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2020

| Volunteering organisations

Germany’s Federal Foreign Office has revoked its global travel warning with effect from 1 October 2020. As a result, provided compliance with specified strict criteria is ensured, it is now again possible to send volunteers from Germany on assignment to countries that are not subject to a travel warning or restrictive security guidance.

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| Exchanges

Evaluation of pilot phase shows weltwärts Exchange Projects funding line has closed a funding gap in the area of international extracurricular youth exchange.

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| About weltwärts

weltwärts cross-organisation partner conferences are to be held again, between October 2021 and April 2022. Implementing organisations have until 18 September 2020 to submit an expression of interest in managing a conference.

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| Volunteering organisations

Usually, most of the volunteers going to countries in the Global South leave for their assignment towards the end of summer. However, North-South departures have been suspended for the time being in response to the difficulties the corona pandemic has caused for international volunteering assignments.

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| Exchanges

The three-month suspension of all face-to-face encounters that has been in place since mid-March as part of the weltwärts extracurricular exchange projects will be extended until 31 August 2020. Virtual encounters are of course still possible.

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| Volunteering organisations

There are currently over 700 Global South volunteers on assignment in Germany. They work in a wide variety of areas and are affected in different ways by the repercussions of the corona pandemic. However, measures have already been put into place to alleviate their situation.

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| Exchanges

In addition to the already existing regulation to suspend all ongoing weltwärts-exchange projects until mid-June 2020, the coming application deadline of 30. June 2020 will now also be suspended.

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| Volunteering organisations

Roughly three weeks ago, Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) started a repatriation operation for all North-South volunteers in response to the corona pandemic. Since then the vast majority of volunteers has been brought back to Germany.

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| Volunteering organisations

Around two weeks since Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) started a repatriation operation for North-South volunteers, the sending organisations’ vigorous efforts to bring their volunteers back safely continue.

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| Volunteering organisations

Last week, in response to the worsening situation surrounding the global spread of the coronavirus, Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) called on weltwärts volunteer service to start bringing back all North-South component volunteers to Germany.

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