At the invitation of artist Jolanda Schouten, women from the asylum center can join in the weekly Embroidery Garden in the middle of the Centraal Museum. On large linen canvases on which Jolanda has painted native plants with watercolors, we embroider together every Sunday. Inexperienced embroiderers can learn from…
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“It was fantastic and I enjoyed it a lot.” “It was amazing day guys, you really made my day!” On a drizzly Saturday, a group of enthusiastic people from the Utrecht JCI network met with a group of azc residents and status holders at the Creatiehallen in Utrecht. The plan?…
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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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“This was a day to remember.” Every Friday there is a language café for mothers at Plan Einstein Joseph Haydnlaan. Women learn the Dutch language with a wonderful group of volunteers and the children who are not yet going to school are also lovingly cared for so that their mothers…
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“They were so interested and curious about our stories and situation here in the Netherlands.” Last week, the residents of the AZC Joseph Haydnlaan experienced a special day together with managers from Rabobank. The programme started with an interesting tour of the Rabobank building, where the residents were able to…
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Alas, alas, alas. Yesterday, the Orange Lions lost the semi-final match to England, so sadly we are not going to see the Netherlands play the final either. But we can look back on some exciting matches that were also watched at our premises at various locations. For example, the residents…
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”An AbbVie employee felt a strong connection with a girl the same age as her daughter during the Language Walk and was touched by that.” Last week, NL Cares organised a language walk where residents of the AZC Joseph Haydnlaan came together with people from pharmaceutical company AbbVie. The residents…
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Recently, students from HKU and Music Moves visited Plan Einstein Pahud. They not only gave a super fun DJ workshop for the kids, but also a fantastic house party in the living room for young and old! It all started in the afternoon with children learning how to spin records…
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How happy people like Isabelle and her fellow students from student association C.S. Veritas make us. They organised activities with our residents at two of our locations in recent weeks. And they thoroughly enjoyed the funny quiz questions, the fun walk through Utrecht, the delicious lunch and the contact with…
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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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