Latest Migrant Befriending Event By Ħal Far Outreach Brings Together Mixed Communities
The latest event as part of the migrant befriending project by local organisation Ħal Far Outreach successfully brought together a number of communities together from different countries.
The Malta Migrant Befriending Programme (MMBP) aims to promote the integration of asylum seekers and refugees into Maltese society, helping them have a more smooth transition into a new culture and society.
“Throughout the year we have organised a number of group events for the participants to get to know each other. These involved walks, sports activities, a theatre visit, a cinema trip, a beach clean up, and some board game afternoons,” a representative for Ħal Far Outreach told Lovin Malta.
“In addition to that, we had several artistic workshops, such as bookbinding, dance workshops, and collage making where participants could learn new skills, and connect with one another through arts and creativity.”
The main activities of the programme consist of group activities that bring all the participants together to facilitate connections and put language barriers aside.
The group events have taken place all around Malta and will continue as such, allowing the migrants to have new experiences with the rest of the group while feeling a part of Maltese society.
The programme has even had an extensive training schedule for all participants involved as well as for the volunteers and staff of the programme.
This involved training on the concepts of boundaries and safeguarding and how best to account for these in a befriending programme.
During the training, the participants were asked about their motivations and goals to join the programme as well as their concerns.
The group events organised have created opportunities for the participants to come together to form friendships. It is said to have proven beneficial for all to share their stories and cultures with one another.
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