We help you on your way
A new start in Lelystad
Are you new to Lelystad and have been given housing? Then the Refugee Council team of Welzijn Lelystad will help you on your way. We explain how things work in the Netherlands and help you with practical matters such as housing, money matters and contact with authorities.
Together, we look at what you need to become independent. You learn step by step how to make choices and solve problems. You are not on your own. We walk with you for a year and then provide proper help if needed.
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Success stories
People like you share their stories
Read more Nour on refugee work
A volunteer
When Nour fled his homeland Syria in 2021, he left everything behind. Now, four years later, he speaks Dutch, has completed his participation statement and volunteers to help other newcomers find their place in Dutch society.
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Read more: ‘Through volunteering, I’m learning the language and getting to know the people’
A volunteer
How do you start afresh in a country you don’t know? Where everything is different: the language, the people and the customs? For Mehrbakhsh (59), the answer is simple: by getting stuck in. He came to the Netherlands a few years ago. In Lelystad, he found a place to start afresh and, above all, to get involved. ‘I volunteer for three organisations. That’s how I learnt the language and got to know the people.’
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Read more: Volunteering as a meeting place
A volunteer
Pregnant with her first child, Khadija, now 29, fled the war in Syria. She lived in a tent camp in Turkey for five years and went on to have three more children. In 2023, she found a safe haven in Lelystad. Through her voluntary work, she is learning the language and getting to know other people.
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