Neighbours in Vienna

The "Neighbours" baffle by simultaneity: to use common access to a "foreign" culture to build a bridge to the current social and linguistic environment, to use concern about family to emancipate women from their families, to draw women out of their seclusion by very traditional offers. Implementation is also socially innovative: active participation is required (women must do something for themselves in exchange for their children's coaching); resources are looked for, linked, built up; a clear framework allows ingenious self-organisation; after successful accompaniment, the women/families usually continue to participate in project activities. And altered notions and ideas have taken root …