In Kirchdorf district, a well-established neighbourhood help instrument, the Time Bank, has been opened up to the new neighbours from further away. Asylum seekers now also help a farmer with his wood-cutting or a neighbour in her garden; they carpenter an access ramp for a wheelchair user and maintain hiking trails. They are association members like their Austrian counterparts, equally insured. They’ll exchange the hours credited them against support for dealings with authorities, for German lessons or transport services. More importantly, they build a socially integrative network that makes their staying easier. And if they obtain asylum and stay in the region, a tutor will help them find a house and work.
Conclusio
Lastnik projekta: Conclusio
Odgovorna oseba: Johannes Brandl
2016
2.000 evrov nagrade
AT
Civilna družba / Socialno gospodarstvo
Raznolikost
What is it about?
Pohvala žirije
Conclusio offers asylum seekers no value courses, it offers valuable work, work valued by the community. And asylum seekers embrace this opportunity of exchanging voluntary work against time so eagerly that new fields of work have to be added all the time. For future use, apprentice trainers have started checking on time bank contributors’ skills. Early integration into a neighbourhood network by means of concrete joint work allows encounter and mutual recognition. Out of this comes trust. The communities benefit from the potential of those who, fleeing, ended up in their arms. A socially innovative form of regional development, set up with circumspection, immediately applicable, providing effectively, for all.