[DeepL:] Around 250 teenagers and young adults have passed through our education factory in the past eight years. Secondary school students, secondary school graduates and high school graduates. People with and without a migration background. Energetic young people alongside those who just don't know what to do with themselves.
Over a period of several months, they all meet experienced artists, craftsmen and designers, develop design ideas and put them into practice. It's about career orientation, as it is formally called. We prefer to speak of a personal voyage of discovery. In the end, everyone knows what they are made of. That's what counts.
Each day begins with one and a half hours of German lessons. Then it's off to the creative workshops, Clan B, the cooking island or the maker's workshop for four hours. There they work with wood, metal, glass, ceramics, textiles, plastics, paper and food; they cook, design and craft.
The workshops offer the ideal environment for learning language and mathematical skills 'by the way". This is an important prerequisite for the path to school and vocational training. Each completed module also earns a certificate from the Chamber of Crafts.
Open up new perspectives. Make friends. Gaining self-confidence. To make this happen, there are excursions to companies in Berlin. The trainees cook, eat and celebrate together. And at the end of each course, they proudly present their work to family members, friends and acquaintances.