Overview

• The therapy boat 'Aquamarin,' inaugurated on May 9, 2025, will provide treatment for mentally ill children and adolescents starting next week.
• Funded entirely by €600,000 in donations, the project was spearheaded by Verein Kinderhilfe Potsdam e.V. and Dr. Stephan Anis Towfigh of the Potsdam Bergmann Clinic.
• The boat offers ten therapy slots, addressing a dire shortage in child psychiatry services, with over 300 children on the clinic's waiting list, many in urgent need.
• Dr. Towfigh emphasized the boat as a vital and dignified expansion of care, utilizing nature-based therapy in a maritime setting.
• Meanwhile, Brandenburg Interior Minister Katrin Lange faces calls for accountability after dismissing the state’s domestic intelligence chief over a dispute on AfD extremism classification.