“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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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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‘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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“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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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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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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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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How did the wealthy Baron van Zuylen live? Why did he have this castle rebuilt in medieval style? Where can you find the architect’s signature? On a lovely spring day, residents of all asylum centers in Utrecht, as well as Ukrainians were driven by the ever cheerful driver of Jan…
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Last Friday, children from azc Star Lodge and the shelter at the Provinciehuis built cabins. The kids loved it, they loved sitting and playing in their self-built tent after building. Some children even wanted to stay and spend the night in their tents!…
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What a wonderful place the children’s studio at The Wild West is! Children from the neighborhood, Ukrainian children and children from the Utrecht asylum centers are welcome to come up with and implement all their creative ideas under the guidance of the wonderful Yink and “master” Midas. Nothing is too…
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