Promoting intercultural dialogue and learning from each other.
The district project Lifetalk is a programme of the non-profit organisation KICKFAIR e.V. and the BMW Group, which started as a pilot project at the beginning of 2015. Initially designed for a period of one year, the programme promotes intercultural dialogue and learning from and with each other. The target group predominantly comprises school children and young, unaccompanied refugees between the age of 12 and 20 years.
Lifetalk promotes collaborative learning and mutual exchange, providing a platform for meetings and the acquisition of important social competences (e.g. ability to work in a team, fairness, respect in dealing with one another). In the process, the young people learn to sustainably overcome prejudices and to apprehend cultural diversity as a strength. Last year, around 40 young people and unaccompanied refugees regularly participated in workshops. Thanks to the project, more than half of the participants were given an idea of possible job profiles.
As a result of the good response, the project is to be continued in 2016. In addition to factory tours and workshops at the Junior Campus and the BMW Museum, the young people visit the trainee workshop thus receiving insight into various vocational skills.
