“Without the help of the association HUBI, I would never have been to Cologne and I wouldn’t be working in a masonry firm today. I now have a working visa which assures me to stay in Germany until all my documents are ready.”
Oussama arrived in Germany in 2016 ; he had to leave Syria because of the tense military situation. He arrived in 2017 in our association, he was 17 years old at the time and he followed German courses. He already knew how to read, write and he had few German knowledge thanks to his tutor. He participated in the trip to Cologne that we organized so he met his pen pal with whom he was corresponding. As they got along very well they stayed in contact.
Oussama was very interested in manual labor and wanted to work in the building sector. As his pen pal’s father was working at the building firm Bauer Group, Oussama contacted him to know if they had jobs to offer. Not long after he was employed there as an apprentice so he got his working visa.
We were happy to know that our project in Cologne gave him this opportunity, as he turned 18 the working visa will allow him to stay in Germany until the documents procedure is finished.
This kind of feedback are really important to us as it reminds us that our work in HUBI can change the life of the unaccompanied isolated minors, we see their progress throughout the year they are learning German in our association. Oussama and Neyla are very good an example of the results of our missions, education is really important for them to be integrated in society.
