#06 - Begegnungscafe Babelsberg w/ Volunteer Katharina - A Place to Meet and Time to Talk

09/21/20 • 44 min

This week you'll hear from Katharina, a volunteer with the Begegnungscafe Babelsberg.
We discuss what it's like to be a volunteer in Geramny and Katharina draws on her experience of helping at refugee integration organizations in several German Bundesländer (States of Germany).
We hear about the struggles of community integration, some of the successful approaches, and why this organization has been successful in bringing together around 100 locals and refugees each week.
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#05 - It's All About Communication - Willkommen in Dallgow ft. Elisabeth Fleisch

Welcome to Dallgow, a small town on the outskirts of Berlin of about 10,000 people. Here you can find the welcome initiative Willkommen in Dallgow which formed to create a welcome community for refugees when they arrived in Germany and found themselves temporarily placed in refugee accommodations. This week's episode highlights the importance of those first days, weeks, and months for organizing community members for a welcome initiative. This week's guest, Elisabeth, discusses what it takes to ready a community for this kind of commitment. She shares her experience as a communication volunteer organizing volunteers and sharing information with the residents of Dallgow. She also discusses things that are important for enhancing integration in Germany such as cultural events and maintaining strong lines of communication between refugees and the community.
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#07 - Mosaique: What Refugee Integration Can Tell Us About Building a Better Society

This week's guest is Dr. Corinna Krume of Mosaique, a cultural center in Lüneberg that creates space for refugees and locals to meet, interact, and create cultural events. The organization hosts yoga, German practice, meet-ups over coffee, and much more.
In this episode, you'll hear about what Mosaique does and why it serves as an important model for our society as a whole.
We also address the important topic of burnout for volunteers and how to keep up motivation over a long term commitment to helping newcomers adjust.
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