Volunteering experiences with weltwaerts
In this section you can find contributions from weltwärts volunteers, in which they tell you about their project and volunteering experiences. Whether through social media, short video clips, great photos or detailed testimonials: find out how exciting volunteering with weltwärts is, what challenges volunteers face and what shaping experiences they take home with them.
Experiences
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A passage to India
In 2018, two friends Jonas and Jan took part in an eight-month weltwärts volunteer service via the Karl-Kübel Stiftung. Spending time in the southern Indian city of Hassan impacted the young men in different ways. But, five years later, the two friends both still share a special connection to the country, its people and the project they worked on.
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Cultural Immersion - My journey of discovery in Germany with Ecoselva e.V.
Pallavi Thakur from India discovered new eco-social initiatives as a weltwärts volunteer in Sankt Augustin and found a second home between the Cologne Carnival and new friendships in Germany.
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Volunteering in Germany: from the Indian Ministry of Education to a German school
Utsarga Mondal, a 26-year-old from India, is passionate about education. He studied education at university before going on to help the Indian Ministry of Education implement a variety of programmes related to national education policy. Now he is learning about the German education system at the Freie Schule Wendland as a weltwärts volunteer.
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“Vivir es adaptarse” – Living means adapting
Lynne Beal did a volunteer service in Peru through Welthaus Bielefeld in 2019-2020. In Lima, she worked in a school and supervised extracurricular work groups. Until COVID-19 came along and abruptly ended the volunteer service.
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Don’t take yourself too seriously – year abroad in Cambodia
Moritz completed his volunteer service in Cambodia through the child welfare organisation “Die Sternsinger” in 2019-2020. In Battambang, he worked for a small NGO that cares for children in need and supports families. The encounters with the local people shaped his volunteer service.
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Stepping out of her comfort zone
Leonie Husar completed her volunteer service from December 2020 to December 2021 at the Love and Care project in Gisenyi, Rwanda.
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You don’t need to have the whole staircase in view, you just have to take the FIRST STEP
Panma Yankit from India is involved with Ecoselva in Kirchberg an der Jagst and the surrounding area in ecological projects of the “Haus der Bauern” Foundation.
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“I want to be the adult a child can trust”
Pamela Alina Morales Conde has completed her volunteer service at the Eltern-Kind-Zentrum (Parent-Child Centre) in Stuttgart through the Bolivian Children’s Charity.
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Education is the most powerful weapon
Lidia Albarado Zurita came from Bolivia to Germany for one year. She did her voluntary service at the Etzelfarm through the Bolivian Children’s Charity (BKHW) in Stuttgart.
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Embracing a new phase in my life
Hannah Eul was on assignment in Benin from August 2019 to March 2020, volunteering with an NGO that helps young people from difficult family backgrounds.
🥙 Na klar, Döööner! Denn Deutschland kann mehr als nur Kartoffeln. 😅
Genau das ist ja auch ein Ziel von weltwärts: dass die Beteiligten reale Einblicke in ihr jeweiliges Gastland bekommen und damit die Chance, mit Stereotypen und Vorurteilen aufzuräumen. 💁 Und sich kulinarisch durchzuprobieren! Wie die Süd-Nord-Freiwilligen aus Argentinien und Uganda.
Und was hättest du geantwortet
Schreib's uns gern in die Kommentare. Und dann überleg doch mal, in welchem weltwärts-Land du wohl kulinarisch voll auf deine Kosten kommen würdest! 😀
Alle ...
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“Honestly, I had loads of fun!”
My name is KANGA Amani Koffi Désiré and I come from Côte d’Ivoire. I volunteered through Germany’s Federal Volunteer Service and the weltwärts programme from September 2018 to August 2019. My place of assignment was the development education centre (EPiZ) of Eine Welt Reutlingen e.V.
Kai und Veit sind aktuell mit dem DRK Hessen Volunta in Cajamarca, einem kleinen Ort in Bolivien. 🇧🇴
Dort unterstützen sie als weltwärts-Freiwillige ein Aufforstungsprojekt, das Centro Ecológico Juvenil. 🪴🪴🪴 Hier wird sich auch um ökologische Bildungsarbeit gekümmert. 🧑🏽🏫
Veit hatte gerade sein Abi in der Tasche, Kai bereits ein abgeschlossenes Studium der Forstwirtschaft, was er hier natürlich optimal einbringen kann und Veit profitiert auch davon. ☺️
Im Team kümmern sie sich um vielfältige Aufgaben – vom Holz Sägen im Wald ...
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From Uganda to Cologne
Joseline comes from Uganda and did her service as a South-North volunteer with In Via in Cologne at an OGS.
Key message
Switchingperspectives,joiningforces.
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Learning from and with others in multifaceted Mexico
Phoebe Fiehn volunteered at a children’s home from August 2019 to March 2020. As part of her assignment, she helped out in the kitchen and with homework tutoring
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International exchanges produce new ideas
Working in an outdoor daycare centre, Maria from Ecuador is learning new educational methods. In turn, her colleagues appreciate the new ideas she contributes thanks to her cultural background. Because the presence of international volunteers in Germany is such a success, the programme is being expanded further.
