Helping to shape weltwärts

Over 50,000 young people have taken part in weltwärts since 2008. The recently published 2023 surveys of North-South and South-North volunteers show a high level of satisfaction with weltwärts and a high level of motivation among alumni to continue volunteering.

Zoe Marsch has been the new volunteers’ representative (PFIF) to the Programme Steering Committee (PSC) since April 2024. Zoe travelled to India as part of the Deutsch-Indische Zusammenarbeit (German-Indian Cooperation) in 2022/23, where she worked in a girls’ home in Tamil Nadu, India. She is now studying Social and Cultural Anthropology. We spoke to her about her voluntary work with the PFIF.

On Sunday, 21 July, Christopher Street Day (CSD) took place in Cologne – it was one of the largest CSD demonstrations in all of Europe. And weltwärts was in attendance too! Alongside former and current volunteers, weltwärts proudly displayed a flag and stood up for diversity and tolerance. Around 1.2 million attendees took part in the parade in Cologne.

Since 2008, over 50,000 young people have taken part in the weltwärts programme. The 2022 volunteer surveys for the North-South and South-North components that have now been published demonstrate a high degree of satisfaction with weltwärts and a high level of motivation among former volunteers to engage in further voluntary work.

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…