Day 8

Seven minutes of homework help for a child in Germany

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Seven minutes of homework help for a child in Germany
Day 8
Homework support for refugee children

11-year-old Zeina comes home excited and falls into her mother's arms: "Mom, I did it. I got a B in math." The family has been waiting for this sentence ever since Zeina started going to school in Germany again. In her home country of Syria, she was always the best in math and did her homework with ease. After a two-year break from school, she is now getting good grades in Germany too. After arriving in Berlin, Zeina was initially not taught her favorite subject. German was the first priority in the welcome class. With the Arabic-speaking mentors, she now catches up every Saturday afternoon on what she missed in math class over the past few years. Tutoring in her own language not only makes things easier, it also gives Zeina some of her self-confidence back. This makes school fun again and Zeina sometimes even explains math to the other children.

Homework support for refugee children
need
Homework support for refugee children from Arabic-speaking countries.
activity
Teachers with their own refugee experience support the children in closing their knowledge gaps in their mother tongue.
Measurable performance
Number of minutes of homework help for children with refugee experience in Berlin.
Result
Children with refugee experience improve their school performance and integrate better into regular classes.
Systemically relevant impact
Refugee children have better educational opportunities and can follow regular classes just like their classmates.
background

Since the beginning of the armed conflict in Syria in 2011, 770,000 Syrians have fled to Germany to apply for asylum (Hochmann, Weick, 2019). Many of these are families with children. In Germany, refugee children are also required to attend school just like all other children. This begins when they turn six and lasts nine years of full-time schooling. According to estimates, 130,000 refugee children attended German schools between January 2015 and March 2018 (SVR, 2018). The children either take part in regular classes or first learn the German language in so-called welcome classes.

Syrian and Iraqi children were often unable to attend school for years because of their flight. After seven years of flight and displacement, there are now 14-year-olds who can neither read nor write, or who have only a limited basic knowledge. In addition, some children in Germany struggle with learning difficulties caused by trauma and stress due to living in homes and emergency accommodation. In welcome classes, children learn German, but problems often arise when they move on to regular classes. In large classes, it is difficult to understand the children's individual educational situation, to respond to it appropriately, and to support it. Many teachers believe that the reason for this is that schools do not have the opportunity to deal with children's individual educational biographies. For the children, this situation means additional stress and frustration, which further hinders their learning success.

Berlin, Germany
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The good deed

Your donation today will give a refugee child help and support in solving a difficult math problem. This gives the child the chance to close knowledge gaps in their native language or in German that were caused by war and flight. The mentors also support the child after they have caught up on the math material and, if necessary, support them in other subjects. This helps the children regain some of their self-confidence and make it easier to take part in normal school lessons. This is what the good deed includes: support from Arabic-speaking teachers who are refugees themselves and can therefore put themselves in the children's shoes very well. The project also helps the children learn to find their way around the German education system better. This helps ensure that all children have the same opportunities for a good education and that children with refugee experience have good educational opportunities.

AboutGermany
Berlin
Berlin
Capital city
82,100,000
82,100,000
Population
46.136
46.136
Gross domestic product per capita per year
Rank 5 of 189
Rank 5 of 189
Human Development Index (Human Development Index)

Germany is the largest refugee-hosting country in Europe. The majority of refugees are under 30 years old.