One of teroGO’s partners, SINGA, has launched the Comme À La Maison (CALM) program to assist refugees by providing them housing and accommodation. Chloé Overlau from SINGA gives insight into the program and how partnering with teroGO has helped them realize their goals to support refugees.

What inspired you to work with and support refugees?

Involved in welcoming refugees, the three co-founders worked on several structures that meet the specific needs of this audience (medical, administrative, etc.). However, none of them made up for the glaring lack of an essential element in the reconstruction of life in Belgium: the absence of a social network.

How can someone start a new life without a network when it influences our life trajectories so much? Creating this network without having access to meeting spaces with locals and without knowing the Belgian socio-cultural codes or the national language can be a barrier for many. 

SINGA France had already answered the question a few years earlier by utilizing the passions of individuals as a link between people. Intrigued by the idea and strong of a year of field analysis and meetings with mainly those in Brussels, the three founders decided to launch the movement in Belgium. 

The main goal is to build a community able to address these challenges and offer a positive and empowering answer to this growing reality.