Fatima Almukhtar
Marketing & Communications
Story von Refugee Stories
“The coolest thing is seeing a lot of talented people.” Fatima Almukhtar is responsible for marketing & communication at RefugeesWork.at. Basically her job is about two major areas: Taking care of social media and the email marketing, and communicating with refugees and clients. For finding new clients she prepares seminars and workshops and goes to e.g. shelters and tells them all about their work and how they can register. What piece of advice does she have for her 14-year-old self? “Don’t mature too fast. Enjoy your childhood.”
Spannende Stories
Afzaal Deewan
Cook and Manager
“Whatever your hobby is: Make that your profession. Then you are going to be successful in your life, because you are not feeling bored with that." When Afzaal Deewan was in custody pending deportation he would have never thought that this was his chance for opening his future restaurant “Wiener Deewan”. The restrictions in his job? “I don’t have enough space. When somebody enters the shop and it is full and he leaves without eating, that disturbs me a lot.”
Petr Zak
Geschäftsführer und Pilot
“Ich mache gerne Sachen, die sonst niemand macht oder kennt.” Neben seiner Tätigkeit als Geschäftsführer eines Nachrichtentechnik-Unternehmens ist Petr Zak als Pilot tätig. "Träume sind dafür da, dass man ihnen nachgeht und versucht sie in die Tat umzusetzen", sagt er.
Issa Alsaadi
Teamleiter Kleiderausgabe
“Das Coolste an meinem Job ist, dass ich vielen Flüchtlingen helfen kann, ein Lächeln sehen und Kindern helfen kann. Das gibt mir ein großes Gefühl.” Wenn der gebürtige Syrer Issa Alsaadi, Teamleiter der Kleiderausgabe bei Train of Hope, über seinen Job spricht, strahlt er über das ganze Gesicht. Da der Physiklehrer selbst vor dem Krieg aus seinem Heimatland flüchten musste, versteht er die Situation der Flüchtlinge besonders gut. “Wenn jemand etwas braucht, dann gebe ich es ihnen gerne.”
Umar Abud
Bar Chef
“It helped me to forget many bad things in my life and you can party every day.“While studying, Umar Abud was working as a Bar Chef. Now he is planing to study law. In Lebanon it was forbidden for him to do so, because he is Palestinian. What would be his advice to his 14-year-old self. “I would tell myself: If you believe in something, you have to do it, no matter what the circumstances are.“
