Projects

‘In Zukunft Zusammen’ (‘together in the future’) aims to strengthen social cohesion in Brandenburg by fostering trust and mutual understanding between Ukrainian refugees and public administration staff. The project focuses on open and respectful dialogue. Practical workshops and targeted shifts in perspective create spaces where empathy can be fostered and prejudices overcome. 'In Zukunft Zusammen' aims to enhance the psychosocial well-being of Ukrainian refugees and administrative staff, as well as improving long-term cooperation. The pilot project is being implemented in the Dahme-Spreewald district (LDS) and is funded by the German Postcode Lottery.

"United Locally" brings together the Ukrainian diaspora and local residents in Schulzendorf and Eichwalde, Brandenburg. Through lectures on history, storytelling events, and workshops, the project fosters understanding, builds connections, and inspires collaborative initiatives to strengthen community ties and promote lasting cooperation.

The Makers Innovation Award (MIA) empowers the Makers Community in Ukraine to develop innovative solutions to support social cohesion and reconstruction by awarding prize money as well as tailored mentoring. Funded by German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the project is implemented by a collaboration of Berlin-based betterplace-lab and Future Challenges.

With the DHRLab we implement our approach of demand-driven, sustainable and digital-first amplification of grassroots human rights organisations in Uganda. Funded by German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) under its Digital Africa Initiative, the project is implemented by a collaboration of Berlin-based betterplace-lab and Future Challenges.

weye empowers grassroots citizen journalists. It provides an anonymous way to upload sensitive, human-rights related content, helps to verify the legitimacy of said content and provides it for the broader journalistic community as a trusted source. Check out our info video.

Our GAN provides a grass­roots perspective on abstract topics such as globalization and human rights violations. On our platform, we publish independent, user-generated content from professional bloggers and citizen journalists from all over the world.