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… but don’t worry, nothing happened, nobody was injured, nobody was ill. There are other reasons why the KunstBauStelle has been in Landsberg hospital more often recently:
In our current project “Türkenmariandl morgen”, we would like to portray the area of medical and therapeutic services provided by citizens with a migration background. This is particularly interesting for the young people with a migration background or who have experienced flight. Because some of them would like to take up professions such as nurse, PTA or even doctor.
For this reason, numerous young people – participants in our project – have recently made their way to the hospital together with project manager Wolfgang Hauck and various speakers, equipped with headphones, microphones and recording equipment, to conduct interviews with the relevant employees. Interviews about their life stories, their past, but also with a view to the present and the future.
It was not at all easy to find suitable interview partners who also had the time to participate in our project. Fortunately, Landsberg Hospital was extremely cooperative: with the active help of the HR department and nursing management, we were able to interview several hospital employees with a migration background.
What came out of it was very exciting and also instructive for the young people and for us. For example, when the doctor from Hungary talked about his past, how he came to Germany and the difficulties he had to overcome. And that he had to accept some setbacks along the way. However, his message also resonated with the young people: “Sometimes you have to take three steps back to take a big step forward.” Ultimately, these setbacks were important for him to be exactly what he is now: a doctor who loves his profession more than anything.
Or the nurse from Croatia who only came to Germany three months ago, but has already settled in well and speaks German surprisingly well for such a short time. “What tips can you give us?” the young people wanted to know. “Be ambitious, never give up and always keep going, always work towards your goal, then it will work out,” she encouraged them.
Without exception, everyone, whether doctor, nurse or nurse practitioner, found their job particularly rewarding: the opportunity to help other people. “It makes sense and makes you happy, because you get a lot in return,” was the general consensus.
The young people listened with wide eyes. Perhaps one day they will be at the other end of the microphone giving interviews about their life story and telling how they managed to become who they are.