For the first time, 97 refugees from the Ukraine moved into the tent city erected on the parking lot in Riem on Tuesday. In the emergency accommodation, which has been available since January 6 and has not been needed so far, they should only stay two nights, said a spokesman for the social department. As early as this Thursday, all 97 refugees are to be relocated to quarters in the surrounding districts, because the agreed accommodation quota in the state...
Two women from the Ukraine find a new temporary home with their children in Kirchheim. Their thoughts are always with their relatives and friends at home - and yet they try to build a new life here. source site
Anyone who hears Sahar S.'s story can only shake their heads. On the one hand, out of horror at the suffering her family had to experience before she could start a new life in German safety. On the other hand, however, also about how difficult it is sometimes made for refugees to gain a foothold here independently of state aid. Sahar S., 51, worked as a teacher in Homs and ran a school for three years. But the third largest...
Anyone who, as a mother (or father), talks to Shamyah R. about her job immediately wishes that their own children had just such a teacher at school. Her warm smile, her positive charisma and her good-hearted joy - how beneficial that would be, especially for schoolchildren whose parents fled from the wars and crises of this world. They are now learning German in the transition classes, but they should not lose touch in other subjects either.The 51-year-old taught Arabic, mathematics...
It is heartbreaking when you have such a happy 16-year-old girl on the phone as Elenya K. Since she had to flee Syria to Munich with her family in 2016, she has been diligently learning German at school. She is therefore a great help to her parents, even when the reporter asks for an interview. This is where you start chatting.She enthusiastically reports on her internship with a beautician, which she has just completed. "I really enjoyed it," says Elenya....
I hate beets and don't eat them. For me, this vegetable is a symbol of our family trauma. The symbol of famine, Holodomor in Ukrainian. When I was little, my grandfather told me how his family survived the terrible hunger between 1931 and 1933. One should eat potato skins, wood bark and earth. Beetroots were a luxury, you could boil them and drink the broth. They gave hope that one can survive the hunger. This story will always be in...
Because more refugees are arriving again, the city has to create thousands of new places to sleep - including in a tent city on the exhibition grounds. The situation could become particularly tight during the Christmas holidays.Because there are not enough beds in Munich accommodation, refugees will probably have to sleep in a gym again during the Christmas holidays. Social officer Dorothee Schiwy opened this up to members of the city council on Tuesday afternoon in a video conference. It...
Last weekend I went to a reading of my columns for the Southgerman newspaper invited. Friends of mine, Peter Runck and Valentyna Sobetska, organized the event in Ludwigshafen in Rhineland-Palatinate. The invitation came as a great surprise to me, because readings are not common in Ukraine. But I thought it might be interesting not only to give people my thoughts in writing, but also to talk about them.Peter and Valentyna are involved with the International Building Order, a non-profit organization...
For the first time since fleeing ten years ago, SZ columnist Lillian Ikulumet travels to Uganda and meets her family again. It is an African premiere for her daughter. It would be so nice if it weren't for the shadows. About a homecoming that isn't one.Of Lillian Ikulumet, Kumi5,713 kilometers south-east of my home in Munich, I step out of a plane. I'm back in Uganda now, my daughter Taliah is walking next to me by my hand. She has...
In acute emergencies, everyone has always been there: in 2015, when many refugees from Afghanistan or Syria had to find shelter in the Würmtal, or this year, when people from the Ukraine are looking for protection - there have always been large numbers of volunteers in Gräfelfing, Planegg and the surrounding area Number ready to tackle spontaneously and take in refugees. Now the ranks in the Asylum Würmtal helpers' circle are thinning. At a time when a large number of...
