Author: Haley BroderIt has been one month since I left the Athena Centre for Women, where I coordinated daily operations, led English, yoga, and meditation classes, and got to spend time getting to know the most resilient women I will ever meet. I can think of little else but the...
Category: Integration
Same city, different point of view
Author: Zsófia MolnárIt had been raining the whole afternoon, and we did not have high hopes with the weather, but shortly before 6 pm when we arrived at our meeting point, the sky cleared out and the sun showed up. Surprisingly, a big group of people had gathered at Lindenhof...
Fluchtopia
August 1st is a special day in Switzerland as the entire country celebrates its foundation with brunch and barbeques, music and fireworks, and thousands of Swiss flags. Perhaps it should also be a day for the Swiss to consider how fortunate they are to live in a country with abundant...
Foosball tournament at the MNA-Zentrum Lilienberg
After a successful evening cooking mini-pizzas, and stubbornly refusing April’s bad weather from ruining our activities at the MNA-Zentrum Lilienberg, we decided to carry out an indoor foosball tournament, as our second activity in the Centre.Right now the children are on a school break and it is very important to...
Pizza night at the MNA-Zentrum Lilienberg
We are happy to share the news that as part of our Integration Strategy Project in the Canton of Zurich, Action from Switzerland has recently come to an agreement with the MNA-Zentrum Lilienberg. The main purpose of this agreement is to carry out leisure activities, led by our volunteers, together...
Sport has the power to change the world
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has a power to unite people in a way that little else does” - Nelson MandelaOn 18 March, 2016 we saw these very words come into action at the first social integration soccer game. 20...