Everyone in Berlin should be able to take part in social life on an equal footing – no matter where they or their families come from. We have been working toward this for many years, especially for people of African origin and for Muslim women.
Our programs combine community and physical activity with education. Soccer, dancing, and sports classes are also about anti-discrimination, health, and discovering your own strengths.
What matters to us: People with their own experience of migration plan and shape our programs. They are role models in whom the participants can recognize themselves.
Projects in this area
AfrisCool summer program
A vacation week for children aged 7 to 12 with soccer, dance, and learning about diversity and anti-discrimination, held for the first time in 2018 and again in 2019 and 2020.
Femmes Dynamiques – Strong Women, Strong Society
Workshops, counseling, and sports for Muslim women from Africa and Asia, with childcare.
Strong Network – Strong Schools
Mosques, schools, and youth facilities join forces against extremism and for intercultural learning.
What we have done so far
- 2014 “Strong Network – Strong Schools” with the Yunus Emre Mosque and other partners, including Berlin Police Directorate 3 Schools, youth facilities, mosques, and the police exchanged views on extremism, hostility toward democracy, and identity – and on how mosques can become places of learning.
- 2018–2020 AfrisCool summer program for children with and without a migration background It started in the summer of 2018, followed by further vacation weeks in 2019 and 2020. We combined sports such as soccer or dance with development topics and anti-discrimination. In the very first year, 45 children came, although we had planned for at least 30.
- 2020 “Femmes Dynamiques – Strong Women, Strong Society” We worked to strengthen the social participation of Muslim women – and, through them, that of the people around them. The project was aimed mainly at women from African and Asian countries. There were workshops on education, anti-discrimination, health, sports, and participation, with childcare provided at the same time, as well as counseling and a low-threshold sports program. The project was funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung.