K.O.M.M is a synonym for the work of our association with unaccompanied young refugees. The abreviation was found by the youths themselves and means “Communicative, Optimistic, Multinational, Munich”. Due to continuous crisis in countries in Asia and Africa several hundreds of unaccompanied youth refugees come to Munich every year. According to experiences of the association "Hilfe von Mensch zu Mensch" these youths are often traumatized by war and escape. Many of them have lost one or even both parents. Therefore they need our help and special protection. The project K.O.O.M was founded in order to look after immediately, orientate them to the structures of the host country and give them support confidence in the new environment.

 

The integrative concept comprises the fields of school, free time and cultural integration. The youth refugees are looked after by a team of qualified teachers, social education workers and student tutors. This makes it possible for us to confront the youth’s problems in their full complexity. The basis of the integratice concept is the course programme. In the courses, youths require necesarry competences for their development by intensive reading and writing practice and task-based language teaching.