Turning Tables
A holistic integration journey for refugees via mentoring, intercultural exchange, training and practical experience in the food and service sector.
Turning Tables aims to provide training, intercultural exchange and mentoring opportunities to refugees to facilitate their long-term integration in Germany. The project focuses on a training programme that delivers professional s… Show more
What is this project all about?
The project aims to provide refugees with a holistic integration journey that includes the following steps:
1) mentoring, personal motivation and development - key aspects for successful integration. This will be delivered by pairing refugees with integrated refugees (who have lived in Germany for over 2 years), senior citizens and professionals in the food and service sector who will guide them throughout their journey with Turning Tables.
2) a training … Show more
What is the project goal and who is the project for?
The goal of the project is to provide the right tools and the first steps for refugees to integrate in German society. Integration is a complex process to tackle and therefore through our holistic approach we want to focus on personal, practical and intercultural aspects of integration. We want to offer refugees the possibility to create a life in Germany that is independent, sustainable and contributes towards the German system. We focus not just on the r… Show more
Why would you support this project?
By having a holistic approach to integration, Turning Tables offers a sustainable and long-term solution for refugees to successfully integrate in Germany. Through our project we want to provide refugees with the tools to affect their own empowerment.
We focus on food because we consider it to be a non-political and non-invasive way to promote intercultural understanding, change perspectives and create new experiences and that is the concept behind our nam… Show more
How will we use the money if the project is successfully funded?
The money will be devoted to the training course we are designing. With your support up to 15 refugees will be able to complete the training course in 2016.
As this is the first training we are conducting for the project, substantial resources will be devoted to providing the necessary infrastructure, materials for future courses. The aim will be to provide these training courses on an ongoing basis throughout the coming years.
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Who are the people behind the project?
In August 2014, a dynamic and international team founded THRIVE International e.V. With the help of the member’s diverse backgrounds and common interests, this team came together to build upon their strengths and goal to do something meaningful in areas of education, cross-cultural understanding, and gender equality. Thrive is a not-for-profit organisation with a non-political and non-religious affiliation.
Within THRIVE, Amy Fitch is the founder and now p… Show more
Turning Tables Team
The all-or-nothing crowdfunding was successfully financed and completed
Denis (co-founder of Startnext)