The final phase in Dakar has begun: Soon, excavators and construction materials will occupy the dusty clearing that until now has been used as a soccer field by children. “Since more than 20 years, I know this slum and its refugees. It was high time to put an end to their poverty and to provide […]
Students at the PBSA Düsseldorf majoring in architecture have supported the development of a district for refugees. In cooperation with the „Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA)“, they undertook a complete urban planning and design in and for the Senegalese Baraka (a refugee slum in the middle of Dakar) on behalf of the YOU Stiftung. In addition, […]
The internet site www.new-baraka.com won accolades from the jury of the Red Dot Awards in three categories: Online, E-Commerce and Social Responsibility.
Duesseldorf, Christmas 2022 Dear friends of YOU Foundation, Dear supporters and partners, Another year is coming to an end. We experience moments of great danger for our one world. Conflicts, war and climate disaster, mistrust and division, extreme poverty, hunger and disease, massive displacement and resettlement and huge refugee movements. With each of these threats, […]
New Baraka – from Slum to Vibrant Neighborhood The book “Cities, Not Camps,” published for the Davos Forum 2022, includes different texts on the important topic of urban development against the background of refugee movements, and contains a very valuable article by Mr. Samih Sawiris about our joint pilot project “BARAKA,” which offers inner-African refugees in […]
