Wishing tree at Kreuzberger Himmel
Wishing Tree at Kreuzberger Himmel Give a christmas present to a refugee child Location Pick a Wish, Become An Angel Christmas is a time to share joy. With our wishing tree, we want to bring happiness to refugee children and young people, regardless of whether they themselves celebrate Christmas. How it works: The wishes of […]
Annual Report 2024
Be an Angel e.V. receives the ZukunftsWege Award 2025
Be an Angel e.V. receives the ZukunftsWege Award 2025 Recognition for our commitment to integrating young refugees Link Instagram Be an Angel e.V. receives the ZukunftsWege Award 2025 We are delighted to announce that Be an Angel e.V. has been honored with the ZukunftsWege Award 2025 by the Commerzbank Foundation. In the Social Engagement category, […]
Be an Angel e.V. accompanies new city partnership between Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and Kyjiv-Darnytsia
Be an Angel e.V. Supports New City Partnership Between Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and Kyiv-Darnytsia Invitation to the Signing of the City Partnership and Exhibition Opening Invitation to the Signing of the City Partnership and Exhibition OpeningMay 22, 2025 | 6:30 PM | Kreuzberger Himmel From lived solidarity to an official bond: On May 22, we will celebrate […]
Bringing the Refugee Crisis Home in Berlin – The New Yorker
Three weeks after his Berlin apartment was photographed for a lifestyle magazine, Andreas Tölke turned his home into an emergency shelter for refugees. Tölke, a journalist specializing in architecture and design, spontaneously took in three Egyptians, a Bosnian teenager, and a Moldovan. Since then, he has hosted 38 refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Albania, assisting them with bureaucratic tasks, taking them shopping, and helping them integrate into Germany. The willingness of Berliners like Tölke to help reflects a larger cultural movement that critically questions government policies and responses to the refugee crisis.