• “Discrimination is not an individual problem, but a structural one”

    “Discrimination is not an individual problem, but a structural one”

    WHP: Can you briefly introduce Yekmal? What is your main task in Berlin? Remziye Uykun: Yekmal e.V. is a migrant education, parent and community organisation based in Berlin that now operates nationwide, with locations in several federal states. Our main task is to strengthen multilingualism as a democratic resource, enable equal participation and structurally anchor […]

  • 35 Years of Integration Work: CLUB DIALOG and the Power of Community Networks

    35 Years of Integration Work: CLUB DIALOG and the Power of Community Networks

    WHP: Can you briefly introduce your initiative? What is its main task in Berlin? Dr. Natalia Roesler: CLUB DIALOG e.V. is a migrant organisation that was founded in Berlin in 1988 to stimulate social dialogue between Russian-speaking migrants and local Berliners, as well as to promote the integration of immigrants. Over the course of more […]

  • Rising Ukrainian Engagement Powers Berlin’s Civic Scene

    Rising Ukrainian Engagement Powers Berlin’s Civic Scene

    WHP: Can you briefly introduce your initiative? What is its main mission in Berlin? Tetyana Lavuta: Svoji.de is an online platform that increases the visibility of Ukrainian civic initiatives in Berlin and Brandenburg and supports their networking with other migrant communities. The name evokes a sense of belonging and safety: the Ukrainian word “svoji” (written […]

  • Newcomers Are Not a Problem to Solve: How SINGA Deutschland Builds Participation

    Newcomers Are Not a Problem to Solve: How SINGA Deutschland Builds Participation

    WHP: Could you briefly introduce SINGA Deutschland? What is its main mission in Berlin? Sen Zhan: SINGA Deutschland was founded in 2016 by a brilliant team of three co-founders — Luisa Seiler, Sima Gatea, and Vinzenz Himmighofen — as a humanitarian response at a moment when many newcomers were arriving in Germany. From the beginning, […]

  • Monsieur Ibrahim’s Magic in Kreuzberg: From Runaway to Community Maker

    Monsieur Ibrahim’s Magic in Kreuzberg: From Runaway to Community Maker

    I set out to conduct my first-ever interview for WahlheYmatPost on a grey and rainy Friday afternoon in Charlottenburg. The founder of WahlheYmat e.V., Ivan Gabor, mentioned meeting a man named Jaybo, a Frenchman living in the heart of Kreuzberg who is positively impacting his community. I happily took the opportunity to try out being […]

  • From Budapest to Berlin: “The biggest change for me was this strong sense of locality”  

    From Budapest to Berlin: “The biggest change for me was this strong sense of locality”  

    WahlheYmatPost: When did you move to Berlin, and what brought you here? Balázs Dénes: I moved to Berlin with my family in 2017 for professional reasons, as, together with others, I established a non-profit organization here. I am still happy with that decision from 10 years ago, and it brought us to where we are […]

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