It started with one budgie.
One budgie.
Refoel Berman was worried about his daughter. She was struggling at school, and he felt she needed something different. He bought her a single budgie — and watched her transform.
The flock grows.
More animals followed — goats, sheep, chickens, ducks. What began for one child opened to the community, and the children kept coming.
Mastering the craft.
An AAT qualification achieved with distinction, with the encouragement of Reb Osher Westheim zt"l. The sefer K'ayol T'arog, authored in the Kollel of Rabbi Aryeh Schonberg shlita. Expert guidance from R' Chesky Lintop of the Betelem farm in Eretz Yisroel.
Twenty children a week. With your help — 150.
A boy with selective mutism, whom every conventional therapy had failed, began to speak — first to the animals, then to everyone. Today we serve ~20 children in weekly sessions, 30–40 more every Sunday. With proper facilities, we can reach 150 children every single week.
4.5 acres. Five minutes away.
The land is secured — five minutes from Broughton Park and Prestwich. The animals are home. The buildings are rising. £100,000 finishes it.
