STICHTING UMOJA is a Dutch-based non-profit organization of migrant women living in the Netherlands and other heavens. It ensures the continuity of the work of Marie Louise Balagizi, initiator of the SYNERGY OF WOMEN FOR PEACE AND RECONCILIATION OF THE PEOPLES OF THE GREAT LAKES OF AFRICA, anxious to contribute to a good integration and detraumatisation of African women living alone with their children in the Netherlands.
Speaking of the African continent, the war for several decades has forced thousands of men and women to flee their homeland and seek refuge in other continents. In the life of each migrant there is a personal history full of tragic events experienced that have caused internal wounds and hidden traumas that deteriorate the seemingly calm life of immigrants. Among them is a category that encounters many more difficulties than others. It is that of women living alone with their children. Without excluding the others, they have a lot of responsibilities and deserve special attention for an internal healing which will then promote a better integration in the host country.
The first session of the training session on the correct use of the computer and internet, planned as part of the project to support the integration of migrants in The Hague, was held 7/8/2020 at the Eglise Evangelique de La Haye in The Hague. 15 people participated in the training […]
admin-umoja , August 10, 2020
The first activity of the above mentioned project took place on Saturday 9/11/2019 from 15.30 to 19.00. These were the exchanges organized around the main theme which was the basic principles of life in the Netherlands. More than 40 people took part in this activity which brought together women, men, young people and migrant children living mainly in The Hague but also in other towns and villages in the Netherlands. […]
admin-umoja , November 14, 2019