Look at them go! Four aldermen came to volunteer at Plan Einstein Pahud as part of NLdoet, together with azc residents and a local resident. They worked hard: a tree bed was planted, a wall and 10 stools were painted, and a coffee table was taken care of. The very…
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Last Saturday night, a group of Turkish refugees went to the concert of Turkish rocker Haluk Levent in TivoliVredenburg via Welkom in Utrecht. Read some of the rave reviews from participants below! Kazim really liked the concert. It exceeded his expectations. He said he was surprised because it was…
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An evening in TivoliVredenburg is already special, but going to a concert where music from Arab films is played makes this evening even more special. Music from films from Morocco, Algeria and Egypt were introduced. Surprising and sometimes very recognizable. Italy and music from the movie The Godfather was also…
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Come dear women, let’s dance and have fun together and meet and get to know each other! Yallah Sabaya is a dance party for all women of Utrecht, organized together with De Voorkamer and BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht. There will be dance workshops and you can also have…
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‘It was great … I really imagined myself in the Middle East for a moment,’ wrote a Ukrainian refugee who went to see the Catching Cultures Orchestra at TivoliVredenburg last Sunday. There was much beauty there. A pleasant mix of Spanish-speaking, Ukrainian, Arabic and Afghan songs at Choir Duniya. There…
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How proud we are of our Benyam Goush Alema from Eritrea! ❤ As a resident of the AZC he quickly became an active participant in our activities and later he helped us enormously in the contact with Eritrean residents through the volunteer work he did with us. By now he…
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Earlier this week, the living room at azc Pahud was transformed into a Miffy hospital.The children got to play doctor and make their own Miffy toy healthy again. X-rays were taken, plasters were applied, diagnoses were made and life-saving operations were performed. A huge success, thanks to the students of…
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We have already facilitated the jewelry making workshop twice. A special workshop for young women organized by Annerieke Claassen at Het Wilde Westen. A group of Ukrainian ladies came to participate for an hour. They chose their favorite stones, beads and jewelry style. With their own hands they then made…
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‘What an incredibly fun afternoon. Warm and welcoming, with fun workshops, beautiful and personal music and delicious snacks. Top!” And so it was indeed. On Saturday 27th of January, in the afternoon, Welkom in Utrecht organized a volunteer festival together with our Plan Einstein partner Het Wilde Westen. The…
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What is a retreat in a monastery? Our participants didn’t exactly know that either. Yet they found it a fun and exciting idea to come along. And so on a cold Friday at the beginning of the new year we left for the beautiful Dominican Monastery of Huissen. We were…
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