The first day of “doors to the future for immigrant children” was excellent. Migrant children from SAARC nations participated in the program.

The art project “doors to the future for immigrant children” is a special project to help children with a migration background, supported by internationally renowned artist Karl Küffel and UIZ Umwelt und Informationstechnologie Zentrum, Neue Grünstraße 38, 10179, Berlin, Germany. The project is coordinated by German Humanitarian Initiative for South Asian (SATHI) in Berlin for October and November 2014 (11:10., 18:10 and on 25.10.2014) and is to be implemented in many other European cities. The closing ceremony included opening the doors is completed on 11.01.2014 at the same venue. President Joachim Gauck and the ambassadors of the participating countries of origin of children have been invited to the graduation ceremony.

The aim of the project is that the children bring with the help of the doors stating whether and to what extent they feel integrated into their new home. “A door separates or connects two rooms, depending on the viewing angle. Here a door is opened to take a chance on established future children. In addition, children can open a door for this project to yourself, “explains Karl Küffel initiator.

In Berlin, SAARC children from different immigration conditions can paint doors with their needs, fears and wishes for the future in video and written form. “With this playful approach, children can express their feelings, unfiltered expression and show the adults directly.

White-painted commercial doors serve children from various South Asian countries as a template. Children from low-income immigrant families and established relationships take part in the project to illuminate the current immigration situation from different positions. In a time frame of approximately four weeks, the children can design their door artistically free. Wishes for the future, but also present fears and longings are made ​​in the project on the subject. But the children participating in the foreground. They are both the performer and artist. The active phase of the project documented a parallel video recording.

After completion, the doors should be first presented in a solo exhibition. The plan is to introduce a broad audience all painted doors of the entire project in a final art exhibition. Happy, interested parties may join in conjunction with the association to the project and supportive side stand by promoting selected children individually at Door future projects. This ensures that the conveyor knows concretely where their help is because they are in direct contact with the respective families.