By IsraAID Staff | Germany
IsraAID has been operating in Germany since 2016, shortly after the so-callled refugee crisis exploded, with thousands of people from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Eritrea, Iran, and other places arriving in Europe searching for safety. Germany accepted more than 1 million asylum seekers, who made the treacherous journey to begin their lives anew. With such an overwhelming rate of cases to process and welfare to provide for newly arrived refugees, the German government is working alongside NGOs like IsraAID to ensure that those in need recieve food, shelter, language classes, psychosocial support, and other key services to helping them transition to their new lives in Germany.
IsraAID Germany implements two main programs. The first is a leadership program called Kompass, which creates a cohort of young refugee leaders commited to giving back to German society through community service. These groups undertake projects like supporting the elderly, distributing food to the homeless, and more, seeking to challenge the perception that refugees are always recievers of this type of support.
IsraAID Germany also provides psychosocial support to refugee children and adults in government and NGO-run shelters, set up to provide a transitionary environment for asylum seekers as they navigate the beauracratic and other challenges of restarting their lives in a new environment with a new culture in a new language.
IsraAID recently began working in Browdowin Elementary School, where some 33% of the student body is made up of refugee children. Twice per week, IsraAID art therapists provide sessions for children, built into their mandatory curriculum of classes. In addition, IsraAID staff members meet with parents on a regular basis to update them on the sessions, and provide training for the school's teachers, offering them additional methods of interaction and integration between psychosocial support and education.
Through this and other programs, IsraAID Germany is working hard toward the successful integration of refugee children into German society, by investing in key environments that will ensure they are able to learn, grow, and develop.
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