Virksomhed Vollsmose is a Danish project set up by ISU (Insitut Serviceudvikling a/s) and part funded by the EU. The projects' aim is to help asylum seeking women - who have come from various parts of the world and terrible situations - resettle and start a new life. Starting again with nothing must be an almost impossible task. What Virksomhed Vollsmose does is work with the skillsets that these women have, and then put them into a business perspective. For instance, alot of these women have children, and therefor have various family skills. Using this idea, ISU started the organisation Virksomhed Vollsmose. Two parts of the project are a catering company, and a sewing company. These women are now working in a friendly and safe environment, with likeminded women - using skills they are familiar with - All helping them earn money to get their lifes back together.
I was lucky enough to be commissioned to travel out there to take some promotion photographs. The images would be used in various things like posters, adverts and an exhibition. I was out there for a week in the company of these women, many of whom spoke no english. They treated me so kindly and even fed me free arabic and vietnamese food! I had a great time!
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