Who We Are
Hameed Khasawnih
MA International Development and Economics
Hameed is a practitioner of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and a mentor, facilitator, and consultant working at the intersection of personal growth, collective learning, and social change. He supports entrepreneurs, people in creative endeavours, leaders, visionaries, and changemakers through one-to-one mentorship, helping them connect with their purpose, work with inner complexity, and bring their unique contribution more fully into the world.
His work also includes the design and facilitation of workshops and longer-term learning processes for communities, teams, and organisations, with a particular focus on team development, dialogue, collaboration, and sustainable change. Hameed’s experience is rooted in social cohesion, social inclusion, intersectional feminist thinking, as well as community and organisational development. He is passionate about empowering individuals, teams, and institutions to recognise their strengths, clarify their purpose, and translate their values and potential into meaningful action.
Esther Bernsen
MA Psychology
MA Human Rights and Conflict Management
Esther is a psychologist specializing in Psychological First Aid, Human Rights, and Conflict Management. Her professional interests span migration, social justice, and the psychological effects of trauma following collective violence, with a particular focus on its transgenerational transmission.
Throughout her career, Esther has worked across grassroots organizations, NGOs and international organizations, where she has led and developed projects supporting communities affected by migration and survivors of violence, in both local and international contexts. She has extensive experience in project development, capacity building, and knowledge sharing, including designing and facilitating workshops, trainings and conferences.
Her work is grounded in a commitment to understanding the psychological dimensions of social and political violence and to supporting individuals, communities and organizations in responding to its lasting effects.
Facilitation Experience
Creating From Within; An IFS journey for creators, leaders, and visionaries ready to bring their medicine into the world, 2026
Facilitating a four day gathering for Activists and Community Organizers on the topic of Purpose, Roles and Organizing, 2024
Facilitating workshops for the Heineken international „Worlds Together“ Campaign for Social Gastronomy Movement, 2023
Facilitating a five month Journey on Critical Masculinity as part of the self-initiated project Reconstructing Masculinity, 2023
Organizing an international, bilingual and hybrid conference on trauma after collective violence and it’s Transgenerational transmission, 2022
Facilitating workshops for CSOs to support Social Cohesion Projects in Post-Conflict Erbil, Irak for Malteser International, 2019
Organizing and facilitating various Conferences and Gatherings for Civil Society Organizations in Germany
conducting numerous Capacity Building Workshops for volunteers and professionals of various backgrounds
Previous Partners and Working Experience
NGOs and Social Enterprises such as Über den Tellerrand, Social Gastronomy Movement
International Organizations such as Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and Malteser International in the Middle East
Grassroots Organizations and Networks such as Civil Search and Rescue NGOs and Activists
Speakers and Panelists in Conferences
Palinale Festival Berlin 2026
International Conference of Good Practices on Refugee Protection, Turkey, 2019
World Refugee Council Meeting, Berlin, 2017
Nordic Social Gastronomy Summit, Malmö Sweden, 2019
Talk at the University of Liverpool, 2022
Social Gastronomy Movement Summit, Rio De Janeiro 2017 and Chile 2019