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Agenda
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News & experiences
Our refugee football team in the spotlights!
How proud we are of our soccer team from azc Joseph Haydnlaan and how much media attention they received last week (deservedly!)! The team was founded a few months ago following the example of Wageningen, where they already had a soccer team with players from the asylum seekers’ center.
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Taarten van Babel at Pahud!
The film crew from Taarten van Babel stopped by the Pahud! Thais talked about how she and her mother fled Nicaragua and about the different asylum centers they lived in in the Netherlands. One of those places was asylum center Pahud and she talks about her time there. Meanwhile, she…
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Soccer players from all azc’s gather during indoor soccer tournament
On Friday, February 28, 20 teams from various shelters in the Utrecht region gathered at Sportcentrum Galgenwaard, FC Utrecht’s stadium, for the S.v.e.T. indoor soccer tournament 2025. What a great day it was! The participants could not only be active, but also do some networking here and there! This event…
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Special attention for the kids at Joseph Haydnlaan
There are so many kind and warm people in Utrecht who support us by offering beautiful activities to, for example, the children in the asylum center! Children who really feel their parents’ stress, but don’t always understand…. Over the past few weeks, we were able to let people relax and…
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Nowruz at Pahud
Today at 10:01 a.m., spring began, and this means it is also therefore Noruz (or Persian New Year)! Noruz is celebrated in a big way especially by Iranians, Kurds, Afghans and Azerbaijanis and symbolizes the return of the sun and of light. During Nowruz you can find the Haft Sin…
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