NAVIGATOR 2.0 Social Project

In the course of the NAVIGATOR 2.0: 2022, our group started looking for a social project that can be carried out in English due to international participants, that is suitable for about 10 people and that is also feasible on grey November days.

The collective decision fell on VinziRast - an independent, open community with the mission to offer homeless people a home, warmth and security in community.

The VinziRast-Lokal mittendrin is part of the house VinziRast-mittendrin - an innovative social housing project where formerly homeless people, refugees and students live. This community could hardly be more diverse: People of different life stories, cultures and age groups meet here and enrich each other.

The restaurant itself combines good cuisine with hospitality and has a special team: formerly homeless people find permanent employment and are supported in the kitchen and service by volunteers.

On 16.11.2022, the goal of our Navigator 2.0 group was to clear out and clean the restaurant's warehouse, including all goods, and then to set up new shelves and put them back in place.

We transported many crates of drinks from the old vaulted cellar of the VinziRast. The other food was also sorted and packed into new boxes. After cleaning the empty room, the new shelves could be put up and then systematically filled again.

The great feeling of "creating order" and team spirit trumped the sore muscles of the following days! 

We can only recommend the excellent cuisine of the VinziRast restaurant mittendrin - definitely worth a visit!

Author: Janine Klammer