Between December 5th and December 11th, 2024, another ThRIvE project mobility took place in Würzburg, Germany. For this mobility, five students from Lebanon and two supervisors traveled to Germany. In addition to the Lebanese students, twenty THWS master’s students from the Master’s program International Social Work with Refugees and Migrants participated in the mobility. The thematic focus was on resilience, empowerment, and collective well-being. The international composition of the group enabled a particularly diverse exchange of experiences. This allowed different cultural perspectives to be incorporated into the discussions

The mobility included the following workshops:

• Dragon Dreaming 
• Welcome with Music
• Deep Democracy 
• Embodying Vision and Living Library

The students presented their future visions as social workers and participated in embodied envisioning and in-depth mindfulness practice (MBSR) in an intercultural and international setting. Additionally, the students took part in a migration city tour that explored Würzburg through a migratory lens. After the workshops and on the last day of the mobility, the students engaged in cultural exchanges.

The mobility was part of the Mindfulness-Based Intercultural Resilience Trainings (MBICRT), facilitated by the THWS, MUBS, and GJU. The MBICRT course provided the participants with a series of mindfulness and self-care practices tailored to intercultural settings. These practices aim to empower social workers to prioritize self-care and act self-responsibly by acknowledging their own needs, especially while working in crisis situations.

Participants in this mobility gained a theoretical foundation and regularly practiced mindfulness training through experiential learning activities. They also learned and practiced new methods for sustainable project planning and conflict resolution.