SINTAR

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Refugee Self-Help Centre SINTAR is an innovative centre of Chechen culture which came into being in Warsaw. A purpose of Sintar is to increase a level of self-reliance of refugees from Chechnya who live in Poland. Sintar, due to its specific character, suppose to facilitate adaptation and integration in new environment, increase acceptance for immigrants among Poles as well as enable taking own initiatives by refugees. Planning actions in the Centre we resolved to surpass the traditional educational and integrating operations and also took into consideration the essential elements of Chechen culture. The most important feature of this culture is a strong sense of group ties which express in necessity of frequent meetings, taking common actions, celebrating feasts in larger groups, etc. There was a deficiency of this type of place, so Sintar became a space for the Chechens to take their own initiatives and a meeting place for members of the diaspora. We want Sintar to become about one of the centers of modern Chechen thought - that was a authentic catalyst for development – not only for the Chechen diaspora, but for its individual representatives too (the name "Sintar" in the Chechen language means "Development"). The project was initiated by Issa Adajew, one of the leaders of the Chechen diaspora in Poland. Refugee Self-Help Centre SINTAR which is a project by the Institute of Culture of Nations of the Caucasus and the Other Space Foundation seeks to achieve three aims: •...