Experiences

Morocco

Success with my grocery shop

It wasn’t easy being back in Morocco. A lot had changed since I left the country as a young boy. But the EIMA really helped me to open my own grocery shop. Now I have a loyal customer base.

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Iraq

“Together we’ll find a solution”

The Iraqi-German Centre for Jobs, Migration and Reintegration (GMAC) in Baghdad provides the best possible psychosocial counselling to help returnees. In an interview, health advisor Ali explains how that works. He sees it as extremely important that people feel comfortable with him.

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Egypt

“Programming lets me look at the world from a different perspective”

Whether a novice or already advanced – the Egyptian-German Centre for Jobs, Migration and Reintegration offers programming courses for anyone who is interested. Music teacher Nancy reports in an interview about her experiences on the computer.

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Gambia

Successful job fair and careers day in The Gambia

Contacts with companies, careers advice, tips on the best training, promotion of employment and raising awareness of different opportunities in The Gambia: all of these were the focal point of the job fair on the campus of Gambia College. More than 1,000 participants benefited from these opportunities.

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Pakistan

Success as a photographer in Punjab

I came back to my family in Pakistan during the corona pandemic. The PGFRC helped me to start my own business as a photographer. My photo studio is now very successful.

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Serbia

Two women fruit growers join forces

Jasmina and Milica became self-employed fruit growers to make a better life for themselves and their families in Serbia. The German Information Centre on Migration, Training and Employment (DIMAK) helped these two women.

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Albania

Empowered for a new start in Tirana

Exclusion, migration, domestic abuse: Ana had a lot of problems to overcome. Help from the DIMAK information centre meant that this Albanian woman was given psychosocial counselling after her return and was able to start a new career in a call centre.

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Albania

Talent leads to opening a hair salon

Majlinda already had the talent, dedication and ambition to be a hairdresser. After her return to Albania and with some help, she was able to fulfil her dream of having her own hairdressing salon.

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Serbia Germany

Serbia: eight new advisory centres nationwide

The "hotspot" centres are in Novi Pazar, Kraljevo, Bor, Novi Sad, Kruševac, Niš, Subotica and Vranje.

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Kosovo

Self-employed with my own dry lining business

I returned to Kosovo and now run my own dry lining business. The DIMAK and its other partners helped me with my start-up. I’m positive about the future and glad that I came back.

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