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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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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