Magdeburg Central Station, platform 5. Sissy Metzschke, reporter and presenter (35), is on the move. She is interested in people and wants to know: who are the "Blue Angels," and whom do they help? Sina Dippe volunteers at the station ...See moreMagdeburg Central Station, platform 5. Sissy Metzschke, reporter and presenter (35), is on the move. She is interested in people and wants to know: who are the "Blue Angels," and whom do they help? Sina Dippe volunteers at the station mission. For her, this work is a gift and an enrichment. Her reward: the joy of the women and men who are able to make a stopover with her and the other "Blue Angels" in the rooms of the station mission. This hospitality makes visitor Eveline Baranek happy. At the station mission, she says, the coffee is the best in town. Ms. Baranek has to get by on a minimal pension. At the station mission she meets people who take time for her and accept her just the way she is: "Here, no one gives you a sideways look. I sometimes miss that outside the station mission." Jana Brosius doesn't have much money either. She works as a cleaner and supplements her income with Hartz IV benefits. She volunteers at the station mission to give something back to society, she says. Sissy Metzschke's encounters are diverse. "Everyone is welcome here, no matter where he or she comes from. Tolerance is the key word." At the station mission there is compassion for everyone-whether well-off or homeless. This also includes accompanying travelers: helping them change trains or offering hot drinks when travelers are stranded at the station due to delays and train cancellations. Where Deutsche Bahn is still fine-tuning its service, the volunteers from the station mission step in. Sissy stays close to the action even in these everyday moments. Written by
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