Blog: Close to home
In this blog, host Robert and guest Ali* talk about their experiences living together.

Week 18: Close to home
In our blog series ‘Close to home’ Yemeni refugee Ali* and host Robert share their experiences living together. There will be weekly posts about the ups and downs, difficulties, highlights and surprises. *not his real name. Robert is many things, dad, dog-lover, Director of Takecarebnb, an organisation that matches newcomers to host families. Every day,

Week 17: Close to home
In our blog series ‘Close to home’ Yemeni refugee Ali* and host Robert share their experiences living together. There will be weekly posts about the ups and downs, difficulties, highlights and surprises. *not his real name. Robert is many things, dad, dog-lover, Director of Takecarebnb, an organisation that matches newcomers to host families. Every day,

Week 16: Close to home
In our blog series ‘Close to home’ Yemeni refugee Ali* and host Robert share their experiences living together. There will be weekly posts about the ups and downs, difficulties, highlights and surprises. *not his real name. Robert is many things, dad, dog-lover, Director of Takecarebnb, an organisation that matches newcomers to host families. Every day,

Week 15: Close to home
In our blog series ‘Close to home’ Yemeni refugee Ali* and host Robert share their experiences living together. There will be weekly posts about the ups and downs, difficulties, highlights and surprises. This week, Ali is away travelling in Istanbul. What is it like being away from each other? *not his real name. Robert is

Week 14: Close to home
In our blog series ‘Close to home’ Yemeni refugee Ali* and host Robert share their experiences living together. There will be weekly posts about the ups and downs, difficulties, highlights and surprises. *not his real name. Robert is many things, dad, dog-lover, Director of Takecarebnb, an organisation that matches newcomers to host families. Every day,

Week 13: Close to home
In our blog series ‘Close to home’ Yemeni refugee Ali* and host Robert share their experiences living together. There will be weekly posts about the ups and downs, difficulties, highlights and surprises. This week: Music tastes. *not his real name. Robert is many things, dad, dog-lover, Director of Takecarebnb, an organisation that matches newcomers to

Week 12: Close to home
In our blog series ‘Close to home’ Yemeni refugee Ali* and host Robert share their experiences living together. There will be weekly posts about the ups and downs, difficulties, highlights and surprises. This week: It’s now passed the planned three months Ali would stay at Robert’s. Though it was possible Ali’s stay would be longer,

Week 11: Close to home
In our blog series ‘Close to home’ Yemeni refugee Ali* and host Robert share their experiences living together. There will be weekly posts about the ups and downs, difficulties, highlights and surprises. *not his real name. Robert is many things, dad, dog-lover, Director of Takecarebnb, an organisation that matches newcomers to host families. Every day,

Week 10: Close to home
In our blog series ‘Close to home’ Yemeni refugee Ali* and host Robert share their experiences living together. There will be weekly posts about the ups and downs, difficulties, highlights and surprises. This week they talk about the ways they have fun with one another. *not his real name. Robert is many things, dad, dog-lover,

Week 9: Close to home
In ‘Close to home’ Yemeni refugee Ali* and host Robert share their experiences living together. There will be weekly posts about the ups and downs, difficulties, highlights and surprises. This week they talk about the habits and patterns they have picked up from each other. . *not his real name. Robert is many things, dad,

Week 8: Close to home
In ‘Close to home’ Yemeni refugee Ali* and host Robert share their experiences living together. There will be weekly posts about the ups and downs, difficulties, highlights and surprises. This week they talk about the housing situation in The Netherlands. *not his real name. Robert is many things, dad, dog-lover, Director of Takecarebnb, an organisation

Week 7: Close to home
In ‘Close to home’ Yemeni refugee Ali* and host Robert share their experiences living together. There will be weekly posts about the ups and downs, difficulties, highlights and surprises. This week they talk about what is going (not so) well about living together. *not his real name. Robert is many things, dad, dog-lover, Director of

Week 6: Close to home
In ‘Close to home’ Yemeni refugee Ali* and host Robert share their experiences living together. There will be weekly posts about the ups and downs, difficulties, highlights and surprises. This week they talk about the differences in holidays and celebrations. *not his real name. Robert is many things, dad, dog-lover, Director of Takecarebnb, an organisation

Week 5: Close to home
In ‘Close to home’ Yemeni refugee Ali* and host Robert share their experiences living together. There will be weekly posts about the ups and downs, difficulties, highlights and surprises. This week they talk about the differences in neighbourhood. *not his real name. Robert is many things, dad, dog-lover, Director of Takecarebnb, an organisation that matches

Week 4: Close to home
In ‘Close to home’ Yemeni refugee Ali* and host Robert share their experiences living together. There will be weekly posts about the ups and downs, difficulties, highlights and surprises. This week they talk about missing and finding (new) family. *not his real name. Robert is many things, dad, dog-lover, Director of Takecarebnb, an organisation that

Week 3: Close to home
In ‘Close to home’ Yemeni refugee Ali* and host Robert share their experiences living together. There will be weekly posts about the ups and downs, difficulties, highlights and surprises. This week they talk about their experience with looking for and finding jobs. *not his real name. Robert is many things, dad, dog-lover, Director of Takecarebnb,

Week 2: Close to home
In ‘Close to home’ Yemeni refugee Ali* and host Robert share their experiences living together. There will be weekly posts about the ups and downs, difficulties, highlights and surprises. This week they talk about their ‘proeflogeerweekend,’ a short stay to see what it would be like staying together making the big choice to continue with

Close to home
In ‘Close to home’ Yemeni refugee Ali and host Robert share their experiences living together. There will be weekly posts about the ups and downs, difficulties, highlights and surprises. This week they introduce themselves and describe their first meeting. *not his real name. Robert is many things, dad, dog-lover, Director of Takecarebnb, an organisation that