00:00Rania Shaban is a mother to a whole neighborhood of Berlin.
00:15For women from around the world who are new to Germany, like Lebanese mother of three Isra,
00:20adapting to life here can be tough.
00:22That's where neighborhood mothers come in.
00:24Tonight Rania is helping Isra get her eldest daughter ready to start school.
00:30I didn't have anything to help me.
00:33And when I got married to her daughter,
00:35they made me feel very happy in this country.
00:39Neighborhood mothers like Rania are paid by the city to help foster integration.
00:43The program began here in Berlin's Moikun district in 2004.
00:48It's since been replicated across the capital and nationwide.
00:51After a chat about the German school system,
00:53it's off to the local library to borrow some books for the kids.
00:57To read is important.
00:59And many children cost them a lot of money to buy books.
01:06And here you have a great choice, also in different languages.
01:10Central to Rania's role are her own experiences of the challenges of parenting and integration.
01:16When my parents came here, it didn't exist.
01:19It didn't exist.
01:20It didn't exist anymore.
01:21It didn't exist anymore than before.
01:23It feels like you were here in your own country.
01:27Yes, it didn't exist anymore.
01:29Yes, it didn't exist anymore.
01:30It'll be effective.
01:31It didn't exist anymore.
01:32Yes, it didn't exist anymore.
01:33Yes, absolutely.
01:34It does not exist.
01:36No, no.
01:37It is worth it for a long time.
01:38It is worth it.
01:39Yes, that's wonderful.
01:40You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you.
01:41Let's go back home.
01:42You, you, you.
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