThe farm’s environment\u00a0and pet animals\u00a0are a powerful tool for relieving stress, anger and depression\u00a0, helping\u00a0young people\u00a0through difficult periods of\u00a0their lives.The farm has also proved to\u00a0be\u00a0an effective\u00a0intervention for high risk students experiencing suicidal ideation or other risk taking behaviors’.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>‘Reins <\/i>‘ <\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

‘Reins’ <\/i>is a human development program\u00a0that teaches life skills\u00a0through\u00a0horsemanship of either Harness Driving or Horse Riding\u00a0.’Reins<\/em>‘ was created as an earlier intervention for youth exhibiting\u00a0difficult behavior\u00a0or youth needing to build up their confidence and\u00a0self worth\u00a0.Families needing to improve their relationships\u00a0would also benefit from this program.
\n\"gift1\"<\/a>‘A Gift’ <\/strong><\/i>Program<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n