Last week I had the opportunity to visit one of two therapeutic communities run by NGO Viktorija, the organization that serves drug addicts. The program is amazing. The participants must commit to 2 years at the therapeutic community in addition to counseling before and after. I was incredibly impressed by the program, both by how long and how comprehensive it is. The community is set outside of the city, in the hills and isolated from other people. The residents work in a farm setting and are amazingly self-sufficient. The picture shows both the area where it is set as well as a garden the residents maintain and eat from. In addition to the garden, the residents bake their own bread, raise and butcher their own animals, and manage their entire household. While the organization serves both genders, this therapeutic community is specifically for men. During my visit the residents were amazingly open to sharing about their experience and how the program works. I was also surprised to see residents mowing hay by hand and then bringing it back with a horse and wagon. Although, according to a mechanic in Michigan, this wagon probably had better wheels than my car.
Last week I had the opportunity to visit one of two therapeutic communities run by NGO Viktorija, the organization that serves drug addicts. The program is amazing. The participants must commit to 2 years at the therapeutic community in addition to counseling before and after. I was incredibly impressed by the program, both by how long and how comprehensive it is. The community is set outside of the city, in the hills and isolated from other people. The residents work in a farm setting and are amazingly self-sufficient. The picture shows both the area where it is set as well as a garden the residents maintain and eat from. In addition to the garden, the residents bake their own bread, raise and butcher their own animals, and manage their entire household. While the organization serves both genders, this therapeutic community is specifically for men. During my visit the residents were amazingly open to sharing about their experience and how the program works. I was also surprised to see residents mowing hay by hand and then bringing it back with a horse and wagon. Although, according to a mechanic in Michigan, this wagon probably had better wheels than my car.
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