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DRK Volunta in Hessen and Partnership Rhineland-Palatinate & Rwanda organise the forth cross-organisation partner conference in East Africa. Members of the implementing organisations and partner organisations from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda as well as members from the Programme Steering Committee will be invited.

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The sending organisation Jesuit Volunteers was founded 35 years ago and has organised assignments for around 100 weltwärts volunteers to date. Rather than applying to be sent to a particular country, interested candidates apply to the programme as a whole. In this interview, we find out more about the organisation itself and its volunteer programme, as well as what it looks for in its volunteers.

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In October, a weltwärts partner conference was held for the first time in Eastern Europe. In Sarajevo, Bosnia, weltwärts partner organisations from the region met with their German implementing organisations and members of the Programme Steering Committee. One main subject of the conference was building peace in the Balkans.

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In September, the weltwärts partner organisation in the countries of the Andes met with their German implementing organisations and members of the Programme Steering Committee in Villa de Leyva (Colombia). The focus of the five-day conference was on the mentoring of volunteers and how to act in crisis situations.

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We spoke with Edmérçio Ricardo about the PFIF volunteer representation. Edmérçio completed his volunteer service at Welthaus Bielefeld in 2017-18 as a South-North volunteer and has been working since then in health care and care for the elderly in Germany. He has been working in the Political representation group of volunteers in international volunteering services (PFIF) since the onset of 2022 and was elected to the Programme Steering Committee (PSC).

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Interview with Martin Schatke about networking with partners from Boliviaen, Ecuador, Columbia and Peru.

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The annual survey revealed that weltwärts volunteers were very satisfied with their volunteering, despite restrictions due to the pandemic. These volunteers generally rated the weltwärts programme very highly – including their preparation, the volunteer duties in their place of assignment, the local support and the follow-up.

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The first partner conference in Southeast Europe will take place from October 2nd to 7th in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Partner organisations from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia and Serbia and their implementing organisations as well as the members of the programme steering committee will be invited.

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The third worldwide partner conference will take place from November 21st to 25th in Germany. All partner organisations and implementing organisations as well as the members of the programme steering committee will be invited.

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Between September 2023 and April 2024, cross-organisation partner conferences of the weltwärts program are to be organised again. implementing organisations can submit their expression of interest in hosting a conference by August 14, 2022.

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