Kunst Hilft - Artistic workshops with therapeutic orientation

Back on Track is a Berlin based project providing support for refugee children from Arabic speaking countries. Their self-learning approach reminds children of their skills rather than emphasizing the gaps they need to bridge - encouraging them to build their knowledge step by step - mentored by refugee teachers and academics.
The team is currently taking part in a crowdfunding contest: www.startnext.com/back-on-track.
For each donation of €5 or more, before the 15th of September, the bank will give them a bonus of €100,00.
To learn more about the project see www.backontracksyria.org. - Via Stillpoint Spaces Berlin

Dear community of Stillpoint Spaces Berlin, please support this initiative.

Back on Track is a Berlin based project providing support for refugee children from Arabic speaking countries. Their self-learning approach reminds children of their skills rather than emphasizing the gaps they need to bridge - encouraging them to build their knowledge step by step - mentored by refugee teachers and academics.

The team is currently taking part in a crowdfunding contest: www.startnext.com/back-on-track.
For each donation of €5 or more, before the 15th of September, the bank will give them a bonus of €100,00.

To learn more about the project see www.backontracksyria.org.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/31/germany-turns-refugees-into-mental-health-counsellors-for-their-peers

Germany turns refugees into mental health counsellors for their peers Project counters lack of mental health care by helping migrants to teach coping skills and offering asylum seekers a listening ear

'Without this, I would have killed myself': gardening helps heal refugees' trauma An NHS-run therapeutic gardening project in London is helping to alleviate symptoms of severe mental health problems

'When you are smiling // ocurre que tu sonrisa es la sobreviviente // la estela que en ti dejo el futuro // la memoria del horror y la esperanza // la huella de tus pasos en el mar // el sabor de la piel y su tristeza // When you are smiling // the whole world // que también vela por su amargura // smiles whith you... - Mario Benedetti
Art by a kid at Merten shelter in Spandau

Finger painting at MertenStraße

Our hands, our stories
Art by kids at Merten shelter in Spandau

'When people have direct contact with members of a particular ethnic or national group, studies find, they tend to become more tolerant of the group as a whole. This suggests that regular contact with immigrants reduces support for right-wing populist parties by removing the sense of fear that fuels them.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/world/europe/how-a-sleepy-german-suburb-explains-europes-rising-far-right-movements.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0

How a Sleepy German Suburb Explains Europe’s Rising Far-Right Movements Buch, Germany, may not be the place people imagine when they think about far-right populism. A Times reporter traveled there to find out why the movement has such pull.

'Play is the work of the child' Maria Montessori
Art by kids at Merten shelter in Spandau

Donald Winnicott, the great British pediatrician, child psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst Founded in 2013, Freud Quotes is a blog and source for online education in psychoanalytic field.

At our first workshop back at the shelter we introduced ourselves to the children and each made a unique name badge. A good start to our new term!

A story to tell.
https://thedevelopmentset.com/a-tale-of-two-artists-separated-by-war-c4a2558aba7e

A Tale of Two Artists, Separated by War Firas takes photos in Syria. Miream paints her homeland while exiled in Australia. Facebook brought their lives — and their art — together.