Traffic rules, papers and more: This company shoots informational videos for refugees from the Ukraine

Created: 03/15/2022, 11:31 am

By: Bert Brosch

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Frank Jorga (2nd from right) quickly set up a TV studio in his company "FJD".

His team, which also includes the Ukrainians Olena (centre) and Julia (right), will create videos for refugees here.

© Bert Brosch

What are the traffic rules in this country?

And where can I get an ID?

Questions Ukrainian refugees ask themselves.

A Kirchheim company answers them in videos.

Kirchheim

– A good 20,000 Ukrainian war refugees have already arrived in Bavaria, and the state government is expecting at least 100,000.

They all have to find their way in this foreign country.

The Ukrainians are getting initial guidance from a company in Kirchheim.

"So that they all know who to contact and how when they need papers, applications, permits, we shoot films in Ukrainian every day," explains Frank Jorga, founder of "FJD Information Technologies".

Jorga founded the company 15 years ago, his idea: to digitize the many forms and applications that each of us has to fill out at offices and authorities.

"Corona caused our business to explode, three years ago we were twelve people, today we are 100 with a turnover of ten million euros." Of the 3,500 different registration forms nationwide, the company has already digitized 500. "We thought long and hard about how we could help could.

Instead of a truck with medicines or food, we are now doing what we do best: creating information,” says Jorga.

Frank Jorga's team normally uses the streaming studio to produce advertising for the state garden show and state and regional governments © Bert Brosch

He has set aside a budget of 250,000 euros for this and set up a large studio.

At least ten employees, including two Ukrainians, Olena and Julia (see box), will take care of the creation of “very, very many” films for the social channels: Youtube, Facebook, Instagram.

Help from Ukrainians for Ukrainians

Olena (31) and Julia (34) are friends, they know each other from Kyiv.

Olena comes from Kharkiv, has lived with her parents in the capital for twelve years and works as a manager.

Julia is a marketing expert.

Olena fled with her chinchilla and her own car two hours before the Russian invasion, Julia had traveled 50 hours by bus, train and on foot.

Both see their work at FJD as a great opportunity for themselves and want to actively help their many compatriots who are yet to come. 

The "FJD AG" calculates with a high demand.

"At the moment, two million Ukrainians are expected to flee, the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior expects at least 100,000 people in Bavaria.

We want to help all of them,” says Christian Borowetzke, who is the project manager for online films.

It is also about the German traffic rules or that you need a fine dust sticker on every car, "but of course also how to open an account, register a dog, get a work permit or apply for an apartment," says Borowetzke, outlining the huge field of work.

"We want to explain all the questions for the Ukrainians in short films, which will be translated and spoken in Ukrainian beforehand," explains Megan Bowen from FJD.

Since the Ukrainians are all connected with their smartphones, the “FJD” team expects their offer to spread quickly.

Therefore, the company is looking for psychologists, educators and teachers to create all content correctly and understandably.

"We will also shoot videos especially for children: German and English courses, dancing, music, sports - everything that distracts them from their war trauma and at the same time conveys information about their new homeland," says Jorga.

Many Ukrainians would want to go back after the war, “but many will stay.

That's a great opportunity for us, because most of them speak English well, learn German quickly and are well educated.

For example as a kindergarten teacher or educator, which we urgently need.”

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