On World Refugee Day, the aim was to create a space for encounters, exchange, and getting to know each other. This was the wish of the volunteers from EXIL and the Terre des Hommes Osnabrück group. They invited Shabnam, Bilal, Anna, and Kahlid, along with friends, family, and interested parties. This created a space in the garden of Café Felka in the Osnabrück Museum Quarter, where the four shared their very personal stories with the guests.
" I have become a new person ," said Shabnam from Iraq. In 2016, she fled Iran with her husband and daughter and now lives in Osnabrück. She has converted to Christianity and is active in her community. There she leads a Farsi group.
"I want to work for peace," said Bilal, a Kurd from Rojava. He fled northern Syria in 2015 and has been volunteering for Terre des Hommes , campaigning for peace in various local committees.
"War is no place for children," says Anna from Ukraine. She fled with her two children shortly after Russia's attack on Ukraine and is starting anew in Osnabrück, gradually finding a new home.
"A child of war, a youth of peace," says
about renewed hope, setbacks, insecurities, and the importance of access to education.
Contact: Terre des Hommes Osnabrück group, osnabrueck@remove-this.tdh-ag.de
Osnabrück: Dialogue with refugees
