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Coloured glasses workshops
Youth for Understanding (YFU) is one of the oldest and biggest international exchange organizations for the youth, a worldwide educative non-profit organization with the goal to promote international understanding and world peace. Initially it started as an exchange program between Germany and the United States and now operates in over 50 countries.
As part of the YFU network, YFU Vlaanderen vzw shares the same mission and objectives. YFU Vlaanderen works towards this goal by offering exchange programs in 35 countries all over the world. YFU Vlaanderen gives young people (from the age of 14) the opportunity to get to know another culture intensively, which offers them a chance of gaining more self-confidence, intercultural insight, understanding for others, flexibility, respect for different ways of living, and because of this, more tolerance and prospects in their own life. To do this, we provide opportunities for the Flemish youth to live in another country within a host family setup and also go to a local school or take part in a substantive program where they can learn the new culture. At the same time we welcome international students to Flanders to be part of a Flemish family and go to a regular Belgian school.
Intercultural understanding can begin early in life. Thus, YFU Vlaanderen also works with young children (from the age of 4) to raise awareness about other countries and other cultures. Through the YFU Cultural Games we introduce children to other cultures through storytelling, games, visual materials and even songs. YFU offers these cultural games for free to daycare centers and other youth organizations all over Flanders during all school vacations. These games are conducted by not only young Belgians but also non-Belgians to provide a more authentic and real experience about interacting with people from other cultures.
YFU Vlaanderen vzw is an independent organization but works together with other YFU offices all over the world. Internationally there is the YFU-international office based in Brussels. They coordinate and facilitate the work of the national organizations. Also on the European level there is a coordinating organization, called EEE YFU (European Education Exchanges). Every year new YFU offices are opened and new exchange possibilities are offered.
We are a small team of 4 staff members. On top of that there are always 2 to 3 volunteers working in the office.
Next to that we have more then 100 active volunteers who do all the work outside of the office: weekends for the exchange students, interviewing students and hostfamilies, counseling,...
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10-12 Monate
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Flugkosten werden gestellt
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Unterkunft / Verpflegung werden übernommen
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Es gibt Taschengeld
Dauer
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Flugkosten
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Unterkunft/Verpflegung wird übernommen
Bei allen weltwärts-Projekten und vielen Projekten des IJFD wird deine Unterkunft gestellt und für deine Verpflegung gesorgt.
Taschengeld
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Aufgaben der Freiwilligen
The project of the volunteer will be : coloured glasses workshops. These workshops are done for groups of teenagers or older. They can be done at schools, youth movements, hobby clubs,... Each workshop is unique because there are different topics: human rights, stereotypes, intercultural communication,... and different possible tools for every topic. The volunteer will lay contacts with organisations, book the workshop and be the workshopleader. This is a project with little support from other office people.
There will also be other activities such as participation in fairs to promote the YFU programs and be part of teams to prepare and assist exchange students before and during their volunteer year.
Voraussetzungen |
The volunteers should have a previous exchange experience, experience in working with children, experience in administration. The volunteer should be under the age of 26 and has a high level of knowledge in English. We are looking for motivated people with a strong will to learn Dutch. Minimum Age 18 years. |
Belgien kurzinfos
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Offizieller Name
Königreich Belgien
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Klima
gemäßigtes Klima
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Bevölkerung
11 Millionen
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Sprache
Niederländisch, Französisch, Deutsch
Belgien kurzinfos
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Bevölkerung
11 Millionen
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Klima
gemäßigtes Klima
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Offizieller Name
Königreich Belgien
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Sprache
Niederländisch, Französisch, Deutsch