How refugees are being trained as tour guides in Oxford

Multaka-Oxford is directly inspired by a similar programme launched in 2015 by the Berlin State Museums and the Deutsches Historisches Museum. Photo: AFP

More than 200 refugees and asylum seekers will be trained as tour guides at several Oxford museums over the next five years. This innovative initiative is part of the Multaka project, launched in 2015 in Germany.

This five-year training programme recently received a £1mil (RM5.6mil) grant from the Saudi charity, Alwaleed Philanthropies. This investment will enable the History of Science Museum and Pitt Rivers Museum to recruit, train and support a new team of 200 volunteers from across Oxfordshire, Britain.