Kunst Hilft - Artistic workshops with therapeutic orientation

14/09/2017

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.

03/09/2017

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/31/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

29/06/2017

An NHS-run therapeutic gardening project in London is helping to alleviate symptoms of severe mental health problems

17/05/2017

'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

12/05/2017

A 93-year-old jazz pianist suffering from dementia and depression was given a new lease of life when his care home discovered his talent.

04/05/2017

Finger painting at MertenStraße

04/05/2017

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

29/04/2017

'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

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.

28/04/2017

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

07/04/2017

Founded in 2013, Freud Quotes is a blog and source for online education in psychoanalytic field.

31/03/2017

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!

28/03/2017

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

Firas takes photos in Syria. Miream paints her homeland while exiled in Australia. Facebook brought their lives — and their art — together.