Inspiration for KAMA Oxford came to me from my dear friend Mary who lives in Vienna. As she described KAMA Wien to me, I thought what a perfect setting Oxford would be for another ‘branch’. Here’s why...
KAMA (courses and events run by refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants) was established in Vienna 11 years ago, and has since blossomed across Austria – in Graz, Innsbruck, Linz and Salzburg, as well as in Dresden, Germany and across the pond in Washington, DC. They have a packed programme of weekly and monthly courses, workshops, and events on any topic imaginable – languages, dance, music, cooking, yoga, history, politics... As I write this, in KAMA Wien they have West African drumming, Laughter Yoga, Hindi, Somali Vegan Cooking, and the list goes on. What a positive and humane way to battle against the current trend of ‘demonising’ migration, to quote Dr Patricia Daley at Project Soup this month – by celebrating the richness of cultures it has brought to the UK for centuries. KAMA Oxford aims to give current refugees and asylum seekers a voice, confidence, skills for their future, integration and just fun and humanity amidst all the bureaucracy, an adrenaline rush from taking control and sharing their passions.
We at KAMA Oxford have had a whirlwind inaugural month – here’s to many more!
-Isabel Tate, May 2018.
KAMA (courses and events run by refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants) was established in Vienna 11 years ago, and has since blossomed across Austria – in Graz, Innsbruck, Linz and Salzburg, as well as in Dresden, Germany and across the pond in Washington, DC. They have a packed programme of weekly and monthly courses, workshops, and events on any topic imaginable – languages, dance, music, cooking, yoga, history, politics... As I write this, in KAMA Wien they have West African drumming, Laughter Yoga, Hindi, Somali Vegan Cooking, and the list goes on. What a positive and humane way to battle against the current trend of ‘demonising’ migration, to quote Dr Patricia Daley at Project Soup this month – by celebrating the richness of cultures it has brought to the UK for centuries. KAMA Oxford aims to give current refugees and asylum seekers a voice, confidence, skills for their future, integration and just fun and humanity amidst all the bureaucracy, an adrenaline rush from taking control and sharing their passions.
We at KAMA Oxford have had a whirlwind inaugural month – here’s to many more!
-Isabel Tate, May 2018.
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