Soup&Socks

Soup & Socks (eV) is a German non-profit organization, founded at the peak of the European Refugee Crisis in December 2015. Within only 8 months after the date of foundation, the organization developed from providing selective emergency aid, to implementing the long -term project Habibi. Works, and thus became an empowering actor based in the North of Greece.

Habibi.Works is an intercultural maker space and platform for education, empowerment and social encounters for refugees, greek locals and international team members. It consists of 10 different workshop spaces: Wood and Metal, MediaLab, Community Kitchen, Sewing and Creative Atelier, Bike Repair, Library, Gym and Community Garden.

Apart from being a space where people can create, learn, teach and meet the project allows those who have been stuck in this situation for years to use their time constructively. We work at eye level with people. We support them to create solutions themselves. We listen to their ideas instead of telling them what to do. We encourage them to share their abilities and expertise and to gain transferrable new skills. Habibi.Works is a living example of the values ​​we would like to see in our societies: respect, solidarity and equality.