by HQ Team Communication officer | Feb 27, 2019 | Belgium, Education, Press Releases, SB Espoir, Volunteer Blogs, Volunteers - SB Espoir
If you think my following words will describe to you what refugee children and youth currently living in Brussels witnessed during the war, their dangerous journey to Europe and their everyday life, I am sorry to disappoint you. I will guide you through another...
by HQ Team Communication officer | Feb 20, 2019 | SB Espoir, Volunteer Blogs
Long-time SB Espoir volunteer Zoheb Mashiur shares with us his experience building relationships in Brussels through the volunteer programme: Brussels is an odd sort of town where everyone shuffles in and out. You should get used to saying goodbye – but you...
by HQ Team Communication officer | Jan 30, 2019 | Belgium, Press Releases, Projects, SB Espoir
How do you learn about someone when you don’t speak the same language? Or come from the same culture? Many people would find this to be a demanding task. How do you overcome it? In the case of young refugees that arrive to Belgium, this is a task encountered on a...
by admin | Dec 13, 2018 | Awareness, Belgium, Press Releases, Projects, SB Espoir
As the New Year approaches, I would like to take this chance to share a personal message to all of you: Last week we had our 50th SB Espoir activity for the year of 2018! For this special occasion and our last activity of the year with the newly partnered Fedasil...
by admin | May 31, 2018 | Belgium, Empowerment, Press Releases, SB Espoir
Last Sunday, SB Espoir headed as usual to the Fedasil centre in Neder-Over-Heembeck. This week, our volunteers and youth were all going together to the Urban Farm in the centre’s vicinity. After our walk there, we were warmly welcomed by those running the farm. We...
by admin | Apr 30, 2018 | Belgium, Empowerment, Press Releases, Projects, SB Espoir
This month at SB Espoir we had the opportunity to do a series of workshops with the illustrator, eco-artist and coach Lina Kusaite. The workshops focused on the theme of ‘home’ and its meaning. We got an opportunity to sit down with Lina and ask her a few...