Barbara Scheller: a grandma for asylum seekers and her stories
Barbara Scheller: a grandma for asylum seekers and her stories
Oschatz. In a moving review, the 66-year-old Barbara Scheller tells of her time as a supervisor for minor asylum seekers in the former school campaign Lampersdorf. From 2015 to 2018 she took care of 18 young men who had fled from the world's crisis areas. "The boys had no childhood as we know them," explains the native Oschatzer. She offered them not only a roof over her head, but also a loving care that reminded of a grandmother.
Scheller, which is trained as an engineer for automation technology, remembers the first few days when the young people arrived with torn jackets and broken shoes. "I just wanted to help them," she says. With a lot of patience and creativity, she taught them the German language by watching children's films and playing simple games. "I was like a grandma for the boys," she smiles. Her daily tasks included everything from breakfast to visits to the doctor and homework.
a home for the youngsters
The former teacher looked after almost 100 young people during this time and gave them a feeling of normality. "The home was a place for them where they could finally arrive," says Scheller. Even after the home was closed in 2018, she kept contact with many of her protégés. Some live in Wermsdorf, Oschatz, Taucha, Torgau, Leipzig or Dresden and have integrated well into society, many have founded families and learned professions such as cook or geriatric nurse.
Scheller continues to volunteer and is committed to the concerns of asylum seekers. "I help with naturalizations, apartment searches and even with homework," she explains. Her message is clear: "Integration means that these people have the right to participate in life." It asks society to take care of refugees, because "if everyone would take care of a refugee, every refugee would have ten friends."
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