….Yesss, Aikido!!! They have been doing it for a while, together with kids from the neighborhood, and with a lot of fun. A group of children from 8 to 14 years old from the emergency shelter in Star Lodge Hotels have been sports at Aikidio Utrecht for several months.
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Just imitate that, such a twist-yoga position! For years Claas Hille of studio iYoga Utrecht has been teaching classes to refugees. He did that when we were still on Einsteindreef inside Plan Einstein, at the azc in Oog en Al, and now in Theaterhuis De Berenkuil for people in the…
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“Can the party go on any longer? I don’t want to go home yet!” Buddy families from Eritrea, Syria, Yemen, Jordan and Turkey and of course the Netherlands enjoyed the delicious barbecue provided by Diana, Heba and Amani and of course the barbecue men Bassam, Yasser, Fouzi, Shadi and Abdesalam.
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Wednesday afternoon, the unit at the Star Lodge Hotels emergency shelter on Biltsestraatweg is buzzing with activity. Groups of smiling and chatting girls gather around neighbourhood resident Eline Hoogstra. If you look closely, you can see what is happening. Nail painting. Red, purple, blue, with glitter. Eline paints the girls’…
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In 2018, Welkom in Utrecht started the pilot project Buddy Families. In this project, refugee families are paired with other families from Utrecht. We do this because many of the newcomers need contact with Utrecht families, but do not have it. At the same time, there are Utrecht families who…
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Since August 2021, it is possible again: cooking together with your buddy in neighbourhood culture house Het Wilde Westen. This is done in various groups, just with women, or with a group of (young) men. There is also a mixed group. Either way; it’s always fun there. And tasty.
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In July 2018, Hanibal indicates that he wants a (language) buddy. Around the same time, Henk also contacts Welkom in Utrecht. He, in turn, wants to be a (language) buddy. Both are in their fifties and both have a family. The difference is that Hanibal comes from Syria and Henk…
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Maram (25) and Judith (44) both live in Zeist. At the beginning of November 2018, they were matched through Welkom in Utrecht. It clicked and since then they see each other regularly. To talk Dutch, but to do so much more. ‘Sometimes we shop, sometimes we walk the dog in…
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Leonie van Bruggen (29) is close friends with Lhomme (19) from Guinea. The contact started about one and a half years ago when Leonie became a volunteer at a language café of Welkom in Utrecht. She was paired with Lhomme, but there was a lockdown almost immediately, and the language…
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She works miracles: Harriet Prins is massaging residents from the asylum seekers’ center this summer who are struggling with a lot of stress in their bodies. She brings relief with her magical hands. About three times a week she spends hours in a small room in the attic of Plan…
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