At the foundation of Integration for Everyone is the idea that helping refugees can be beneficial for everyone. That is why the first organization featured on this podcast will be Willkommen in Falkensee. It is an organization that decided to help refugees in a way that was open to everyone in their community. As you’ll hear in this episode, Willkommen in Falkensee is an organization located right outside of Germany’s capital that was ahead of the curve. They decided to begin preparing their town to help refugees in 2013, before the large scale migration that began in 2015 when Germany famously opened its doors to people fleeing the Syrian Civil War.
In the first half of this episode, you’ll hear about some of their current work. It’s an expansive list and might give you some interesting ideas if you also work with refugees. Around the nine-minute mark, we switch to talking a bit about the history and philosophy of the organization. Near the end, we also discuss the structure of the organization, for example, how decisions are made, how programs are managed, and how they’ve been able to stay active for the last few seven years.
Learn more about Willkommen in Falkensee
If you would like to learn even more about Willkommen in Falkensee you can visit their website. Fair warning, it’s in German but if you have the Chrome browser you can easily translate the website by using the Google Translate plugin.
Webiste: https://willkommen-in-falkensee.org/
About and Contact page: https://willkommen-in-falkensee.org/selbstverstaendnis/