Our projects

Projects

Migration project – assistance in the new

1. Aug 2021

When the wave of refugees came to us in Europe and also to Germany in 2015, I was deeply affected by their fate. We as Germans, and I personally, are becoming increasingly aware of these refugee flows and the unspeakable suffering they entailed in 1944/45 from the East, which are firmly anchored in our culture of remembrance. Therefore, in 2015/2016, I was accompanied by the question of what my task and contribution could be in this regard, in order to offer my support on a voluntary basis. Then, at the end of 2016, I came across a Syrian family with three children. And I immediately knew that I wanted to be there for this family. My volunteer work began.

Until today, as if by itself, the support extends to other families that I still have in mind and in it especially the children. My accompaniment refers to the emotional state, the needs and to the things of the German everyday life. (There is another supervisor for all the official business). What I see now after 3 years of accompaniment is that we will need many more years until these people have really arrived here in a culture that is foreign to them.

The challenge is enormous – from my point of view, much greater than we initially thought. It takes people who can muster the willingness and patience to wholeheartedly put themselves at the service of integration. When I was approached by the FNNF board members in 2018 to become a foundation officer so that my work could expand and develop further, I immediately agreed from the bottom of my heart. Because I know what it means to be part of a network and to get support. We are planning small realizable projects in which you can participate in the future with pictures and in a blog.

My name is Monika Paulig, I was born in 1963, I am married and work as an alternative practitioner in my own practice in Fritzlar. Today I would like to share some insights into my field of activity as Integration Officer for Migration for the FNNF Foundation.