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The conference is organized by Initiative Christen für Europa e.V. in cooperation with Nadbiskupijski centar za pastoral mladih "Ivan Pavao II. and will take place from October 2nd to 7th 2022 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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After a two-year break, the first cross-organisation partner conference was held from 28 March to 1 April 2022 in Guadalajara, Mexico. It was attended by a total of 65 participants from seven Central American countries, the Caribbean, and Germany.

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Mary Mlambo, Chairperson of SAwN (Southern Africa weltwaerts Network) since its founding in 2014, lives and works in KwaZulu Natal.

Graeme Cairns, board member and Treasurer of SAwN since 2018, lives and works in Cape Town.

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The second partner conference in the Philippines will take place from 14th to 18th November 2022 in Cebu City. Partner organisations from Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Fiji, Timor-Leste, Indonesia and the Philippines and their German implementing organisations as well as the members of the programme steering committee (PSA) will be invited.

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The next 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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The conference is organized by Karl Kübel Stiftung für Kind und Familie in cooperation with APCM Freiwilligendienste, ijgd Internationale Jugend- und Gemeinschaftsdienste, GIED Global Initiative for Exchange & Development, VHICF Vision Help International Care Foundation, Don Bosco Youth Center, JPIC Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation, Bidlisiw Foundation, Quidan Kaisahan and will take place from November 14th to 18th 2022 in Cebu City, Philippines.

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“Inner preparedness, an open heart and a willingness to reach out to people.” This is how Andreas Lanksch describes the qualities that potential host families should possess. He and his family of five received two volunteers from Tanzania and Uganda as part of the “weltwärts” South-North programme in spring of 2018. The two women completed their service with the local partner organisations as well as with Kolpingwerk Germany. For 12 months they were officially a part of the family – unofficially, they still are.

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The fourth weltwärts partner conference in Easter Africa will take place in Kigali, Rwanda, in March 2022. 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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Being in a network is all about keeping up to date with what’s happening, learning from each other and giving each other support. With this in mind, weltwärts partner organisations have formed regional networks in recent years. They bring together weltwärts organisations from one country or region to further their knowledge on specific topics and update each other on the latest developments on the programme. We spoke to Carola Flor from “Red weltwaerts” in Ecuador.

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The aim of the annual volunteer survey is to constantly evolve the programme for the volunteers and participating organisations. The very positive results of the latest North-South volunteer survey show that the programme was carried out successfully and that those responsible for implementing it were able to overcome the major challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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