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Agriculture Childcare Education Teaching Disabled Care Psychology

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German

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Before and during the period of service, volunteers receive the following benefits:

- Support with visa application (official invitation) prior to service
- An allowance of at least 150 euros per month during the duration of the service
- Free room and board while in Germany
- Free health, accident and liability insurance-
- 20 accompanying seminar days, free of charge, at the beginning, during and at the close of the voluntary service, as well as transportation costs to and from the seminars

Travel costs to and from Germany must be covered by the participants themselves!
Sep 11, 2017
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The Friends of Waldorf Education offers volunteer service in Germany to people around the world since 2006. If you are interestend in helping peolple with special needs, working with children or in the field of biodynamic acriculture, you are heartly invited to apply for our Incoming Program. You will spend 12 month in Germany, experience the German culture and learning German.

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Must you speak german?

The ability to communicate in German is a prerequisite for your participation in the voluntary service. All accompanying seminars will be conducted in German. Depending on the needs of your placement site, your language capabilities need to be more or less refined. When working in fields like curative education (children with special needs) or care of the elderly, your language level has to be...

By Tatyana Klimyuk on April 21, 2017

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Fritz Ritzmann

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Incoming Program - Federal volunteer service in Germany
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Tell us a little about Friends of Waldorf Education and your role at the company.

Friends of Waldorf Education is an anthroposophical organization that arranges voluntary services, supports and provides a network for Waldorf facilities worldwide, and works with traumatized children and adolescents in war zones and disaster areas. It is my job to look after international volunteers that come to Germany for a year and to organize seminars for them.

At the moment I am supervising a a group of 25 volunteers and a group of volunteers that extended their stay in Germany; at an average I look after 75 volunteers per year. I give five seminars per group. Together with two pedagogically trained colleagues I work in a team of 7on the Incoming program.

How did you get involved in the volunteer industry?

There are two reasons: First, my family and I lived in central Africa for six years. Back then, I worked on the developmental service, thus my interest in international work was already kindled. The second reason is the fact that, during the time I spent in Africa, the “weltwärts” program was started.

Through the German embassy I was confronted with this project and they asked me whether I would accept volunteers into my project. I also looked after scholarship holders of the ASA who fulfilled an internship abroad as part of their studies.

What makes Friends of Waldorf Education unique?

The Friends isn't a regular business. The work atmosphere is very comfortable and stands out from regular organizational structures. We have a high degree of freedom to the way we structure our work, which is particularly attractive to me. Our volunteers respond very positive to the informal atmosphere in which the seminars are carried out. Because we arrange voluntary services in German facilities since 2006, we have a great deal of experience in this field.

In your experience, what characteristics make a good international volunteer?

The volunteers need to be very steadfast in order to engage with the, sometimes complicated, circumstances at their placement site and not to give up too quickly. They should also keep in mind that they lay the ground for the next generations of volunteers and therefore they should be willing to cooperate in with their respective organization.

Active communication is a key subject. Volunteers have to learn to address difficult situations in order to resolve them. Especially volunteers from a cultural background in which this is not practiced, are faced with difficulties.

What does the future hold for Friends of Waldorf Education?

From within, the Friends will have to uphold their identity as an association while reacting to political changes from without, in order to cope with changing requirements. It is our goal to keep in touch with former volunteers in order to maintain a worldwide network of volunteers, through which new projects can be initiated in their respective home countries.

Location

Location:
Germany
Currency:
Euro
Weather:
Jan-Mar
52 F / 9 F
Apr-Jun
73 F / 14 F
Jul-Sep
79 F / 28 F
Oct-Dec
59 F / 10 F
Airports:
Frankfurt
( FRA )
Munich
( MUC )
Düsseldorf
( DUS )

Germany has attracted travelers for many years, with their abundance of festivals. Everywhere you go in Germany, you will see the confluence of nature and cityscapes; as well as, modern and traditional architecture. To get a true taste of Germany, you will need to experience all of these, from the bustling cities to the black forest, there is a lot to explore.

About Friends of Waldorf Education

Are you interested in helping people with special needs? Would you like to spend 12 months living and working in a foreign country, experiencing a new culture and getting to know the mindset, work ethic and social structure of Germany? For many years the international organization Friends of Waldorf Education is active in the field auf Community...

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