News & activities

Children painting the globe

The unrest in the world escapes no one at all, including children in an asylum center. For this reason, during our children’s activity on Monday at Plan Einstein Pahud, we got to work on a piece of art. Among other things, the small participants from the asylum center and…

Lees meer

Youth to FC Utrecht

On December 16th it was finally the day! 0 young people from azc Joseph Haydnlaan together with their COA supervisors visited a match of our local pride; FC Utrecht. The youngsters enjoyed the chance to see the stadium from the inside. They saw a beautiful and exciting match against RKC…

Lees meer

To Wibi Soerjadi in TivoliVredenburg

Wie is dat? Jazeker, de wereldberoemde Wibi Soerjadi..! Hier op de foto samen met twee Oekraïense dames die zijn concert in TivoliVredenburg mochten bezoeken. Wat waren ze trots! Het concert van de pianist was er één uit een reeks klassieke concerten waar vluchtelingen naartoe konden afgelopen december in…

Lees meer

Creating a mural together at azc Joseph Haydnlaan

Creating a work of art together fraternizes! The nice artist Maarten Krukkert has already created many beautiful works of art in refugee camps in Lesvos. His friends have often been involved in these projects. So on a cold Saturday in December, this enthusiastic group arrived at the asylum center on…

Lees meer

Welkom in Utrecht wishes you all the best for the New Year!

We wish all our partners, participants, volunteers and others happy holidays and a hopeful 2024! Thank you for all your efforts over the past year. We are proud of the wonderful meetings and activities we have managed together. Love from the team of Welkom in Utrecht…

Lees meer

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…

Lees meer

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…

Lees meer

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…

Lees meer

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…

Lees meer

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…

Lees meer