Comments - Loslaten, in veiligheid/Letting go, in safety - Community life competence2024-03-29T15:28:45Zhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2028109%3ABlogPost%3A169511&xn_auth=noMooi, Marlou! Wat prachtig o…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2018-05-22:2028109:Comment:1696052018-05-22T10:11:35.454ZBirgitta Schomakerhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/BirgittaSchomaker
<p>Mooi, Marlou! Wat prachtig om zo aanwezig te zijn bij jouw gesprek en ontmoeting met Kinana. Goed om te zien hoe Kinana de vertaalslag kan maken " (...) <span> dat de dingen die ze al gedaan hebben in hun leven van belang zijn en niet weggezet hoeven te worden”.</span></p>
<p><span>De brug slaan van land van herkomst naar Nederland. De vluchtelingen beginnen niet met een schone lei, maar brengen hun talenten mee, hun interesses en passies. </span></p>
<p>Mooi, Marlou! Wat prachtig om zo aanwezig te zijn bij jouw gesprek en ontmoeting met Kinana. Goed om te zien hoe Kinana de vertaalslag kan maken " (...) <span> dat de dingen die ze al gedaan hebben in hun leven van belang zijn en niet weggezet hoeven te worden”.</span></p>
<p><span>De brug slaan van land van herkomst naar Nederland. De vluchtelingen beginnen niet met een schone lei, maar brengen hun talenten mee, hun interesses en passies. </span></p> Simple, appreciative facilita…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2018-05-18:2028109:Comment:1695982018-05-18T16:52:56.744ZRituu B. Nandahttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/RituuBNanda94
<p>Simple, appreciative facilitation...wonderful Kinana.</p>
<p>Well narrated Marlou. Thank you.</p>
<p>Simple, appreciative facilitation...wonderful Kinana.</p>
<p>Well narrated Marlou. Thank you.</p> For English:
"Letting go, in…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2018-05-18:2028109:Comment:1695152018-05-18T07:52:16.514ZMarlouhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/Marlou
<p>For English:</p>
<p>"Letting go, in safety"</p>
<p>It is a quite a change from the Syrian city of Damascus, via lively Bangkok, to the village of Joure in the Frisian countryside in the north of the Netherlands. Kinana has decided to make a learning experience out of every stage of her life during this trip. An opportunity to discover new things and grow as a person. Now that she has her own family with four beautiful children on the rails, it is clear to Kinana that she wants to contribute…</p>
<p>For English:</p>
<p>"Letting go, in safety"</p>
<p>It is a quite a change from the Syrian city of Damascus, via lively Bangkok, to the village of Joure in the Frisian countryside in the north of the Netherlands. Kinana has decided to make a learning experience out of every stage of her life during this trip. An opportunity to discover new things and grow as a person. Now that she has her own family with four beautiful children on the rails, it is clear to Kinana that she wants to contribute to the happiness of others, "from my heart".</p>
<p>She is pleased that the Dutch Council for Refugees has given her the confidence to give VIP training (Refugee Investing in Participation).</p>
<p>Kinana welcomes me on a sunny day at her home at the kitchen table, where one delicacy is served after another. "Of course we have to adapt to the new society in which we live," says Kinana, "but it is important that you always think for yourself what you want and do not want. Hospitality, receiving people at home as a family, is important to me. In the Netherlands this is not always customary, I am taught. But in this case I think it's important to stick to my own values ".</p>
<p>Kinana, a Palestinian born in Syria, followed in March 2018 the three-day introduction to the SALT approach together with other volunteers and employees of the Dutch Council for Refugees. She recognized herself as a mother in the strength-based learning cycle in which everyone can use their own talents and experiences. "In my culture we have been taught that some things are what they are, that we should not ask questions. I tend to disagree. I have always kept my children by the hand, but free to make the choices in their lives that are important to them. Of course there are conversations, and giving information and sharing experience. But as a mother you must also be able to let go, in safety ".</p>
<p>Kinana recently started her first round as a VIP trainer with a group of Syrian people. She is determined to use her professional and her life experience. Two folders on her table are the guiding principles with which she is tinkering: The roll-out of the Dutch Council for Refugees for the training that should lead to an appropriate connection to the labor market and the SALT workbook for strength-based accompaniment of groups. For example, during the first meeting she added an element to the training: she invited each participant to come and tell the group what he or she is proud of. Modest people who had trouble naming their own strength, she complimented for the whole room. To the father who said he was not proud of anything because he did not have an important study or job, she said: "You took your family from a dangerous area and brought them to safety, you made important choices and achieved results!"</p>
<p>The session helped to show participants from the start that they can have done something, something that they can build on, when they go looking for a paid job here with all the rules and (im) possibilities of Dutch society. When it comes to the future vision during the second VIP session, Kinane also adds a pinch of SALT. "I will ask the participants if they used to have dreams in Syria. And what steps they used to make those dreams come true. This will remind them that the things they have already achieved continue to be important in their lives and should not be put away. "</p>
<p>"My hope now is to learn as much as possible from the 'Kinana way' execute VIP training. I will improve the method every time, and who knows, it will also give inspiration to colleagues in the country". Kinana's dream goes further than that: "Insjallah I will bring this work to places where people need it even more. Refugees in the Netherlands will be fine. I hope to be able to do something for women in refugee camps. "</p>
<p>It's four hours later when Kinana waves me farewell at the door. The sun shines. The Frisian countryside is vast and inviting.</p>