Lesson 2 – Cooperation with refugee initiatives
With the growing number of refugees, many initiatives for support and assistance have been founded and established in EU countries, especially in Germany and the other countries most affected.
Many people established with these initiatives a “welcome culture” with a broad spectrum of activities such as:
- voluntary assistance and support for refugees
- welcome appointments
- accompaniment to official meetings
- language courses
- trips, city tours and museum visits
For the preparation and implementation of organic farm visits, cooperation with local or regional refugee initiatives can be very useful. They initiatives ease the access to an appropriate target group, can give information about the background, living condition and expectation of them, and can motivate young refugees to participate at activities on an organic farm Additionally, they can help to solve bureaucratic challenges and possibly help with financial funding.