New Year’s wishes in the Christmas tree

Recently, at Plan Einstein Pahud, there is this beautiful Christmas tree. It is not only filled with lights and Christmas baubles. The tree is also filled with New Year’s wishes from azc residents and other visitors. There are beautiful wishes among them, like this one! “I wish you a very…

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A generous donation from Books4Life

Yessssss, we are very happy… … with the more than 2000 euros we received from Books 4 Life Utrecht for the printing of lesson booklets for our language cafes on location. This way, dozens of language volunteers can practice Dutch with asylum seekers and (Ukrainian) refugees. Our gratitude is…

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Quizzing at Plan Einstein Pahud

It was time again for the monthly Pahud Quiz at Plan Einstein Pahud. Once again the living room was packed with several teams. All kinds of questions came along. For example, “What is the name of a typical Dutch delicacy?” and “What language is spoken in New Guinea?” Everyone was…

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To the house of Sinterklaas

Oh come and have a look! A cozy, large group of children with their parents came to visit The House of Sinterklas as at Museum Catharijneconvent. They were given a tour by a sweet sailor who told the children all about Sinterklaas’ long journey and how nice it is…

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Connection Café Yemen

In a world where we need love and connection, a world where we should just meet and get to know each other, evenings like this Connection Café in collaboration with A Beautiful Mess Utrecht and De Voorkamer in Utrecht are worth their weight in gold! Delicious food from Yemen was…

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Henna at Plan Einstein Pahud

Last Monday, it was another fun-filled time in Plan Einstein Pahud’s living room. Women from all kinds of cultures came together for women’s time. Two hours especially for them, with…

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Sharing a meal between cultures

Recently we had another cooking workshop in Het Wilde Westen, this time the theme was cabbage. 3 nationalities (Ukrainian, Syrian, and Dutch) cooked typical food of their countries with cabbage as an ingredient. There was laughter, stories were told, and this time the men took charge of the kitchen! Ukrainian…

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“At my house,” workshop for children and their parents

We recently facilitated a workshop around the book “The True History of Dancing Buffalo.” The idea came from Jet van Bennekom, a volunteer and active member of the Ukraine Kyiv Utrecht Foundation since 2000. And so on Saturday morning in Utrecht Library on the Neude, a mix of Ukrainian and…

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Making music together connects.

No words are needed, just enthusiasm and nice people! And the nice people came to visit us! On two Saturdays in October, the musicians of Musicians Without Borders came to the asylum seekers’ center Star Lodge and Joseph Haydnlaan to play music and have fun with a group of 25…

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Autumn is finally here!

During autumn you can find many beautiful materials in nature to craft with! Ruba Hamzeh, an amazing artist from Syria and Lotta Tol, an enthusiastic Dutch student at the art academy found each other in this delightful children’s crafts workshop they provided at Plan Einstein Haydn. This is a place…

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