Flüchtlingshilfe Waltrop

Founded in 2013, Flüchtlingshilfe Waltrop is a community organisation based in Waltrop, Germany working on refugees & migration, community development, human rights.

The Flüchtlingshilfe Waltrop is a volunteer-run, independent initiative in Waltrop, Germany, with more than one hundred active members. It supports refugees and newly arrived residents with integration, including German classes, advice and accompaniment to authorities and doctors, help with housing, jobs and bureaucracy, a clothing store, furniture and bicycle distribution, family and leisure activities, and cultural events. It also runs public awareness work on migration, human rights and anti-racism, and calls for better municipal integration structures. The initiative has operated since 2013 under the roof of the local Gemeinde-Caritas and is organised through working groups called Säulen, a Stammtisch, a HelferInnenAusschuss and an annual general assembly. It is funded mainly by donations, as public programme funding has ended.