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<\/a>Together with my team, I created the Quadro \u201eWelcome culture. Getting to know and supporting refugees\u201c<\/a> published. It wasn't supposed to come out until spring, but in view of the current situation, we've gone full throttle and published it now. The Quattro explains the background to flight, provides an insight into the fates of refugees, explains how to acquire cultural competence and shows where and how you can get involved.<\/p>\nI am convinced that many people are willing to contribute if you just tell them how. 19% of Germans say they would like to donate to refugees but don't know where! My recommendation: Diakonie, Caritas or one of the creative projects that are organised by Crowdfunding <\/a>be financed. My current favourite: Kiron University, which enables refugees to complete their studies for just 400 euros per year (!!). My wish would be for 10,000 refugees to be able to study here and then either find qualified jobs here or help with reconstruction in their home country.<\/p>\n It's the same with practical help. An elderly lady told me that she had just wanted to drop off a few care items at Caritas. Then the employee asked her if she would like to look after a refugee. She said: \u201eI'd rather look after a family!\u201c The employee: \u201eA really nice family is arriving tomorrow!\u201c So she and her husband became sponsors of a Syrian family of six. They show them around and teach them their first language skills. If hands and feet are not enough to communicate, a friend of the family who has been here for six months is contacted via WhatsApp. He is then happy to translate.<\/p>\n I think many people feel the same way as the pensioner couple: They would like to lend a hand, but don't really know where. They need someone to say: \u201eHere's an opportunity (whether it's sorting clothes or teaching German or helping with visits to the authorities or whatever). Why don't you join in?\u201c Here in Berlin, I see a great willingness among migrants and refugees who have only been here for a few months to get involved. I work in an initial accommodation centre that is almost exclusively run by volunteers - and I see how Germans, Iranians, Arabs, Americans etc. live together to make people's arrival easier. I also see the whole situation as an opportunity to mitigate the mistakes that have been made in the integration of foreigners over the past decades through this new shared task, and perhaps even to heal some of them.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Many of the refugees also want to get involved. One of my friends told me that he would like to translate the content of my LEA course into Arabic to empower other refugees. A young man from Tunisia is currently helping me to reactivate my completely rusty French, improving my text messages and explaining things to me so that I am halfway fit in the language for my brother's wedding near Lyon. Many refugees long to get involved somewhere.<\/p>\n