OUNI Joins Forces with RYSE to Help Refugees, Calls for Sponsors

Luxembourg's first organic food shop OUNI has partnered up with RYSE (Reaching Youth Refugees through Support and Empowerment) with the aim of promoting the social integration of refugees.

The cooperative OUNI has gone beyond its offer of an ecological alternative to conventional supermarkets with its commitment to the integration of refugees arriving in Luxembourg. This is how OUNI entered into a partnership with RYSE, which offers refugees the opportunity to become active members of society, as well as supporting the success and empowerment of young refugees in working life in Luxembourg through a mentoring project. The association similarly promotes their social integration by including them in volunteer activities and to assist them in the acquisition and development of personal skills.

As part of this partnership, OUNI is looking for sponsors, individuals or companies, whilst RYSE trains active members to work in the shop and keeps track of their situation. Anxious to carry out this partnership for as long as possible, OUNI and RYSE have launched an appeal for the generosity of (future) donors for refugees and hope to encourage the general public to invest in their actions. 

Since its opening in December 2016, more than 22 refugees have joined OUNI as active members, thanks to donors. And for the most part, the time spent on this activity goes beyond two hours a month, which is the minimum time that every active member is required to devote to OUNI.