"Thank you, Margot. Trusting the process.... We can also remind each other as facilitators to keep the community in the driver's seat. That's why we work in facilitation teams ;-)"
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Home visits
Started this discussion. Last reply by Rituu B. Nanda Nov 15, 2017. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Dear all,Marlou and I are writing a proposal for the city of Amsterdam where we intend to do home visits in a newly built neighborhood. The home visits will be the first step towards building…Continue
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Birgitta Schomaker Jun 3, 2017. 6 Replies 2 Likes
Dear reader,I met a young woman called Sara here in the Netherlands of Syrian descent. Sara is taking the SALT course on community development for refugees (people that have received a legal status),…Continue
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Birgitta Schomaker commented on Margot's blog post How will I remind myself trusting the SALT-process?Birgitta Schomaker added a page to the group Dutch Competence
Learning festival : strengths-based approach at the Dutch Council for Refugees
Video impression of Learning Festival in the Netherlands, November 2018
Karin Bleiweiss liked Birgitta Schomaker's blog post "You have gifts that I don't have. I have gifts that you don't have" Archbishop Tutu about Ubuntu
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Marie Lamboray liked Birgitta Schomaker's blog post "You have gifts that I don't have. I have gifts that you don't have" Archbishop Tutu about Ubuntu
Rituu B. Nanda commented on Birgitta Schomaker's blog post "You have gifts that I don't have. I have gifts that you don't have" Archbishop Tutu about Ubuntu"A beautiful reflection, Birgitta. My experience is don't start with what is working, start with gifts, strengths and then slowly people in the space will open and share their vulnerabilities. I experienced this yesterday in a SALT visit with…"
Rituu B. Nanda liked Birgitta Schomaker's blog post "You have gifts that I don't have. I have gifts that you don't have" Archbishop Tutu about UbuntuBirgitta Schomaker commented on Birgitta Schomaker's blog post "You have gifts that I don't have. I have gifts that you don't have" Archbishop Tutu about Ubuntu"I realised also that if we don't manage to listen deeply to each other, we can't build a dream. If we go too fast during the "Who are we?" phase, it will backfire on us later on. "
Birgitta Schomaker posted a blog post"You have gifts that I don't have. I have gifts that you don't have" Archbishop Tutu about Ubuntu
I ran into this video with Archbishop Tutu ."A person is a person through other persons. I am human because I belong, I participate, I share. (...) You and I are made for interdependence. You and I are made for complementarity. You have gifts that I don't have. I have gifts that you don't have", Tutu says. I find Tutu's words (and the Ubuntu perspective) very inspiring. His words help…See More
Birgitta Schomaker commented on Luc Barriere-Constantin's blog post Improving integration of refugees in Switzerland / Améliorer l'intégration des réfugiés en Suisse"Thank you, Luc, for your report and your comment below. Focusing on strengths is critically important, as you said.
Wonderful to work with a partner organisation that shares the same values!
I like a lot that there were participants in the workshop…"
Birgitta Schomaker commented on Rituu B. Nanda's blog post Lessons: facilitating youth in their late teens/adolescence"11-13 years old as stakeholders, a whole new perspective!"
Birgitta Schomaker commented on Rituu B. Nanda's blog post Lessons: facilitating youth in their late teens/adolescence""Why do you want to take actions for the community?" What a great question, and the answer moves me: as young as they are, they care about their neighborhood.
"... we asked them to take turns in capturing group…"
Birgitta Schomaker commented on Marlou's blog post Refugees in Amsterdam integrate around a meal"Here some examples of the activities Sahr John and team are organising in order to create a sense of family for refugees, connecting people from diverse communities throug indoor recreational sport programs such as (football table, pool table,…"
Birgitta Schomaker commented on Marlou's blog post Refugees in Amsterdam integrate around a meal"This is the board of the foundation "Diversity House" that Sahr John initiated, plus a few volunteers. I'm glad to be part of this talented group!"
Birgitta Schomaker commented on Rituu B. Nanda's blog post Power of Appreciation (Step one of CLCP: who are we) with adolescent girls"Hi Rituu,
I'm impressed with what the facilitation team accomplished in this initial meeting! Congratulations also to Ivanka, Kanika and Sneha.
One girl said "In the meeting, I was scared in the beginning but now that there is a…"
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"You have gifts that I don't have. I have gifts that you don't have" Archbishop Tutu about Ubuntu
Posted on December 15, 2018 at 7:00pm 1 Comment 3 Likes
I ran into this video with Archbishop Tutu .
"A person is a person through other persons. I am human because I belong, I participate, I share. (...) You and I are made for interdependence. You and I are made for complementarity. You have gifts that I don't have. I have gifts that you don't have", Tutu says.
I find Tutu's words (and the Ubuntu perspective) very…
Continue Where were you born? How did that shape you as to who you are today?
Posted on March 10, 2018 at 8:30pm 6 Comments 4 Likes
How to start a conversation on migration?
We started a 7-day course on strengths-based facilitation of refugee groups in the Netherlands by letting participants (some of them with migration/flight history, and some Dutch) ask each other the following questions:
- Where were you born?…
Continue Refugees help us understand, or: the power of diversity
Posted on March 10, 2018 at 12:00am 2 Comments 3 Likes
In Utrecht, in the center of the Netherlands, we came together to learn about SALT as a strengths-based approach to assist refugees in making a new home, building new networks etc. More importantly, we came together to learn from each other about diverse perspectives on inclusion of refugees in Dutch society.
Only 6 out of the 20+ participants are born in the Netherlands in a Dutch family. The rest of the group consisted of (former) refugees from Eritrea, Syria, Iraq, Kosovo, Burkina…
Continue What makes us human? Keeping an open mind towards integration of refugees
Posted on February 4, 2018 at 8:00pm 0 Comments 3 Likes
Marlou and I gathered with a diverse group of volunteers and employees of a housing corporation to kick off our project "Common Ground" in a new neighborhood in Amsterdam.
In one street of this neighborbood, one out of three households came to the Netherlands recently as refugees. They obtained a temporary residence permit and the local government provided housing to them. They come from Nigeria, Libia, China, Eritrea,…
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 4:05pm on June 28, 2018,
Laura Simms said… Birgitta, I just saw your note. Tell me more about what you do and if you use or have use of storytelling. I would love to have a conversation. Laura
- At 5:30pm on April 3, 2018,
jolanda kirpensteijn said… goed idee ik zal t sturen
- At 11:29pm on July 3, 2016, Rituu B. Nanda said…
A big thank you for your valuable contribution to the online Constellation community, Birgitta! We are lucky to have you in this journey.
- At 11:41pm on December 9, 2015, Rituu B. Nanda said…
Dear Birgitta,
Welcome to Community Life Competence!
Could you add your picture as it adds a human touch to your profile? (go to 'settings' then 'upload photo')
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