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  • ‘The Poetry Project': How young refugees in Germany are bridging the cultural gap with their voices

    December 12, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    The Poetry Project provides a platform for young refugees to create poetry, share their stories, and learn about German culture. The initiative started with weekly meetings for 7 young refugees to workshop poetry about the refugee experience, including leaving loved ones, why they left, and how they feel in their new home country. Their live performances have won prizes and their audiences respond emotionally. The group’s success allowed it to expand to more participants and reach a wider audience. The experience helped some participants integrate more smoothly into German society, where they have thrived.

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  • How a refugee-run factory is helping the Netherlands meet its need for face masks

    December 11, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Arnhem

    Rather than import masks from elsewhere, an organization in the Netherlands set up a face-mask factory, and then hired "people with a refugee background to make surgical face masks." According to the project spokesperson, "The project not only responded to the deficit of masks in Dutch healthcare, but also provides people with a refugee background with work experience and knowledge about the labour market in the Netherlands."

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  • Adapting to address changing refugee needs in Athen

    December 10, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Greece, Lesbos

    The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) provides basic necessities, hot showers, English classes, and social interaction for refugees in Greece. JRS also opened a Women Day Centre which catered specifically to the needs of refugee women, providing them with health care, clothing, showers, and haircuts.

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  • How a German project uses shared interests to bring refugees and locals together

    December 08, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Germany, Wuppertal

    Hand in Hand is a German initiative designed to match refugees looking to socialize with locals who are willing to welcome them to their new home. Social events were organized to bring people together based on interests and hobbies. Refugees who have benefitted from the opportunity to network with locals report a better grasp of the German language, a stronger network of friends, and some have even found work through their new network. The group’s success even garnered state funding to use toward event planning.

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  • How a Cyprus charity realigned its services to face the pandemic

    December 08, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Cyprus, Nicosia

    The humanitarian organization known as Refugee Support in Nicosia, Cyrpus has been using WhatsApp to provide useful information to refugee populations during the coronavirus pandemic in addition to delivering food to 200 people per week. Although the organization is limited in who they can offer help to due to financial feasibility, the group has still been able to ease the "tension, conflict, and frustration between migrants during the process of being quarantined."

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  • Could matching skilled immigrants with employers help fill the gaps in Sweden's workforce?

    December 07, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Sweden

    MatchIT helps prepare skilled immigrants for jobs in fields where Sweden has a shortage of labor. Highly educated immigrants are provided with a 22-week training in programming skills, Swedish language classes, and 10-week internships. The program is aimed at filling a need in Sweden while helping immigrants better integrate into a xenophobic society.

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  • In Italy, deserted railway buildings are patching up the social fabric and supporting migrants

    November 30, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Italy

    More than 400 social service centers occupy spaces abandoned by the Italian Railway Network. The sites are managed by social stakeholders but, unlike other national assistance centers, they do not require citizenship to receive benefits, allowing people who are often left out of government programs to receive food, basic medical care, and other services like laundry and a shower. Social service groups are granted the locations for up to five years, and nearly 25,000 people receive benefits across the network each year, the majority of whom are migrants, refugees, and citizens of other countries.

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  • Open Home: How a group of citizens responded to Luxembourg's housing crisis by welcoming refugees into their homes

    November 26, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Luxembourg

    OH! Oppent Haus connects residents in Luxembourg who want to help recently arrived refugees in need of a temporary place to stay. With overwhelmed asylum centers, refugees had no where to go and relied on the generosity of locals. The idea was inspired by a similar initiative in France and grew popular due to social media. The arrangement has also helped the new arrivals pick up the local language faster, leading to an easier path to integration.

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  • How a Spanish project keeps migrant mothers away from trafficking networks

    November 26, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Spain, Córdoba, Andalucía

    Women migrating to Spain from Sub-Saharan often fall prey to traffickers of sex workers and forced laborers, but gaps in aid to them exist because most migrants are young men traveling alone. Since 2018, the Ödos Project has provided shelter and counseling to women traveling with children, to give them a stable entry point in the country to lessen the risk of trafficking. The young women at Ödos often come with histories of gender-based discrimination and violence in their home countries, typically Ivory Coast and Guinea Conakry. Workshops include how to seek asylum.

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  • The Collective Farm Helping Oregon's Latinx Farmworkers Weather the Pandemic

    November 19, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Hood River, Oregon

    The Raíces Cooperative Farm in Hood River, Oregon provides Spanish-speaking community members "a place to grow food," learn from one another about farming practices and develop leadership skills. “Through Raíces, I began to learn better cultivation techniques. [We are shown] how to care for the soil, plants, and seeds, and the program provides economic support" one member explained. During the coronavirus pandemic, the cooperative has also been integral to supplying food for mobile markets.

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