Dear refugees: welcome in our villages Ihringen and Wasenweiler - the municipality of Ihringen.
In your flat you have found a “welcome folder” with helpful information about the village. In case you haven’t found it, please ask your contact group. The contact group is ready to assist you with information, advice and practical support, as far as possible. Just ask!
Further down here, there are some information and links you might find useful.
Refugee guide
This guide aims to provide information about the country you now find yourself in. It provides a lot of helpful tips in English and 15 other languages:
http://www.refugeeguide.de/
First communication aid
Here you can find a board with important words depicted as pictures. By pointing to it you can try to make clear yourself to your communication partner without a common language.
http://www.migration.paritaet.org/fluechtlingshilfe/arbeitshilfen/fch/
Babbel
This is a computer and smartphone app for free German online language courses (download instructions are in English and German – German language courses are offered for people speaking one of the following languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian):
https://hoffnungstraeger.de/news/sprache-lernen-mit-babbel/
Good morning Deutschland
Good morning Deutschland is a radio broadcast made by refugees for refugees. It is broadcasted on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 17:00 to 20:00 and streamed in Arab, Farsi, German and English.
http://goodmorningdeutschland.org/
Favorz
This is an online platform where local people offer favours to refugees:
http://www.refugee-favorz.de/#/
Kiron - free online university for refugees
If you intend to prepare yourself for studying, you will find information on the Kiron University here, which offers free of charge online university courses (in English):
https://kiron.ngo/about