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Arabic books wanted!

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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A soccer tournament and BBQ!

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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A mobility scooter for a resident of Star Lodge

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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Healing stuffed animals at Teddy Bear Hospital

“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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A weekly children’s party at Herculesplein

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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Drawing mandalas with Maurits

‘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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Buddy families visit the KennisKnetters festival in TivoliVredenburg

“It was fantastic!!!,” a Dutch parent of a buddy family wrote to us after visiting the KennisKnetters festival for children last weekend. In just about every room in TivoliVredenburg, children could do experiments, watch robots play soccer or see how animals are prepared. A Dutch buddy family took the Eritrean…

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AZCs participate in soccer match Sport Coalitie Utrecht

During the May holidays, Sport Coalitie Utrecht organized a volleyball tournament. Two teams from our locations also participated. While the participants were intensely enjoying and playing together with involved volunteers, the youngest attendees from location Plan Einstein Pahud encouraged them very loudly. And with success! Because both Pahud and Star…

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Party Pahud

Saturday, May 18, was the first edition of Party Pahud! At 3 PM the party began with a variety of children’s activities such as eating candy, bowling for children and the chair dance. Together with local residents, acquaintances, friends and azc residents, afterwards there was delicious food and people danced.

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Lunch with student association BITON

What do students do in the Netherlands? What does student life look like in Utrecht? And what exactly is a student union? Several student associations of Utrecht joined us in organizing a few lunches where they also invited refugees to come and take a look. A group of us…

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