THF Refugee Café - NUK Airport Tempelhof Berlin

Our aim is to help refugees to settle in! THFwelcome e.V. seeks to make it possible for those who come to Germany as refugees to establish themselves here as quickly as possible. Having already created a clothing bank and worked on a number of cooperative projects, we are currently developing an encounter café in the largest emergency accommodation in Berlin, situated at the old Tempelhofer Airport.

The Café will be a meeting point for residents of the accommodation, residents of the local area and voluntary helpers. It will function as a meeting point, as well as offering space for personal development, to start projects, and to allow for integration. For residents of the accommodation, goods will be sold at cost price.

The Café will be run jointly by the residents themselves, along with volunteers. Our long-term goal is to be able to offer part-time jobs to refugees.

In order to be able to open our encounter café at the end of April and sell our first hot cup of coffee/tea and delicious piece of cake, we need financial support for the construction and initial phase of the project.

The money will primarily be used for the construction of the Café. This includes:

• Building furniture
• Buying café equipment
• Buying in food and drink products

Every euro goes into the implementation of the project. What we also particularly need are a stereo system, beamer and a projector screen for cinema evenings- which we would also happily receive as material donations.