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2023

| About weltwärts

To date, over 50,000 young people have undertaken an international volunteer service with weltwärts. Strong partnerships with organisations in the Global South and Germany are essential in achieving this. From the 16–20 October, the various stakeholders met in Berlin to celebrate the programme’s anniversary and to exchange ideas all in the name of consolidating international partnerships.

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| Organisations

The next weltwärts partner conference in western Africa will take place in Accra, Ghana, in January/February 2024. Members of the implementing organisations and partner organisations from Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal and Togo as well as members from the Programme Steering Committee will be invited.

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| About weltwärts

The partner conference for East African countries in Kigali, Rwanda, finally went ahead in May after having been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. It focussed on information about the weltwärts programme, dialogue and networking.

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| Volunteers

For the last ten years, young people from the Global South have been able to perform their international volunteer service in Germany through weltwärts. Kenneth Tuhairwe helps travellers and people in crisis at the Cologne branch of the Bahnhofsmission. A positive experience for all involved.

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| Organisations

The fifth partner conference in West Africa will take place in Accra, Ghana, from 29th January till 2nd February 2024, to which members of the partner organisations from Ghana, Togo, Benin, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Cameroon as well as their German implementing organisations will be invited.

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| About weltwärts

The weltwärts development volunteer service celebrated its 15th anniversary in Göttingen. During this first ever weltwärts festival, attendees expressed and honoured our commitment to creating a fairer and more sustainable world in a very special way. And the anniversary wasn’t the only milestone to celebrate…

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| About weltwärts

weltwärts is celebrating 15 years of international volunteer service. Participants past and present look back on their successes and challenges and address questions about the programme’s future. The start of the anniversary year was marked by the 12th open weltwärts stakeholder conference, at which delegates from implementing organisations, volunteer representatives, the weltwärts Coordinating Unit and the German Federal Ministry all exchanged ideas.

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| Organisations

The fourth worldwide partner conference will take place from 16th to 20th October 2023 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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| Organisations

The fourth partner conference will take place in Berlin, Germany, from 16 to 20 October 2023, to which members of the partner organisations from all weltwärts countries as well as their German implementing organisations will be invited.

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| About weltwärts

In November 2023, partner organisations and their German implementing organisations convened in the Philippines at the partner conference for Southeast Asia. A total of 51 people from Indonesia, Cambodia, East Timor, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Germany attended. They regarded the choice of topics discussed, the methods used and the atmosphere of the conference, which was organised by the Karl Kübel Stiftung, as highly successful.

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| Organisations

We spoke with Felix Edem Kodzo Ekpeko from the West African weltwärts network about his work in networking.

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| Organisations

The fourth weltwärts partner conference in eastern Africa will take place in Kigali, Rwanda, in May 2023. 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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| About weltwärts

The weltwärts partner conference in Berlin is aimed all organisations in the Global South and Germany, making it a unique event. The November 2022 conference brought together 105 participants from 30 weltwärts partner countries across the globe. There was a strong sense of enthusiasm about the opportunities it offered for cross-regional networking. Over the five-day conference, a spotlight was shone on the quality and security aspects of the weltwärts programme.

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| Organisations

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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| Organisations

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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