{"id":411,"date":"2023-07-14T10:32:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T08:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jugendherbergen-im-rheinland.de\/newsblog\/?p=411"},"modified":"2025-07-09T16:24:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T14:24:05","slug":"heimatlos-obdachlos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jugendherbergen-im-rheinland.de\/klassenfahrten-2025\/en\/2023\/07\/14\/heimatlos-obdachlos\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless. Homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"
Oliver Mirring, Managing Director DJH Rhineland Regional Association<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Being strong together and helping where possible: In 2022, the DJH Rhineland regional association once again offered its services to authorities and organisations as a supportive partner for people in need. Dismayed by the war in Ukraine and the unbelievable suffering of the population, a helpful cooperation was established with the district governments of D\u00fcsseldorf and Cologne and subsequently with the city of Wuppertal: an entire children's home arrived at Wuppertal Youth Hostel on 4 March 2022 from bombarded Kiev. It was one of the first homes to be completely evacuated after the outbreak of war. The plan was for the 75 orphans and their carers to stay until 31 August. However, the extent of the war means that it is still not possible to return any time soon. That is why everyone involved is trying to give the children and young people aged between four and seventeen a more or less \u201enormal\u201c life. Some of them go to school and receive childcare, where there is plenty of room for games, sport and singing together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The \u201eSozialtherapeutische Kinder- und Jugendarbeit e.V.\u201c (SKJ) association is also active at Wuppertal Youth Hostel. It supports the team of carers on site. \u201eIt's important,\u201c says deputy manager Marco Golub, \u201ethat they don't lose hope of returning home. At the same time, they should feel at home here.\u201c Everyday life has also changed for hostel manager Corinna Wendel and her staff at Wuppertal Youth Hostel. \u201eBefore,\u201c she says, \u201ethe school classes changed every four to five days, now the same children live here permanently. This often leads to very practical challenges, such as the question: What are we cooking today?\u201c<\/p>\n
The city of Cologne was also supported with temporary accommodation for refugees from Ukraine. The Pathpoint Cologne youth hostel near the train station was available for this purpose from 1 April 2022. The DJH Rhineland regional association had previously continued its cooperation with the \u201eHelping Hands\u201c association there. For the second winter in a row, this gave 34 homeless people the opportunity to stay in warm accommodation until the end of March. Last but not least, helpers sometimes need help too: in March, for example, the Duisburg-Landschaftspark Youth Hostel was home to THW employees who were looking after war refugees in the neighbouring power station of the Landschaftspark Duisburg Nord.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gemeinsam stark sein und helfen, wo es m\u00f6glich ist: Auch 2022 hat sich der DJH-Landesverband Rheinland wieder bei Beh\u00f6rden und Organisationen als unterst\u00fctzender Partner f\u00fcr Menschen in Not angeboten.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":5706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[135,136,137,138],"class_list":["post-411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fokus-rheinland","tag-flucht","tag-gefluechtete","tag-obdachlos","tag-ukraine-krieg"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n