Low-income Utrechters are entitled to a U-pas. So are residents of the various asylum seekers’ centers in Utrecht. They can use it to engage in all kinds of activities. For example, children can use the U-pas to buy a bicycle to go to school or a laptop/tablet to do their…
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“I feel as free as a bird when I look up into the sky here. What a beautiful view!” On June 20, World Refugee Day, 40 refugees through Welkom in Utrecht stood atop the Dom Tower. People from Yemen, Eritrea, Ukraine, Syria, Somalia, Turkey and Iraq climbed the 465 steps…
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Last weeks we went to the zoo with more than 250 refugees from different shelters, including the new emergency shelter at Europalaan. For many of them, this was a day to remember, to laugh again and leave the worries behind. From the shelter for Ukrainians in Provinciehuis, children who…
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How beautiful and valuable it is to get to know each other and make contact! ️For the third time in a row we organized a lunch at people’s homes with the Remonstrant Church of Utrecht. People from the church could sign up and were matched by us with residents from…
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Many refugees have a lot of free time and would like to fill this time with reading. As a result, we get many inquiries from people looking for Arabic books to read. Will you help us find these books? Do you have any Arabic books lying around at home…
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On May 31, Svet organized a fantastic soccer tournament! Participants from the different azc locations in Utrecht participated in two different teams. They played soccer against Utrechters who are also crazy about soccer. Both teams played passionately and went through to the next round without any problems. With full commitment…
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Recently, together with Foundation Connected, we were able to give a Somali resident from azc Star Lodge a mobility scooter: what a wonderful and moving experience! Hans and Corinne from Foundation Connected picked up the mobility scooter from someone in The Hague, via Marktplaats. And then brought it to the…
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“Today was beautiful” a little boy sighed afterwards. His big sister is seriously ill and he was able to ask all the questions he had about all the medical things he saw. And that did him so much good. Because here they were again: the wonderful medical students of…
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Every week it’s another little children’s party at the shelter for Ukrainians at Herculesplein. Every Thursday afternoon the children who live there can do crafts with volunteers of Welkom in Utrecht; drawing, folding, pasting or for example painting tiles. There was even a whole photo shoot with…
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‘It was so cozy. I really enjoyed it. And by the way, it was also the first time I got to know Plan Einstein,’ a Ukrainian woman said after she participated the mandala drawing workshop at Plan Einstein Pahud in Overvecht. The workshop was given twice by Maurits van de…
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