Horizont e.V.
- founded in 1991/1992 in the district of Nordhausen, Germany
- non-profit, recognized carrier of the free youth welfare and member of the Joint Welfare Association
- Helping the young people in different fields is one of our priority tasks
- Multigenerational and intercultural work
- Integration projects for migrants are one of our challenging tasks.
What are HORIZONT and LIFT doing?
We offer children, adolescents and young adults the right help and a high quality of support:
- In our school camps children are close to nature and well introduced to their environment
- Children are given different offers of activities in free time
- We help the young people in difficult situations by specific socio-pedagogical offers to change their lives positively.
- We also offer some training projects with socio-educational support as professional integration.
- Our health projects contribute in giving the clients a healthy lifestyle through nutrition and exercise programs.
Region and facts
- 355 inhabitants in the region
- 217 in the city
- 881 foreigners (3,4%) – (31.12.15)
- unemployment rate 7,6% (16.10.17)
- 2151 person get money from JC
- 830 refugees (30.04.17)
- Countryside (less infrastructure, over aging, urbanization, stagnant economy…)
Refugees situation in Nordhausen
- 850 people are waiting the answer for their asylum applications
- live in camps or private accommodation
- always belong to the social office
- Mostly coming from: Syria, Iraq, Iran, Eritrea, Somalia, Balkan states (little chance to stay)
- main problems: language, worries about family, less money, health, social integration
- after getting residency – more chances to decide for their own
- BUT: State rules are strict and often slow down the integration (here starts our job)
What we do…
- Nabil / Sebastian:
- Social integration for refugees in special projects
- Vocational integration for refugees
- Support with formal applications and appointments in the government offices
- Social and vocational Counselling
- Maik:
- Social and vocational training and integration
- Counselling and coaching for the clients
- Administration of appropriations
- Administration for technical issues
Social and vocational integration for refugees
- social integration
- counselling and explaining (especially about offices bureaucracy)
- support in family issues
- guiding and support with issues and appointments in the government offices
- Free time activities (sports, gardening, migrant’s organization, theatre, cultural celebrations…)
- groupwork for men and women
- integration in multigenerational work
- case-management
- vocational integration
- counselling and explaining about vocational issues
- support/ teaching for vita
- contacting the companies
- Financial support for: driving license, forklift license, health pass etc.
- support in recognition of degrees
- case-management
Contact
LIFT gGmbH
Address: Freiherr-vom-Stein-Str. 60, 99734 Nordhausen
Phone: 03631 694411
Fax: 03631 694444
E-Mail: n.omar@lift-nordhausen.de