The projects we support are
our windows to the world.

The projects we support are
our windows to the world.

What We Support

Project Insights

The goal of our public relations work is to make our current activities and exemplary projects more visible. That’s why the people and initiatives that we support take center stage, both in our print publications and on our website. Lighthouse projects both large and small are given a special place.

Here, we provide short updates that reveal current happenings among our projects. In addition, we present in-depth reports and interviews that create a vivid picture of the initiatives that our foundation is privileged to enable and support.

To make this possible, our public relations team visits many of the projects together with the responsible project managers and gets to know the organizations and people on location.

We hope that these reports, in text and image, help to orient engaged individuals regarding possible support from the Software AG Foundation (SAGST) – and encourage them to tread new paths.

Teenager shoveling wood chippers
30.11.2018

More Than Just Horses at Birkach Farm

Since the 1970s, the team that runs Birkach Farm for Children and Youth has been strengthening the independence of children with and without disabilities. They have created an environment near Stuttgart where young people from the city can not only learn horse riding but also take on responsibility for animals and for the community.

Board with colorful letters
23.11.2018

Development Needs Room: New School Building for a Waldorf School in Austria

Waldorf schools in Austria are heavily dependent on parent fees and donations – much more so than in Germany. Funds for building renovations or remodeling work are often hard to come by. That was the case at the Waldorf School in Klagenfurt.

A big speech bublle containing questionmarks and smaller speech bubbles inside showing symbols of an ear, a mouth and an eye
12.11.2018

First Independent Counselling Center for Individuals with Support Needs Opens in Darmstadt

Near the Darmstadt train station, at Rheinstrasse 67, an independent counselling center – Ergänzende unabhängige Teilhabeberatung (EUTB) – opened in October 2018 with the support of the German Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs. Five employees, all of whom have personal experience with disability, are available at the center to provide counselling and to refer clients to other aid organizations.

An old plough and soil
23.10.2018

The True Cost of Agriculture

Agriculture is more than food production. The research project “Calculating correctly!” makes the social and environmental services that farmers provide economically visible and argues that these should be considered in organizational decisions and agricultural bookkeeping.

White grapes at grapevines
18.10.2018

Biodynamic Wine – Quality Starts in the Vineyard

What turns a good wine into a gourmet product? Winegrowers around the world know that tiny changes can be the key to producing a wine of the finest quality. That includes winegrowers who use biodynamic preparations to create wines of truly superior quality. Interest in biodynamic wine growing is increasing – and so is the need for research in this field.