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The projects we support are
our windows to the world.
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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.

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01.10.2025

Help for the Little Ones: Clinical Study on Lavender Oil Chest Compresses

Do lavender oil chest compresses have a measurable positive effect on the treatment of infants with bronchiolitis? This question is currently being investigated in Switzerland in the first multicentre, randomized clinical trial on this topic. The qualitative results from a survey of nursing staff published in an interim report are already promising.

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24.09.2025

Ten Years of the Foundations and Education Network - a Success Story

Since 2015, the Foundations and Education Network has been bringing together foundations and committed civil society actors across Germany to open up new educational perspectives.

22.09.2025

A Safe Anchor: Sponsorships for Children of mentally ill Parents

When a parent is mentally ill, this has a massive impact on family life. The Lebensfarben association from Wiehl (NRW) supports affected children with voluntary sponsorships that create stability and new perspectives. Funding from SAGST enables the program to be expanded.

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15.09.2025

From a Family Business to a Forge for the Future: living Inclusion at Hagsfelder Hof

Growth for the Parzival Center in Karlsruhe-Hagsfeld: new educational prospects for adolescents with special support needs are being created on a farm in the immediate vicinity of the socio-educational facility. To this end, the long-established farm will continue to operate on a non-profit basis.

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08.09.2025

From Experience to Recognition: Research at the Nature Institute

At a time when science often relies on technology and big data, the Nature Institute in the US state of New York is taking a different approach: with its research and educational approach based on the Goethean view of nature, it promotes a new relationship between humans and nature.