Refugees as an empowering practice: Former refugees' experiences with empowering other refugee families towards participation in sports clubs in Denmark
Translated title
Flygtninge som empowering: Tidligere flygtninges oplevelser ved at støtte andre flygtningefamiliers vej til at deltage i idrætsforeninger i Danmark
Author
Hansen, Jeppe Klarskov
Term
4. semester
Education
Publication year
2022
Submitted on
2022-01-02
Pages
36
Abstract
I 2021 startede Dansk Flygtningehjælp (DRC) et program, hvor tidligere flygtninge bliver frivillige. De får undervisning i empowerment-metoden, så de kan støtte en udvalgt flygtningefamilie i at begynde at deltage i foreningsliv og klubber i Danmark. Denne afhandling undersøger, hvordan frivillige lærer empowerment, og hvordan de oplever kontakten med de familier, de skal støtte. Undersøgelsen tager afsæt i Elisheva Sadans forståelse af empowerment (Sadan, 2004), som handler om at styrke menneskers evne til at træffe beslutninger og deltage i deres fællesskaber. Grundlaget er observationer af møder og workshops for frivillige i DRC samt interviews med frivillige og ansatte i DRC. Studiet bidrager til forskningen i tvungen migration og idræt ved at vise, hvordan tidligere flygtninge kan få roller som frivillige – ikke kun som deltagere i idrætsklubber. Derudover giver det organisationer som DRC viden om, hvordan empowerment kan bruges til at støtte tidligere flygtninge som frivillige og hjælpe nyankomne familier ind i civilsamfundets aktiviteter.
In 2021, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) launched a program where former refugees volunteer to support newly arrived families. They are trained in the empowerment method so they can help an assigned refugee family begin taking part in civic clubs and community activities in Denmark. This thesis examines how volunteers are taught empowerment and how they experience their contact with the families they support. It is guided by Elisheva Sadan’s concept of empowerment (Sadan, 2004), which focuses on strengthening people’s ability to make decisions and participate in their communities. The study is based on observations of meetings and workshops for DRC volunteers and interviews with volunteers and DRC staff. It contributes to research on forced migration and sport by showing how former refugees can take on roles as volunteers, not only as participants in sports clubs. It also offers practical knowledge for organisations like DRC on applying empowerment to support former refugees as volunteers and to help newly arrived families engage in civic life.
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