Mina-Leben in Vielfalt e.V.

What Mina-Leben in Vielfalt e.V. does

MINA-Leben in Vielfalt e.V. is a Berlin-based, registered nonprofit association (e.V.) founded in 2012 that operates a multilingual counseling and contact center for people with migration experience and disability and their relatives. The organization delivers services in 10+ languages (German, Turkish, Arabic, Russian, Ukrainian, English, Spanish, French, Romanian, Moldovan) through a portfolio that includes a core contact and counseling center, self-help groups for parents in multiple languages, creative and inclusive-sports groups (theater, dance, music, basketball, the Sport verbindet program), the Elternbildungsprojekt Autismus parent-education initiative, the bridge-NAMI employment and education support sub-project, the nationwide MINA-MIT participation-promotion project, EUTB independent participation counseling, and on-site counseling at refugee accommodations across Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and Tempelhof-Schöneberg. Two physical sites anchor operations — the headquarters at Charlottenstraße 85 in Berlin-Mitte and the Citizens' Center Neukölln site at Werbellinstraße 42 — supplemented by phone, email, and video consultation channels. All services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries.

The organization functions as a migrant self-organization (Migrant*innenselbstorganisation) whose staff share migration biographies, positioning cultural empathy and peer experience as the core service differentiator. It operates on a grant-funded managed-services model with revenue drawn entirely from public sources: Berlin Senate administrations (ISP, Integration Fund, Senate for Interior/Sports), the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS), the European Social Fund Plus (ESF Plus), Aktion Mensch, and the Berlin association of health-insurance funds. Governance is provided by a three-person all-female board (İlknur Gümüş as 1st Chair, Nilhan Alpdoğan as 2nd Chair, Olcay Demir as Treasurer), with founder Yıldız Akgün serving as Director and approximately 20 staff executing program delivery across the project portfolio. There is no disclosed venture, private-equity, or commercial-investor backing.

The business model is non-commercial by design: no fees are charged, no proprietary technology is developed, and growth is constrained by grant-cycle availability. Notable operational signals include the 2025 "side by side" award for the bridge-NAMI project and the 2024-12-31 closure of the federal Vielfalt inklusiv knowledge-transfer project, illustrating the project-funding-driven expansion-and-contraction pattern typical of the German nonprofit integration-services sector.

Name

Mina-Leben in Vielfalt e.V.

Legal name

MINA-Leben in Vielfalt e.V.

Website

https://mina-berlin.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social and disability counseling services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Individual and Family Services (6241), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee & Immigrant Support Services (BPAGAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Integration & Inclusion Services (Housing, Education, Employment) (BPADAHAI), Refugee & Migrant Integration Enterprises (Livelihoods, Services) (BPAGALAN)

Keywords

• Multilingual disability counseling
• Refugee integration services
• Peer self-help groups
• Community social work
• Disability advocacy support

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Subsidies and Grants: MINA receives funding from Berlin Senate administration (Senatsverwaltung), Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS), and European Social Funds Plus (ESF Plus) to operate counseling centers, self-help groups, and integration projects for people with migration experience and disability.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MINA-Leben in Vielfalt e.V. operates a multilingual counseling and contact center for people with migration experience and disabilities and their relatives, providing advice on participation rights, disability benefits, and social integration. Services are delivered free of charge through in-person counseling at Berlin offices, on-site visits to refugee accommodations, and remote channels (phone, email, video), complemented by self-help groups, inclusive creative and sports activities, parent education on autism, and employment-support programs for refugees with disabilities.

Product overview

MINA-Leben in Vielfalt e.V. is a non-profit counseling and contact center offering a comprehensive portfolio of social services for people with migration experience and disabilities and their relatives. The organization operates as a single integrated service model with multiple interconnected programs including multilingual counseling, self-help groups, creative activities (theater, dance, cooking, music), inclusive sports, and specialized projects. Core offerings include the Contact and Counseling Center, self-help groups in multiple languages, creative groups for people with disabilities, the Sport verbindet inclusive sports project, the Elternbildungsprojekt Autismus parent education program, bridge-NAMI employment support for refugees, MINA-MIT nationwide participation promotion, EUTB independent participation counseling, and various on-site counseling services for refugees with disabilities across Berlin districts. The organization also runs the Sonnengarten leisure garden and the federal Vielfalt inklusiv knowledge-sharing project.

Differentiator

Problem solved

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Brands

• Vielfalt inklusiv: Bundesprojekt that shares MINA's knowledge and experience on the intersection of flight, migration and disability nationwide through events and public relations work
• bridge – NAMI – Neue Arbeit, Mehr Inklusion
• Elternbildungsprojekt Autismus
• MINA-MIT
• Ehrenamt in Vielfalt

Products and services

• Kontakt- und Beratungsstelle (Contact and Counseling Center) Core multilingual counseling service for people with migration experience and disabilities and their relatives, providing advice on all areas of participation (Teilhabe) including disability benefits and social integration, delivered in 10+ languages.
• Selbsthilfegruppen (Self-Help Groups) Self-help groups for mothers and fathers of children with disabilities, with parallel groups held in Turkish, Arabic, and German to enable peer exchange in the participants' native language.
• Kreative Gruppen (Creative Groups) Creative leisure activities including theater, dance, cooking, music, a girls' group, and basketball for people with disabilities aged 12–35.
• Sport verbindet – Inklusive Bewegung für alle (Sport Connects – Inclusive Movement for All) Inclusive sports activities bringing together people with and without disabilities and with and without refugee experience to promote participation through movement.
• Elternbildungsprojekt Autismus (Autism Parent Education Project) Free training program for parents of autistic children providing theoretical and practical knowledge about autism, with sessions translated into Turkish, Arabic, and Russian.
• bridge – NAMI – Neue Arbeit, Mehr Inklusion Sub-project of the Berlin-wide bridge network supporting refugees with disabilities and their relatives with counseling on work and training, job placement, and participation promotion. Awarded the 'side by side – Preis für kreative Wege in Arbeit' in 2025.
• MINA-MIT: Mitgestaltung. Initiativen. Teilhabe. Nationwide project promoting societal and political participation of people with migration experience and disability through workshops, networking, and support for group structures.
• Ergänzende unabhängige Teilhabeberatung (EUTB) – Complementary Independent Participation Counseling Independent peer-led participation counseling offering advice on applications, rehabilitation, and participation for people with disabilities and their relatives, delivered by self-affected counselors.
• Vor-Ort-Beratung für geflüchtete Menschen mit Behinderung (On-Site Counseling for Refugees with Disabilities – Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg) Multilingual on-site counseling delivered directly at refugee accommodations in the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district, covering disability-related topics, benefits, and care.
• Teilhabe-Beratungen für Geflüchtete im Bezirk Tempelhof-Schöneberg (Participation Counseling for Refugees in Tempelhof-Schöneberg) Participation counseling for refugees with disabilities and their relatives in the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district, with multiple fixed and mobile counseling locations.
• Beratungsangebot für Menschen mit Fluchterfahrung und Behinderung aus der Ukraine (Counseling for Refugees with Disabilities from Ukraine) Specialized counseling in Russian, Ukrainian, Moldovan, Romanian, and German for refugees with disabilities from Ukraine and their families.
• Ehrenamt in Vielfalt (Volunteering in Diversity) Project supporting volunteering at the intersection of flight, migration, and disability, including workshops and process support.
• Sonnengarten (Sun Garden) Accessible leisure garden project for families with children with disabilities, offering approximately 1,800 m² of accessible outdoor space in cooperation with partner IBBC e.V.
• Vielfalt inklusiv (Diversity Inclusive) Federal project sharing MINA's knowledge and experience on the intersection of flight, migration, and disability nationwide through events, public relations, and process support; the project phase ended on 2024-12-31.

Quantifiable outcome

• Services available in 10+ languages

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• IBBC e.V. (Interkulturelles Beratungs- und Begegnungszentrum)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIBBC e.V. is a key partner in the Sonnengarten project, a leisure garden for families with children with disabilities. Both organizations share the Werbellinstraße 42 location in Neukölln and collaborate on family support services.
• bridge – Berliner Netzwerke für BleiberechtcoreStrategic or Co-development Partnerbridge is a Berlin-wide network for the right to remain. MINA's NAMI project (Neue Arbeit, Mehr Inklusion) operates as a sub-project of bridge, supporting refugees with disabilities in employment and education.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• AWO Bundesverband: Federal workers' welfare association operating migration services, disability support, and family programs nationally. Comparable via parallel service lines but at a much broader scale and without MINA's niche refugee-disability intersection focus.
• Diakonie Deutschland: National Protestant welfare federation delivering migration advisory (Migrationsberatung), disability assistance (Eingliederungshilfe), and refugee support across Germany. Overlaps directly with MINA's EUTB participation counseling and integration services.
• Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (DRK): German Red Cross operates refugee accommodation support, family services, and integration programs across all federal states. Comparable broad incumbent for refugee and disability service delivery.
• Malteser Deutschland: Catholic relief organization providing migration advisory, refugee integration, and social services nationwide. Operates comparable multilingual counseling and integration programs at broader scale.
• Caritas Deutschland: Germany's largest Catholic welfare association with nationwide refugee integration, disability services, and family counseling programs. A broad incumbent operating MINA's service categories at scale, but without MINA's specialized migrant-self-organization positioning.

Emerging players

• Neue Deutsche Organisationen (NDO): National umbrella network of post-migrant civil-society organizations in Germany. Comparable as a coordinating body for migrant self-organizations including MINA; relevant for funding pipelines and policy advocacy reach.
• Bundesverband evangelische Behindertenhilfe (BeB): Federal association of Protestant disability services offering participation counseling, housing, and self-help structures across Germany. Overlaps with MINA's EUTB participation counseling and family self-help group model.

Direct peers

• Bundesweite Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Psychosozialen Zentren für Flüchtlinge und Folteropfer (BAfF): Nationwide association of psychosocial centers for refugees and torture victims. Comparable via specialized counseling for refugees with trauma and disability, though oriented toward mental health rather than MINA's broader participation focus.
• IBBC e.V. (Interkulturelles Beratungs- und Begegnungszentrum): Berlin-based intercultural counseling and meeting center serving migrant communities. Shares the Werbellinstraße 42 location with MINA and co-operates the Sonnengarten leisure project for families with disabled children—the most directly comparable operating peer.
• Türkischer Bund Berlin-Brandenburg (TBB): Berlin-Brandenburg umbrella organization for Turkish and migrant self-organizations. Directly comparable as a regional migrant self-organization (Migrant*innenselbstorganisation) addressing integration, though without MINA's disability specialization.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/MINALebenInVielfalt
• Instagraminstagram.com/minalebeninvielfalt
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mina-leben-in-vielfalt-e.v.

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

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