Berlin-Neukölln · since 1987
TOGETHER — Afghan Communication and Cultural Centre, an Afghan self-help association in Berlin-Neukölln since 1987
Advice, culture and human rights — in German and in Dari.
Motif: layers of posters on a plastered wall · generated image
خانه فرهنگ افغانستان
An Afghan self-help association in Berlin-Neukölln. For Afghans in Berlin — and for everyone in the neighbourhood. Voluntary, no appointment, since 1987.
1987
founded — and active without interruption ever since
100 %
voluntary. No paid staff, no project end date
2
languages throughout: German and Dari — not just a toggle
3
days a week open. No appointment, no registration
Who we are
خانه فرهنگ افغانستان
An Afghan self-help association in Neukölln — and an open house for everyone who lives here.
We advise Afghans in Berlin on everything that gets in the way of everyday life: authorities, school, work, housing. We make Afghan culture visible — Nauruz, music, literature. And we talk about human rights, even when that is uncomfortable. All of it voluntary, all of it in German and in Dari, since 1987.
You do not have to be Afghan to come in. Anyone who lives in the Reuterkiez, is curious or wants to help out is just as much meant.
What we do
Four fields. One place.
Pull open a row and you see what is actually behind it — not headlines, but what we really do on a Wednesday afternoon.
- Understanding letters and official decisions — explained in Dari
- Filling in applications: Jobcenter, BAMF, housing benefit, child benefit
- Accompaniment to authorities, appointments and official meetings
- School, training, studies and recognition of certificates
- Looking for housing and work: documents, applications, phone calls
- Referral to specialist services, lawyers and doctors
1987 → today
Almost four
decades.
All voluntary.
Without a break.
In 1987, Afghans in Berlin founded this association as self-help, because nobody else felt responsible. It has carried on ever since without interruption: advising people, organising festivals, speaking up. No funded project with an end date, no head office with an HR department. An association that simply never stopped.
- 1987
- Founded
Afghans in Berlin found the association as self-help — for their own community and for everyone who joins it.
- 30
- Years — the poster
„30 Jahre ehrenamtliche Integration, Kultur und Menschenrechtsarbeit“ — thirty years of voluntary integration, culture and human rights work. That is what the association's own poster says about itself.
- today
- Reuterstraße 15
Open three days a week, in the middle of the Reuterkiez. Advice, culture, conviction — still voluntary, still bilingual.
One voice
„Ich liebe diese Menschen, SO zugewandt und freundlich. Viel Erfolg euch. :)“
The quotation is in German, because that is how it was written. It is the only public review we have. We would like more — but we do not invent any.
Open doors
Just drop by.
No appointment, no form, no precondition. If you are at the door during opening hours, you come in. Our hours are short — we are all volunteers. But they are real.
Reuterstraße 15
12053 Berlin-Neukölln · right by Reuterplatz
The next step
REUTERSTRASSE
15 · 12053 Berlin-Neukölln
Write to us — we answer in German or in Dari.
Three short steps. You tell us what it is about, when it suits you and how we can reach you. We sort out the rest in person.
Opening hours, costs, languages, directions — the most common questions are already answered here.