Intercultural Hospice Service Dong Ban Ja

Terminally ill and dying people, as well as their relatives and loved ones, require special attention. With our intercultural outpatient hospice service Dong Ban Ja, we enable them to live with dignity and self-determination until the very end – taking into account their cultural and migration-related physical, psychological, social, religious, and belief-related needs.

What we offer in detail:

• Support for terminally ill and dying people and their relatives in the final stages of life, regardless of religion, nationality, sexual orientation or worldview
• Advice to relieve the burden on all those involved by providing information about palliative care, advance directives and further assistance, for example with organising care
• Support and relief for relatives through our visits at home, in hospitals or in care facilities: we talk to people, simply listen or provide support with language-related communication problems
• Support during the grieving process

What we need is your support! Here's how you can help: 

• Tell your family, friends and acquaintances about our hospice service and our work.
• Volunteer with us.
• Help us to continue offering our services and supporting people by making a one-off or regular donation.

Grief is individual, because everyone grieves differently, especially when it comes to intercultural experiences. A memory of faraway places, the sound of a familiar intonation that has not been heard for a long time – so many things can gain meaning at the end of life. Thanks to generous donations, full-time and volunteer staff at our intercultural hospice service are able to care for and accompany people. 

We need donations, because our services for the bereaved, whether as individual support or in conjunction with the family, are also financed by donations and are only possible because of them. 

Perhaps there will soon be a special occasion in your family and you would like to collect donations for our hospice service Dong Ban Ja. Or you may wish to raise awareness within your company about Dong Ban Ja and the need for donations. Please feel free to contact us so that we can discuss your ideas together. We look forward to getting to know you. 

Many of us think about what will remain of our lives. Here you will find initial information about bequests in favour of our intercultural hospice service Dong Ban Ja.

Dong Ban Ja is Korean and means ‘accompanying people’. That is precisely our mission: we are there for seriously ill and dying people from all cultural backgrounds. 

Our approximately 150 volunteers from more than 50 different countries accompany sick and dying people as well as their relatives in a culturally sensitive manner – at home, in hospitals, in nursing homes or in facilities for the disabled. Regardless of faith or origin, we provide support and relief, including support for relatives during the period of mourning after death. 

One's own cultural and religious background often becomes more important again at the end of life. Paying attention to this and appreciating it can give people a sense of home in the last phase of their lives. We see this as our very special and unique task. 

Please feel free to contact us. Our services are free of charge and comply with the nationwide legal requirements for outpatient hospice services.

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Dong Ban Ja's office is located at Wallstraße 61-65 in 10179 Berlin. 

If you are travelling by underground line U2, get off at the ‘Märkisches Museum’ stop. Take the exit for Märkisches Museum and walk east towards Inselstraße. Follow the road for about 180 metres on your left-hand side and you will have reached your destination.  

You can also take bus lines 147, 165 or 265: get off at the ‘Märkisches Museum/Inselstraße’ stop. From there, it is only a few minutes' walk longer than from the underground exit.