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WOMEN BUDDY PROGRAMME

You do not have to start over alone. So we make the introduction.

A woman who has been there, matched with you. Not a caseworker, not a course. A friend, for as long as you need one.

Find your buddy Free. It takes a few minutes.

What it feels like

She hadn't talked to anyone about it in weeks.

After the move, the friends who said they'd stay in touch stopped calling. The new city felt like a waiting room. She signed up because she had nothing to lose.

Her buddy wasn't a therapist. Wasn't a social worker. Just someone who showed up on Tuesday evenings with a cup of tea and no agenda.

They talked about everything and nothing. The weather. A recipe that went wrong. A job interview that went worse. Sometimes they just sat together on a video call, each doing their own thing, not alone.

A laptop on a sofa, a video call waiting to begin in a warm living room

Six months later she said it herself: this city finally felt like a place she lived, not a place she was stuck.

All stories are composites. They represent real experiences but do not identify specific individuals.

Not charity.
Not mentoring.
Not professional development.

Friendship.

A buddy is a woman who has been new somewhere too. She is not there to fix your papers or find you a job. She listens, she meets you on a video call, and a strange place slowly starts to feel less strange.

HOW IT WORKS

You tell us about yourself, and TEEI helps you find a buddy.

Match

Meet

Stay

A buddy who fits

You tell us a little about yourself: your city, your languages and the things you care about. TEEI reviews every application and helps you find a buddy who fits.

A video call

You meet on video, from wherever each of you lives. How often, and for how long, is yours to decide.

At your pace

There is no curriculum and no clock. The friendship grows the way friendships do, one conversation at a time.

A friendship with a shape.

Behind the calls there is a quiet structure, so no one falls through the cracks.

First 7 days First 30 days First 90 days

Welcome

A first hello in the first week. Someone knows your name, and someone is glad you are there.

Support

A steadier rhythm. Everyday routines, finding your way around, the small things that make a week feel normal.

Pathway

When you are ready, the friendship opens doors: a language course, a new skill, work, whatever is next for you.

And if a match does not feel right, say so, and we help you find a better one. No explanations owed.

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WHO RUNS IT

It costs nothing. It never will.

The Women Buddy Programme is part of TEEI. Every buddy is a woman, and every one is reviewed before she is ever matched with you. You meet on video, through the programme.

It is free, for every woman, on both sides of the friendship. We built it that way because no one should have to buy their way out of being alone.

Every buddy reviewed

Meetings on video

Free, always

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WOMEN BUDDY PROGRAMME

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