Project bridge
ARRIVAL - KNOWLEDGE - FEEL GOOD in Wolfsburg
Arrive:
In Wolfsburg, refugee families have the opportunity to visit children's and family rooms in their accommodations. Pedagogical staff in the rooms welcome the families and accompany them during their arrival and orientation in Wolfsburg.
Relationships are formed through contact with the pedagogical staff. These relationships form a good basis for all further integration steps of children and parents.
Together with the pedagogical staff, the families take advantage of local offers and thus first get to know their district. Step by step, they open up their new living environment. This opens up perspectives that help them to integrate.
Subproject Description:
Open children's and family rooms are ENJOYMENT ROOMS
Objectives:
... where ALL children and parents are equally welcome.
A gentle arrival, orientation and initial socializing should help families to gradually feel less foreign.
- The work in the children's and family rooms is intended to help families arrive in Germany, meet each other and find their bearings. Here they will find a welcoming atmosphere in which it should be possible to build relationships through respectful encounters.
- The work in the children's and family rooms should offer suitable support options for each child according to their age.
The work in the children's and family rooms helps to ensure that children arrive at the next facility they attend (daycare center or school) as well as possible.
Target groups / participants
- Children from 0-6 years
- School children, if capacities are available in the afternoon
- parents
- Home managers
- Educational staff
- Cooperation partners
Activities in the children's and family rooms
- Regular family breakfasts
- Excursions to activities in the city of Wolfsburg
- Celebration of festivals such as Eid and Christmas
- Educational and developmental activities
- Organization of transitions
Objectives:
The Brücke project can be seen as a further development of the children's and family spaces. The aim is to give refugee families the opportunity to find their bearings and arrive in their district beyond their stay in the children and family rooms. The educators have started to network with local daycare centers and family centers. They accompany the families to various services.
- Families find their bearings in the district
- Families find reliable contacts and reference persons for their questions and issues
- Women as important multipliers in their families experience encouragement and are empowered
- Families with children aged 0-6 experience integration opportunities through early childhood education programs
- Children get to know their possible future daycare center/ FC/ school, making transitions easier
- Forming district and interdisciplinary networks
- Open up opportunities for integration
Target groups/participants:
- Children
- Parents
- Pedagogical staff
- Overall project coordination
- Network coordinators in the urban areas
- Specialist responsibility for the Refugee Families project
- Daycare and family centers
- Other cooperation and network partners
- Home managers
- Volunteers
Actions:
- Mutual visits by families from the children's room and daycare centers/ FC
- Joint excursions
- Regular offers for families in daycare centers / KiFaZ
- Use of offers throughout the city of Wolfsburg (e.g. city library, theater, active playground)
Contact persons for the project:
Marion Löbermann
Phone: 05361 28 - 2863
E-Mail: marion.loebermann@stadt.wolfsburg.de
Sandra Gottwald
Phone: 0151 - 100 30 757
E-mail: sandra.gottwald@stadt.wolfsburg.de
City of Wolfsburg
Youth Division
Child day care department
Pestalozziallee 1A
38440 Wolfsburg