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Le Rimlishof accommodates about 10 refugee families, with a maximum of 40 people at any one time. They come from Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania and Sudan. We welcomed over 160 people in 2015. Each year a team of three half-time SU staff and one European volunteer work together to care for them. We are also helped by a lot of local volunteers and several regional and national organisations. Without this assistance we wouldn’t be able to continue this ministry. Thanks to all of them, we can provide the families with quality times and numerous activities such as: a cooking club, French classes, sports, distribution of food products twice a week.

A new law on refugees was adopted in July 2015 and as a result our mission has changed. Since January 2016, we are not only responsible for the refugees from day to day (their daily life) but also for their social and administrative care. Unfortunately, the French Government didn’t increase the budget. This has represented a very big change for our team, who have had to train as ‘social workers’. Our refugee ministry now continues with new challenges, new perspectives and new adventures!