Dublin City Volunteer Centre’s Together for Better programme gives international protection applicants a chance to connect with the local community
When far-right protests against asylum seekers housed in the East Wall area began, Uzuomaka’s blood pressure was “so high that I started taking medication”.
“I’ve been very active since then. I go every Saturday and Sunday, which means I have some plans and places to go. It’s a mixture of mostly asylum seekers, and some Irish people and others,” she explains. She’s one of many who have joined Dublin City Volunteer Centre’s Together for Better programme, which invites newly arrived international protection applicants to volunteer alongside local volunteers to “connect and learn from each other”.
“This really limits the volunteering opportunities available to them. The Together for Better project connects IP applicants with short-term and once-off volunteering opportunities and arranges transportation as needed.”
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