"How can I tell whether the app I want to use is helpful and reliable?" And "Where can I find what I'm really looking for online?" - these and similar questions were asked by the volunteers at the Erda Sprachtreff during a workshop on the topic "research training". The participants eagerly followed the explanations by Oliver Weidermann from the Protestant Adult Educat [...]
"Do you actually know how much you pay for electricity each month?" Asks Dirk Vollers the visitors to the Sprachtreff in Erda. Most of the almost 20 refugees and locals are not entirely sure. "And what do you think your electrical appliances use up?", He wants to know further.Dirk Vollers is part of the Caritas Wetzlar electricity saving team. With their project "Ele [...]
Sparkling lights in the streets, Spekulatius biscuits and ginger bread, decorated Christmas trees and Christmas markets - all beloved and welcome signs for us Germans that the year is ending and we await the birth of Jesus Christ. But what about those that did not grow up in Germany or aren't Christian? How do they perceive those traditions? Do they even know Christma [...]
"Diversity is not a threat, but an enrichment," said Eckart Wüster, dean of the parish of Bonn, with confidence at the opening of the 12th Bonn Book Fair 'Migration’ on the topic "Shaping diversity - Living democracy". He was pleased that numerous exhibitors had come again to the House of History this year, which in itself is already a sign of diversity. Praeses Manfr [...]
Encounters with people from other cultures can be enriching, but also lead to misunderstandings. Which "prejudices" do we ourselves have and how can we handle them? What does culture mean and what shapes us? Volunteers from the Sprachtreffs St. Wendel and Marpingen addressed these and other questions in the two-part training course "Intercultural sensitisation" in the [...]
Minister Dr. Konrad Wolf attentively viewed the information on the project "Sprachtreff- for integration in the countryside". This happened on the 16th volunteer day, which took place on August 25, 2019 in Bad Hönningen. Together with Prime Minister Malu Dreyer and other federal and state delegates Minister Wolf came to the booth hosted by the Protestant public [...]
22 interested people had come to the Kultur-Kirche in Wülfrath for the information evening of the EU project "Sprachtreff – für Integration auf dem Land" in order to plan the launch of the new Sprachtreff in Wülfrath. It starts on the 11th of March. The Sprachtreff will be offered three times a week from March 11th onward in the rooms of the Kulturkirche and wi [...]
