We introduce people in search for housing to people who are offering housing. At this we try to take into account any wishes or requirements of which we are informed. Once contact has been made, the involved parties are responsible for further steps.

We can neither grant any reimbursements of costs, and will only offer limited intervention in conflicts.

People who have newly arrived here often require support in their day-to-day life. They have to find their way through Germany bureaucracy and the available structure of assistance – and that mostly with little or no knowledge of the German language.

It is therefore very helpful for these people to have somebody who can help them with these necessary procedures, in order to settle here. They are happy when somebody accompanies them to the authorities, knows their way round the town, e.g. manages with public transport in Bielefeld or can possibly just get an answer by making a quick phone call, and after that everything goes on. And more over, human affection and friendly encounters are important to feel welcome in Bielefeld.

Therefore we are looking for people who accompany and support the newly arrived, and can offer them advice.
You can decide yourself how much you want to or can get involved. Maybe you only help out the once – however, maybe this can result in a friendship over time. Everything is possible.

And before you think, I can’t do that, we are specifically not looking for professional social workers but genuine people for normal day-to-day questions. You don’t have to speak Ukraine – most things can be sorted with translation tools /apps.

We are also looking for people who would like to form a language tandem. A language tandem offers the possibility to converse with someone in their native language, in order to deepen your own knowledge of that language.