{"id":2632,"date":"2023-08-04T11:49:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T16:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/?page_id=2632"},"modified":"2026-07-08T14:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:11:28","slug":"anneke-shiller","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/anneke-shiller\/","title":{"rendered":"Anneke Shiller"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As someone who has been learning German for five years now, one of the first things that interested me in this project actually was its German connection. But what really drew me in and made this project an act of passion was just seeing how people work to help one another and themselves. With my focus on refugee services, I learned a lot about the ins and outs of LWF-SR. This meant looking at budget sheets one day, reading letters the next, and maybe digging into a book later on. In all the everyday, I found complications. I found frustrations. I found small victories. I found people sharing life together. I found peace and I definitely found struggle. Writing this at the end of the CURI program, I can only hope that future researchers develop a new understanding of what it means to provide aid to those in need. It is a hard act and it also must be a humble act.<\/p>\n

Some driving questions of mine:<\/p>\n