Survey results of new settlers of the info trips
A survey is sent to participants after each info trip. This is a monthly excerpt from the survey responses. We have summarized repetitive answers:
Survey Results May 2024
Question: What did you particularly like?
- I liked the intensive discussions with the many new settlers.
- I really liked the new ideas with various therapists and coaches.
- The settler community learned from last year’s experiences and was able to cleanse and optimize itself as a result.
- I liked the free-thinking people who are building an international structure for a new world.
Question: Is there anything else you would like to tell us?
- I have no wishes unfulfilled. Interesting people, warm, open and honest conversations.
- I felt very accepted and that my individual issues were taken seriously.
- The breakfast could be a bit more varied, but it is good and tasty. Lunch and dinner are delicious and very tasty.
- Erwin and Sylvia, you are wonderful people. You have my greatest respect for working so hard for the true paradise. Despite all the circumstances and the many problems, you took time for the individual guests. Thank you for this great perspective.
- I would love to get involved with a yoga and meditation program.
- I would like to support the school or help in the garden, perhaps as a project supervisor, do training in EPV and have ideas for quality management.
Questionnaire:
Survey results April 2024
Question: What did you particularly like?
Answers:
- The herbs, the history lecture, the talks with Erwin and Sylvia, with the settlers, with the info travelers and the karaoke evening.
- The air conditioning is very good. Our info group was great!
- Getting to know the community and the area. Everyone is very nice. Special thanks to Peter, Melanie, Jan and Sophie.
- The friendliness of the people here.
- I really liked the settlers and the info group.
- I really like the community of people here.
- The café is great!
- I felt right at home. It was like visiting my country of the future. I will definitely recommend the EPV to others.
Question: Is there anything else you would like to tell us?
- We really liked the community and the openness of the settlers.
- We would have liked a talk about Paraguay and the culture.
- Best wishes to the two supervisors!
- Jan helped us a lot and was very nice!
- I have found a place here in peace, far away from governments, authorities and poisonous food.
- There is clean water, food and air here.
- The food was great! Maybe a few more fruits?
Survey results March 2024
Question: What did you particularly like?
Answers:
- Everything!
- The breakfast and lunch were great!
- The people are great!
- Meeting the people was fascinating.
- We really liked Erwin’s personality.
- We really liked the herbal seminar with Christiane and the personal conversations with the
- settlers and their stories.
- The conversations with settlers in the café, the conversations and activities with caregivers and the settlers. Thanks to Gerhild and Heinz and everyone else!
- A big compliment for the lunch in the Asado Hall. The breakfast could be more varied.
Question: Is there anything else you would like to tell us?
- I take you with me in my heart and look forward to seeing you again soon.
- There is nothing to say. Keep up the good work!
- Community, philosophy, freedom and honesty.
- Special thanks to Melanie, the settlers, who were so welcoming and supportive. Many thanks to Erwin and Sylvia, who once again motivated us to go on the info trip.
- We sincerely hope that you will create a community of equals, based on openness and genuine appreciation, and we wish you all the best.
- I really enjoyed the conversations with the settlers, even if they sometimes got a little long, but that’s normal.
- The conversation with Erwin and Sylvia was mind-blowing and mind-expanding! I can’t express in words how liberated and relieved I felt afterwards. They are inspiring!
Survey results February 2024
Question: What did you particularly like?
Answers:
- The food and the shooting at the range.
- The warmth and support from the settlers. The food is great!
- I really enjoyed the gala dinner!
- I loved getting to know the people there.
- I was in Paraguay with the Mennonites and then I discovered the EPV!
- The people and the music.
- The asado was great and the live music and the cozy get-togethers.
- I liked the nursery best and the food was good.
Question: Is there anything else you would like to tell us?
- Thank you very much for all the offers of help, for building ramps for my husband in his wheelchair and for looking for solutions to our situation.
- We really want to live in peace and harmony and that is possible with you.
- I wish I had more smoothies.
- I think it’s wonderful that your food comes from your own garden. There was more food than you could eat.
- The Spanish speaking staff were exceptionally nice. All so attentive, patient and professional.
- Congratulations you are such wonderful people.
- I would love to come back! Thank you so much for everything.
Survey results January 2024
Question: What did you particularly like?
Answers:
- The feeling of being at home
- The visit to my future home
- Freedom!
- The people at El Paraiso Verde
- The nature at El Paraiso Verde
- Everything was perfect
- The attitude to life of the people here
- The existing network of waterways
- The openness and warmth of the settlers
- The commitment to this project
- The movement
- I liked the food, the accommodation and the catering.
Question: Is there anything else you would like to tell us?
- Thank you for the wonderful support and the way you looked after us.
- The info week was one of the best experiences in 2024
- The conversations with Erwin and Sylvia were overwhelming and mind-expanding. I can’t put into words the relief and hope that I felt as a result.
- I miss Jan’s truck.
- I could just swim here all day and nothing else!
- Freedom!!!
- The food was excellent.
Survey results December 2023
Question: What did you particularly like?
Answers:
- The good cooperation from everyone and their help.
- I really liked the food! It was healthy and the people were very nice.
- The people, the country, the sun, the whole thing!
- The new friends, the relaxed lifestyle and the nature.
- Yes, I really liked the people. And they were all so relaxed!
- The great people, the security team and their support, the great lectures and the parties.
Question: Is there anything else you would like to tell us?
- Yes, keep up the good work!
- You need paddle boats for the lake and cushions to sit on.
- I will bring my best friends who have already swallowed the red pill.
- You guys are doing a great job bringing the dream to reality.
- I really liked most of it.
- A little paradise!
- I really liked it all, even if I was at the wrong time, I mean El Nino and the rain.
- You are a great community and THAT is the greatest asset you have! Beautiful!
Survey results November 2023
Question: What did you particularly like?
Answers:
- The openness and warmth of the settlers and Erwin and Sylvia’s commitment to this project.
- The attitude to life of the people here, the existing and planned waterway network.
- All the newsletters and all the videos and then being here!
- People and nature.
- All the openness and honesty of all the settlers here and that the children can live so freely.
- I really liked the healing energy of nature and the conversations with the people.
- The food was very aromatic and varied.
Question: Is there anything else you would like to tell us?
- Yes, I would like to teach Tai Chi and help settlers design their homes.
- Thank you for the great support during the info week.
- We were just a little surprised about the vouchers for full board.
- We were so touched by the development of El Paraiso Verde.
- Everything was perfect.
- I would love to help build the university.
- I don’t want to be very involved in the community, I just want to relax here and enjoy my retirement.
We can achieve so much together. El Paraiso Verde makes it happen.
