{"id":2295,"date":"2025-09-12T16:35:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recasas.org\/?page_id=2295"},"modified":"2026-02-19T13:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:54:15","slug":"vision-mission-values","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/recasas.org\/en\/vision-mission-values\/","title":{"rendered":"VISION-MISSION-VALUES"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vision<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Our vision is a world in which people support one another in difficult times.<\/p>\n

RECASAS creates social spaces where people come together to read, write, listen, and exchange.
\nWith peer support at its center, encounters emerge in which creative expression and community open new possibilities \u2014 and in which limiting power structures can be gently questioned and re-imagined.<\/p>\n

Mission<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

RECASAS invites people to retell their stories \u2014 thereby opening possibilities for resilience, empowerment, and self-determination.<\/p>\n

Through art, writing, music, theatre \u2014 and also shared cooking \u2014 pathways emerge when words alone are not enough.
\nThe experience itself remains, yet its meaning can expand. In this way, creative community can relieve pressure, provide orientation, and awaken hope \u2014 contributing to more dignified and compassionate forms of living together.<\/p>\n

Values<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2022 Peer Support: <\/strong><\/span>People learn from one another and discover new perspectives through shared experience.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Creativity:<\/strong><\/span> Multiple forms of expression open pathways when words alone cannot carry an experience further.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Self-Determination:<\/span><\/strong> Each person sets their own pace and chooses their own way of engaging.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Community:<\/span><\/strong> Connection instead of isolation emerges through doing things together: reading, writing, singing, or cooking.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Diversity<\/span><\/strong>: All voices are welcome, regardless of origin, religion, language, or life story.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Future Orientation:<\/span><\/strong> Community-based approaches can strengthen both individual and societal stability over the long term.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Critical Awareness:<\/span><\/strong> We reflect on the effects of labels and power structures and seek alternatives that place dignity, solidarity, and shared humanity at the center.<\/p>\n

BOUNDARIES<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

RECASAS is not a therapy or counseling service.
\nIt does not replace medical or psychotherapeutic treatment but can accompany it supportively.<\/p>\n

RELATION TO PEER PRACTICE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

RECASAS is inspired by international peer approaches, particularly Intentional Peer Support (IPS)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At its core is relationship rather than interpretation: people meet not as helpers and treated persons, but as individuals with experiences who explore meaning together.
\nThe aim is not to analyze problems from the outside or prescribe how they should be solved, but to develop new perspectives together from which solutions can emerge.<\/p>\n

ORIGIN OF THE NAME<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

RECASAS began as an acronym in the early stages of development. As the project evolved, it became a standalone name.<\/p>\n

AMBER TREE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The symbol of RECASAS is the amber tree \u2014 learn more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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