#Refugees4Refugees

Back in the now distant past the Vienna Happiness Project had a cunning plan to have unemployed people in Austria reporting each morning in a "sales meeting" format on what value they had created in their community the day before, and what their plans for the day and the coming month ahead were. The idea that being in a project team, they would feel more "employed" and useful and happy to talk to their friends about their "work". It might or would also make them more employable in the future, and more likely to "get a job from a job"  

Fast forward to last week where we were looking to set up a Vienna Hub Verein to get people working with fast internet here to load gofundme campaigns and create websites for African non profits... as well as to help the likes of Hangi and Belinda tailor their job adverts to their new locations ( Edmonton and South West England) and to seek support from the UNHCR  Refugee-led Innovation Fund. 

Then with some swift pivoting, we kind of changed the plan, and are working to set up a refugee led organisation in Vienna, #Refugees4Refugees, that applies for funding both for itself here and for others abroad as well as guiding them with personal experience gained by people like Akon, Shaam, Christine, and Aladin. 

After some early morning zooming to Kenya with Akon, which reminds of us of why we set up Women with Passion in the first place, we hope that she will become a key player in this, and an active community member of The Learning Street, as she pursues her career ambitions of study, travel and work, as well as having a fulfilling personal life for balance.

#HerStory