What are Menti Space sessions?

What are Menti Space sessions? When you are looking for some kind of guidance as to how express it how you feel, then our Menti sessions might be the right place to start.

Deciding whether or not to disclose emotions can depends on many factors, including fear, feeling ashamed, when there is not a trusting relationship with therapist or health provider, then one may go away confused, hurt and unable to talk about it or unsure if one even have permission to talk about it with someone.

Our Safe Space aims at making you feel safe, through different sessions , activities and exercises, you gain confidence and learn to understand your emotions and how to deal with them.

With partners , you will get information and receive support in finding the right step to take towards your healing process

Next to it, daily walking sessions provided at Kwetu, will give the opportunity for one an one session

What are Life Skills sessions?

Kwetu aims at assisting women to understand, adjust and fully participate in their settlement process. Women will learn by sharing their experiences and listening to the experiences of other women (and learn from each other).

The session’s activities are based on the interest and what the women would like to know that would help them understand the environment in which they live better.

Other life Skills (Self-awareness, building self confidence, goal setting, Communications Skills, Managing Money wisely, understanding a new culture and community engagement, learning how to get information they need develop, their self-confidence in talking to people or speaking in a group etc.)

This will help women overcome social isolation and increase social network, interaction and peer support among women, learn effective problem-solving techniques, improve their Dutch language conversation skills while sharing their stories or experience, meet new friends; build their self-confidence among others.

Walk-in sessions

Daily walking sessions will enable women to get support related to legal, (mental)health or administrative issues.

Combined with support desk, the women will be able to find the right solution or get the information they need in one place at a given time

The sessions provide information and orientation on how to navigate the system to facilitate integration. They will be provided information and orientation on finding suitable housing, adapting to the climate, knowing how to get around the city, acquiring proper identification, accessing community resources, familiarity with Dutch systems, functioning as a healthy family, and finding social and family connections to overcome isolation and in other settlement needs.