By Milena | Fundraising Coordinator
Hello everyone!
We are excited to share the latest updates from our Community Center, reflecting the positive impact we’ve had over the last month and highlighting new activities that will continue to bring our community closer together. As usual, thank you for your support, it means incredible much! We love running the Center and to see how much joy it brings to people - if you want more updates, follow us on instagram: @beawareandshare or see our website for more information: https://beawareandshare.ch/en/ - and keep your eyes open for upcoming campaigns :)
Recent Accomplishments & Events
New Registrations
We've had over 300 new registrations since the beginning of the year! It is nice to see that people continue to use our space and service and that also new people arriving in the camps know about us and keep coming to the center.
Legal Clinic Success
Our Legal Clinic, held on February 13th in collaboration with ELA and MIT, successfully assisted 17 individuals. A total of 13 appointments were held, providing valuable legal support to those who needed it most.
Stroller Distribution
Over the past month, we’ve distributed 14 strollers to families in need, continuing our commitment to supporting the community with essential resources.
Medical Appointments and Barber
We continue our partnership with Med Equali and many participants were able to visit appointments these last few weeks. This ongoing initiative ensures that everyone has access to the healthcare they need. Additionally, we provided over 100 haircuts, bringing confidence and community care to those who might not have access otherwise.
BAAS' Got Talent Event
On February 22nd, we hosted BAAS’ Got Talent, a showcase event that brought our community together for a day of fun, entertainment, and celebration of local talent. A huge thank you to everyone who participated and supported the event!
Women’s Space
Our Women’s Space continues to thrive, offering activities three times a week, including yoga, knitting, and henna workshops. It’s a safe and empowering space for women to come together, learn new skills, and build lasting connections.
Kickboxing
Our Kickboxing classes have been a hit, providing fitness and fun for participants of all levels. We’re excited to continue offering this high-energy workout to our community!
Language Classes
Our language classes continue to grow! We offer English, German, and Italian classes, twice a week, helping members expand their language skills and open new opportunities for personal and professional growth.
Photo Shooting Activity
In collaboration with Noam and Jacopo, we organized a Photo Shooting Activity, giving participants the opportunity to express themselves through photography. This creative initiative allowed everyone to capture meaningful moments and showcase their unique personalities.
Garden Activity
We have had some wonderful people from Switzerland visiting us and they decided to completely renovate our garden. So the last weeks they have been planting seeds, trees, flowers, they have been building a playground, a pingpong table, an outdoor patio, a swing and many more things. We are so happy to have such a new and improved garden where our participants can enjoy being outside in spring and summer!
Upcoming Activities: Ramadan
The upcoming weeks will be a bit different as usual in the Center as Ramandan is a time for reflection, connection, and unity, we will focus on these aspects. We will continue with activities, which will bring our community together to honor this important month. During the whole of Ramandan we are incredibly happy to have people from the Community cooking for iftar and spend the time together with the Community.
Thank you to everyone who continues to participate in and support our community center. Being able to create such a positive space for people in very difficult situations is wonderful to see and we are happy to be able to continue this important work.
Links:
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
