A Refugee Journey: “Welcome to Germany. You are finally safe here.”
Syria's civil war is the worst humanitarian crisis of our time. The five-year-old war has claimed 470,000 lives, directly or indirectly, according to the Syrian Center for Policy Research (SCPR). More than 4.8 million have been forced to leave the country. Over 428,000 Syrians fled...
Local Response to the Humanitarian Crisis: Maria and the Collettivo Antigone
Leading up to World Refugee Day (June 20), we’re launching a series of reflections upon our personal experiences in dealing with the consequences of war and conflict and the increased influx of refugees to Europe. How can we, newcomers and local...
Bonn becomes shareable: Bonnections takes part in #GlobalSharingWeek
“Receiving is good but giving is much better. Nevertheless, sharing is the best.” (Sharrizad Shafian)
Bonnections takes part in the Global Sharing Week (June 5-11), a worldwide people-driven campaign helping millions discover the rapidly growing sharing economy.
Under the slogan "Bonn becomes...
Sindibad meets Siegfried – Intercultural Reading for Young and Old
"Stories for Children of the Orient and Oxident" is the theme of our next Bonnections book club meet-up on June 1st at the Central Library in Bonn. This time we will meet at the chilling, newly opened youth library...
We are excited and YOU are invited: Bonnections takes part in the grand opening...
Let's connect and celebrate together the opening of the BonnLab on Saturday from 2 to 10 p.m. The Bonnections group now meets regularly at the new City Lab in Bonn-Beuel to brainstorm and develop creative projects and story ideas with refugees,...
May Book Club Meet-Up: All We Need Is Love Poetry
The theme for our next Bonnections book club meeting on May 4th is LOVE. May is the month of love in Germany. That's why we want to share and read love poetry from different parts of the world.
"Love does not...
Podcast: Rami’s journey from war-torn Syria to Bonn
Sascha Förster, co-founder of Bonn.digital, speaks to Rami, a 30-year old war refugee from Syria. Rami is one of the nearly 1.1 million refugees and migrants who arrived in Germany in 2015. He is talking about his life in...
Meet Rafaële Giovanola, an amazing dance artist and inspirational world citizen
For our first Bonnections podcast interview, we met with Rafaële Giovanola, co-founder and artistic director of CocoonDance.
Giovanola is a Swiss dancer and choreographer, who was born in Baltimore and worked with William Forythe’s Frankfurt Ballet and other international dance...
Coffee for Connecting People
Inspired by a series of articles titled "Two coffee, please" by a Cologne newspaper, we'd like to start an experiment to connect people: New Bonners will randomly approach pedestrians on the street in the city center and invite them for a cup of coffee and...
Book Club Kick-Off
If you want to understand what has been happening in Syria for the past five years, you have to look beyond the news headlines and listen to Syrians. That's why we picked as the first book "Innenansichten aus Syria", a collection...