How Experiential Projects Can Support the Integration and Empowerment of Refugees

Experiential projects empower refugees by fostering confidence, skills, and social bonds through shared challenges, community engagement, and transformative experiences that support long-term integration into society.

Experiential Learning as a Path to Integration

Experiential projects use real-life challenges to help refugees develop resilience, autonomy, and practical skills while actively participating in society rather than remaining passive beneficiaries.

The Power of Collective Challenges

Shared physical and mental challenges create strong bonds between participants, volunteers, and local communities, reinforcing trust, mutual understanding, and social inclusion.

The Reborn Trip: A Transformational Experience

The Reborn Trip is a 22-day, 1,000-kilometer cycling journey across France, bringing together refugees and asylum seekers to learn, grow, and rebuild confidence through effort and perseverance.

Empowerment Through Community and Belonging

By joining a collective journey, participants move from isolation to belonging, redefining their identity—from refugee status to active contributor and community member.

Insights From daphni’s Movers & Shakers Podcast

In this Movers & Shakers episode, Patrick Brissonneau shares the story behind the Reborn association and how experiential projects like the Reborn Trip support refugee integration and empowerment.