Integration in action

A severely injured refugee joins the FF command

Salif Nikiema joined the volunteer fire department in 2007.(Bild: NÖLFK/Franz Resperger)

He is the best example of how integration can work perfectly: 
As a 16-year-old, Salif Nikiema came to Austria severely injured - where he became a Floriani and local councillor. He not only talks about his moving story, but also about adapting to his new life.

In Burkina Faso, Salif Nikiema would have been dead long ago. It was by chance that the then 16-year-old was found seriously injured by a Viennese surgeon who was in West Africa with a team of doctors. Nikiema had been sent to a Koranic school by his parents, where he was sent to the vegetable field by the teacher there.