erziehungsweise-Blog

Neue EFD-Projekte ab Dezember 2010 online

2010-07-29T10:13:00.000+02:00

Die Nachfrage nach langfristig zu vergebenen Plätzen im Europäischen Freiwilligendienst ist in den vergangenen Wochen doch stark angestiegen und wir haben uns entschieden, nun auch wieder Projekte zu vermitteln, die erst noch bei der EU beantragt werden müssen.

Der Vorlauf ist in der Regel zwischen sechs und 12 Monaten, manchmal aber auch nur vier. Wir haben eine neue Seite auf unserer Website eingerichtet, auf der jeweils alle aktuellen Angebote nachzulesen sind. Schau dir die Angebote an und melde dich dann per E-Mail bei uns. Anschließend sagen wir dir, welche Bewerbungsunterlagen benötigt werden. Da hat jede Einrichtung andere Vorstellungen.

Hier geht's zu den ersten Angeboten. Viel Spaß beim stöbern.

Freiwilligenplatz in polnischem Kindergarten

2010-07-22T18:04:00.000+02:00

Wieder kurzfristig ist ein freier EFD-Platz zu vergeben. Die Chance für dich ergibt sich dieses Mal in Polen. Einer unserer Projektpartner in Stettin sucht für einen Start im September einen engagierten Freiwilligen für ein Kindergarten-Projekt. Bei Interesse ganz schnell unter info@erziehungsweise.org melden und nicht vergessen, eine Telefonnummer anzugeben, damit wir dich anrufen können.

Und hier kommen die Details zum freien Projekt:

We are looking for one volunteer for our approved EVS project. Volunteer will work with other hosted volunteers from Europe (Germany, Georgia and Turkey) in kindergarten. We are looking for open person with some experience in work with children or artistic skills. Main tasks of volunteers will be:
- help professional staff in everyday caring activities - such as: feeding children, dressing up and changing children, help in higienic activities (but it will be once in a while and not everyday duty of the volunteer),
- support proffesional staff in everyday educational activities - such as: active participation in group or individual care, specially activities inspiring children to learn english language,
- be part of activities which aim is to run the organization and realize its' goals - such as: help in organization of cultural and integration activities, active participation in cooperation with parents, help in preparing decorations, etc. Przedszkole Publiczne Nr 18

Project environment

Szczecin is a port city situated in north - west part of Poland (30 km from Polish - German border, 150 km from Berlin, 100 km from the seaside). It's a capital of the West Pomerania Region, broad and open gate in the southern Baltic Sea.

Szczecin - for centuries - has provided a centre from which Europe's transit routes have crossed from west to east and from north through the Balitc to the south of Europe. It is a city of merchants and travellers, enjoiyng an unique geograpfical location from sailors' point of view. Of its entire area, 24,4% is water: arms of the Odra River, Lake D¹bie, a network of port cannals and channels, the southern part of Zalew Szczeciñski, Lake G³êbokie, Lake Szmaragdowe and some smaller water courses meander and connect with ponds situated in enormous green areas of the city in Arkoñski Forest.

There are several cultural centres such as cinemas, theatres, museums, The Pomeranian Dukes' Castle. A various attractions - pubs, student clubs and galleries are a quarantee that everyone can find something interesting here. It is also quite a big students' city - many colleges such as the University of Szczecin, Technical University, Agricultural Academy or Medical Academy and several private colleges are located here.

Although Szczecin is a great tourist attraction, many tourists visit the city (and West Pomerania Region) and many different cultures meet here, it still has its' own atmosphere and you can realy taste the "Polish way of living" living here.

Proposed activities for EVS volunteers

The organization by everyday activities implements programs which aims are to support development of children attending there through various activities. Actionsundertaken by teachers aim to increase level of social activeness of young citizens. Daycare centre takes care of cooperation with parents. Through implementation of suitable programs children gain skills of interpersonal communication, empathy, cooperation with other people and they are able to find themselves supportive in many difficult situations. Through spreading knowledge about the region and country daycare centre is biulding in children attachment to national culture and by cooperation with similar organizations from other countries - makes children realise existing of european community, and gives them opportunity to get to know other cultures and languages.

By EVS projects daycare centre implements its' own goals but also promotes intercultural dialogue and goals of Youth in Action program.
EVS volunteer will during his / her project mostly focus on helping children to get to know / learn english language through everyday contact, by active ammusement methods. Volunteer's main goal

Other volunteer's tasks will involve:
- help professional staff in everyday caring activities - such as: feeding children, dressing up and changing children, help in higienic activities (but it will be once in a while and not everyday duty of the volunteer),
- support proffesional staff in everyday educational activities - such as: active participation in group or individual care, specially activities inspiring children to learn english language,
- be part of activities which aim is to run the organization and realize its' goals - such as: help in organization of cultural and integration activities, active participation in cooperation with parents, help in preparing decorations, etc.

Continuation of EVS hosting activities is next step of planned by daycare centre european activities. EVS volunteer who will be hosted in daycare centre is for children "fresh accent", chance to gain new, interesting experiences. Everyday contact with someone who represents other culture, speaks different language and represents different, interesting experiences in field of work with children is for proffesional staff an impuls to take new actions and look at the whole educational process differently.

EVS volunteer who will be part of our community - will have many opportunities to gain intelectual, emotional and cultural experiences by contact with other culture, getting to know our values and social rules. Besides tasks implemented in frames of the project EVS volunteer will have an opportunity of implementing his / her own ideas and presenting his / her own opinions. As EVS volunteer will gain more experience he / she will be able to run some activities himself / herself - always with supervisor (proffesional teacher).

Description of the organisation

Daycare centre for children "Happy 18" is a public organization in Szczecin, it exists since 1977. The organization and its' proffesional staff:
- supports children' personal and social development by using their individual potential and possibilities,
- creates helpful environment and educational atmosphere which helps in total and harmonious child development in emotional, social and cognitive sphere,
- aims to unify eduational actions of daycare centre and family home through attractive forms od cooperation with parents,
- undertakes self-educational proces which has an input on quality of organization's work,
- to prepare young citizens to live active in United Europe, saving their national identity and presenting world in most creative, multisensual way.

In the organization work 19 people, 9 of them are teachers, others (management staff) are helping staff (nannies, caretakers).
Daycare centre implements educational program for children who are 3 - 6 years old. Daycare centre is opened from 6:30 to 17:00 from Monday to Friday, 10 months a year (from September to June), in summer holiday in cooperation with other daycare centres and regional education department organization is on duty for 2 weeks, 10 hours a day.

Apart from regular activities, the daycare centre offers many interesting forms of education for children such as rhytmics, corrective and compensatory gimnastics or dance, english lessons.

The organization cooperates with local community - orginises meetings concerning local cooperation (for example with police, nurse, actors of Szczecin's theatres, Councli Estate, others.

Spannende Aufgaben in Rumänien

2010-07-01T10:57:00.000+02:00

Das Cluj-Napoca Volunteer Centre in Rumänien kann schon ab Mitte Juli einen Freiwilligen aufnehmen. Das Projekt dauert 12 Monate. Im ersten Schritt genügt ein Lebenslauf in Englisch. Den bitte per E-Mail an info@erziehungsweise.org schicken.

Hier die Infos der Rumänen:

Our children, our future

The volunteers will be working in 14 villages around Cluj-Napoca, in the local schools in planning and organizing road-safety and multicultural lessons for the children in the communities. The volunteers will live in Cluj because all of the villages are close to the city.

The project’s title is “Our children, our future” and it is structured on 2 different activities – Activity 1 will involve 3 volunteers, while activity 2 will host 2 volunteers.
Activity 1 of the project in which the volunteer will be involved is a road safety and multicultural education program. This EVS project is continuing a local project that our organization has implemented starting with September 2008 in 14 villages in the rural area of our county.
The EVS project entails presentations that are held in the schools of 14 rural communities that surround the city of Cluj-Napoca in front of the pupils from primary schools (7-11 years old). Every month, a relevant theme for road safety or multicultural education is presented in every of the 14 schools in an attractive manner and by using non-formal education elements. The activity aims at developing a responsible behavior in a way that will not be considered boring by the children and by using as many visual elements as possible.
All the 14 communities are close to Cluj-Napoca (maximum 50 km) and the access to them is made either by using public transportation or by car. Hence the volunteers will not be living in the rural area but in the city, sharing an apartment with our current EVS volunteer.
The volunteers’ main role will be to prepare the presentation (from choosing the subject approached to selecting materials and activities that are suitable for the subject) and to actually present the topic in front of the children. The lessons will focus mainly on road safety and on multicultural education, but at the same time the volunteers will be given the chance to put into practice their own ideas regarding the topics for the lessons.
Besides all the details specific to any EVS project (the volunteers living together, taking Romanian lessons to facilitate their integration in the community and in the working environment, having the support of a mentor etc.), the most important features of our project are:
 The project has as main objective the personal development of the volunteers, including growth in areas such as communication skills, deeper understanding of the concept of mutual acceptance and tolerance, time management skills, planning and organizing events, team-work related skills , creativity and innovation etc; in order to maximize the reaching of this objective every volunteer will have the support of a mentor; the mentor will work together with the volunteer sustaining him/her in establishing and reaching their own learning objectives;
 from the perspective of the community’s development one of our objectives is to continue to teach road safety and responsible behavior in traffic to the children from the communities and to improve the program by adding the outside standpoint of the volunteers;
 the first 3 months (July-September 2010) will be dedicated to preparing the actual implementation with the volunteers; this stage will include: learning Romanian since the presentations in the schools will be held in Romanian (if after the 3 months the volunteers will not feel comfortable with the level of Romanian learned, there will also be a possibility of recruiting local volunteers to accompany the EVS volunteers during their first presentations in schools), selecting the subject and the activities for all the presentations(all revolving around road safety) , rehearsing the first presentation in front of the other volunteers and the project coordinator (to get used to all the elements and to improve the elements that need this) etc.;
 during the first stage of preparation, the volunteers will also visit the 14 communities accompanied by the project coordinator; during these visits the volunteers will have the possibility to meet the children and the teachers they will work with, to be introduce to the children, to become familiar with the communities and the transportation means used, to choose the communities they want to work in, to know their contact persons within each community;
 every volunteer will be responsible for 4-5 communities where they will organize approximately 7 presentations during their service in our organization (one every month starting from November 2010 to may 2011); when not in the communities the volunteers will work at our office in preparing the future visits in the schools but also with a possibility of being involved in other projects of the organization;
 even though we are talking about a road safety project, the volunteers will be given the opportunity to include other subjects in the presentations held in the schools according to their own interest and the need identified amongst children;
 the volunteers will also have the chance to bring their own ideas in the project and even start something new, in addition to the road safety program, in the rural communities; we will take into consideration all the ideas and the proposals and we will assess, together with the volunteers, the opportunity of putting these ideas into practice;
As far as the practical arrangements are concerned a few problems need to be mentioned:
 The volunteers will be living together in the same apartment with our current volunteers; since the living accommodations have not been finalised yet we can not give more specific details, but we want to prepare the volunteers for the possibility of not having their own room; most probably every volunteer will be sharing the same room with another volunteer from the same project, according to gender;
 The volunteers will be given a monthly allowance that covers the expenses with the living accommodation and with the food (the volunteers will be responsible for cooking their own food); in addition every month the volunteer will be given a payment that represents the “pocket money” that he/she can spend for other needs besides accommodation and food;
 The schedule of the volunteers include 5 days of activity per week; as a consequence every volunteer has the right to 2 free days every week; beside these, every month every volunteer will have 2 additional days off that he/she will be able to use to visit the surroundings of Cluj-Napoca;
 Every volunteer has the right to participate in a training cycle specific to any EVS project: pre-departure training (in the country of residence), on arrival training and mid-term evaluation (both in the hosting country), final evaluation (in the country of residence);

Freiwilligendienst an dänischer Schule

2010-07-01T10:51:00.000+02:00

Eine der seltenen Gelegenheiten auf ein Projekt in Skandinavien hat sich gerade aufgetan. Die Brenderup Højskole (Danish folk high school with an international profile) sucht für Mitte August einen Freiwilligen. Das Projekt soll zehn Monate dauern.
Als Bewerbungsunterlagen brauchen wir von dir:

• einen ganz speziell für dieses Projekt geschriebenen Motivationsbrief (Englisch oder Dänisch)
• Lebenslauf (Englisch oder Dänisch)
• ein Foto

Alles bitte ganz schnell per E-Mail an info@erziehungsweise.org.

Hier kommen die Details zum Projekt:

Project environment:
A. We are a small school with room for about 50 students. This means the students have plenty of opportunities for getting to know each other well.
The folk high school has many facilities e.g.
- access to a PC-network
- modern sound studio for our folk music performers
- facilities for practising music
- pool-café with a piano for our playing students
- sports facilities
The folk high school is placed in Brenderup - a small village with a couple of groceries, drug stores, schools and a library.
Brenderup is close to both beach and forest. We often arrange activities away from the high school. The type of activities depends on the season, but examples of activities are going to the beach for a swim or touring on the school bikes.
The closest city is Middelfart which is 16 km west from Brenderup.

Proposed activities for EVS volunteers:
The volunteers will have the possebility to be a part of the special fellowship you find on a folk high school.
The most important task for the volunteers will be to inspire us in our daily work. We expect them to help us look at the work we are doing in new ways, and to provide a different viewpoint in the themes we are discussing. There will be plenty of opportunity for the volunteers to make new initiatives and for creating their own activities.
Examples of activities in which the volunteers could be involved:
" construction of a nature playground for grown-ups
" Office work (making brochures, updating facebook, eg.)
" other practical work in or around the high school
" assisting in the planning of leasure activities for the students on evenings and in weekends.
" Hosting in some evenings/weekends during the term
" participating/assisting in our daily life activities.
The volunteers will also have the opportunity to participate in folkmusic clases, art classes and our international class where international subjects are taught.
They will also be able to receive Danish lessons in the nearby city Middelfart.
Lodging and boarding:
The volunteers will be lodged at the high school where they will live in a separate area with bedrooms, bathroom and kitchenette with a microwave etc. They will eat at the school together with the students and the staff.
The volunteers will also be invited to social events arranged by the AFS's local chapters together with other volunteers, exchange students and host families.

Volunteer profiles and recruitment process:
We would prefer volunteers who are open-minded, reflective, mature and full of initiative.
Volunteers with interest in folk music will be welcomed specially to apply.
The volunteers must be able to speak English at a conversational level.

Sieg der Statistik: Deutschland wird Weltmeister

2010-06-26T11:20:00.000+02:00

Deutschland wird Weltmeister – sagt der deutsche Physiker Metin Tolan. Er muss es wissen, er hat's ausgerechnet. Das ganze erziehungsweise-Team ist fest von der Richtigkeit der Berechnungen überzeugt und drückt Deutschland morgen gegen England die Daumen. Da der Sieg nach Elfmeterschießen (statistische Berechnung von uns) unverrückbar fest steht, können die Fußballfans nun ganz entspannt und unaufgeregt ins Spiel gehen.

Den Link zum Interview mit Tolan gibt's hier.

Freiwilligen-Grüße aus der Türkei

2010-06-26T11:16:00.000+02:00

Stefanie ist seit ein paar Wochen für ihren Europäischen Freiwilligendienst in der Türkei. Wie ihr sehen könnt, gibt es neben dem Engagement im Projekt auch noch jede Menge Gelegenheit, das Leben zu genießen:

Stefanie lernt. Für was ist nicht überliefert

Hier in Kappadokien hatte Stefanie ihr Einführungstraining in der Türkei

Petition zum Homeschooling: Mitzeichnung noch bis 16. Juni möglich

2010-06-04T12:13:00.000+02:00

erziehungsweise e. V. unterstützt die e-Petition

"Der Deutsche Bundestag möge beschließen ...das häusliche Lernen bzw. den Hausunterricht zu erlauben und straffrei zu stellen."

Noch bis zum 16. Juni kann mitgezeichnet werden.

Matthias Wolf, der Hauptpetent, erklärt das Anliegen wie folgt:

"Hausunterricht oder Homeschooling wird in allen EU-Ländern und englischsprachigen Ländern bereits schon länger mit großem Erfolg praktiziert und erweist sich immer mehr als der Bildungsweg der Zukunft. In Deutschland ist es eine noch weitgehend unbekannte und mit zahlreichen Vorurteilen behaftete Form des Lernens. Die unzureichende Vermittlung von ethischen und moralischen Grundwerten an öffentlichen Schulen, Gewalt und Mobbing, negative Sozialisation der Kinder, fehlende Lernfreude, sinkendes Bildungsniveau, die Unfähigkeit vieler Schulen Kinder individuell zu fördern und nach ihrem persönlichen Begabungsprofil zu bilden, haben dazu geführt, dass immer mehr Eltern sich Alternativen im bestehenden Bildungssystem wünschen. Bis dato existiert die Schulpflicht in Deutschland statt einer sinnvolleren Lernpflicht. Schule wird somit in Deutschland direktiv verordnet. Eltern, die ihre Kinder selbst unterrichten wollen, müssen mit staatlichen Strafmaßnahmen wie Bußgeldern rechnen und werden somit unnötig kriminalisiert. Es sollte mündigen Bürgern freigestellt sein, wo sie ihren Kindern Bildung zukommen lassen. Alle staatlichen Sanktionsmaßnahmen gegen Eltern, die ihre Kinder selbst unterrichten, sollten aufgehoben werden."

Seit Jahren gibt es nahezu überall auf der Welt privat organisierte Bildung von Kindern. Und das mit Erfolg. Der Bundesverband Natürlich Lernen (BVNL) schreibt zur e-Petition: "Allein die Diskussion der Petition kann darüber aufklärend wirken. Sie kann zudem anregend sein für das Entstehen einer Vielfalt von Bildungswegen (staatlich überwacht) zur Förderung der Entfaltung der jeweiligen Begabungen und Fähigkeiten der Kinder."

Und hier geht's zur e-Petition: https://epetitionen.bundestag.de/index.php?action=petition;sa=details;petition=11495

Die Teilnahme ist einfach:
1. Auf der Petitionsseite "registrieren" wählen. Formular ausfüllen und ein frei wählbares Passwort eingeben.
2. Wenige Minuten später kommt eine E-Mail mit dem Benutzernamen.
3. In dieser E-Mail den Link zur Fertigstellung der Registrierung anklicken.
4. Jetzt erneut die Seite der Hausunterricht-Petition aufrufen und auf "Petition mitzeichnen" klicken.

fertig :-)

Wir freuen uns, wenn ihr dabei helft, das Thema aus der Schmuddelecke zu holen. Eltern und Kinder sollten frei über Art und Ort ihrer Bildung entscheiden dürfen.

Unsere Open-Space-CD nun auch im Shop zu kaufen

2010-06-02T10:32:00.000+02:00

Es hat dann doch etwas länger gedauert. Aber nun ist unser erziehungsweise-Shop fertig und der erste von uns als Verein produzierte Artikel zu kaufen.

In den vergangenen Tagen und Wochen haben wir ja immer mal wieder von den Fortschritten der Produktion unserer open space CD berichtet. Auf dem WOSonOS Mitte Mai gab's "Augen auf! Mit Überraschungen ist zu rechnen!" zum ersten Mal zu kaufen. Die Resonanz hat uns gefreut. Inzwischen hat auch der Trainings- und Seminar-Ausstatter Neuland angekündigt, unsere CD in sein Sortiment aufzunehmen.

Mit den Einnahmen aus dem Shop wird unser Verein zum einen seine Arbeit für Bildungsfreiheit, zum anderen die Arbeit im Programm EFD intensivieren.

Den erziehungsweise-Shop findet ihr ab sofort unter www.shop.erziehungsweise.org oder in der Navigation rechts.

Wir freuen uns über Kritik und Anregungen unter shop@erziehungsweise.org.

Freiwilligendienst in slowakischem Waisenhaus

2010-05-14T16:27:00.000+02:00

Sobald wie möglich soll dein Freiwilligendienst in einem slowakischen Waisenhaus losgehen. Das Projekt dauert bis Ende Oktober 2010. Wenn dir die Projektbeschreibung weiter unten gefällt und du bis Oktober Zeit hast, dann melde dich ganz schnell bei uns. Gib in jedem Fall gleich alle Kontaktinfos an, damit wir dich ganz schnell erreichen können.

Detský domov

Project environment
Vranov nad Top¾ou is located in the northwest part of Eastern Slovakia Lowland in the upper part of the region called Zemplin between the rivers of Top¾a and Ondava near Poland and Ukraine borders. The town is situated near the second biggest town in Slovakia Košice and town Prešov. The town is a starting point for trips to the Ve¾ka Domaša water reservoir.
In the town of Vranov nad Top¾ou live 26 thousand inhabitans. There live Slovak, Czech, Roma, Rusyns, Ukrainian people. The religions represent mainly Roman Catholics, Greek Catholics, Lutherans.
The town is an economic centre of the area. A famous person from Vranov is Jan Figel, a politician, the European Commissioner of Education and Culture.
Children´s Home is situated 100 meters from the centre of Vranov nad Top¾ou. It is not far for children and youth from Childrenœ Home to the schools, cultural and educational centres, cinemas, sport centres, banks or hospital etc. Our Children´s Home consists of one main building and 2 other houses. One is situated near the main building and the other one in the town of Humenne near Vranov nad Top¾ou /25 km/.
In town Vranov nad Top¾ou we have primary schools, a lot of secondary schools, possibilities to spend free time for example: ice rink, swimming pool, cultural centres, cinemas, internet cafés etc. You can find more information on www.vranov.sk . The town organizes a lot of cultural and sports events during the year.

Please explain:
" what you can offer to volunteers in terms of Service and learning opportunities,
" what will be the role of EVS volunteers in the Host Organisation,
" the activities in which the volunteers could be involved and the activities the volunteers could create in your organisation. Please give examples of typical activities for the volunteers.
The main aim of this project is possibility for young people from Europe to know other country, culture, meals, language and manners. The volunteer will learn some new facts about the life of children who do not have parents, will gain new skills in child care in this organisation. Volunteer will make new friends. Volunteer can utilise their own ideas on EVS project. In our project volunteer will lead children and youth in the leisure activities /such as painting, dancing, sports actvities, singing, playing games/ with help of the employees of Children´s Home . The children can talk, play games, do activities together with the volunteer, which will offer them and enable them to receive new ideas from the children activities.
Aims of the project
1. We would like to offer a chance for volunteers - young people from Europe, to get to know our country Slovakia, nature, countryside, culture and care of children and youth people.
2. To give a chance for children and young people from the Children´s Home to get to know other countries and cultures via volunteers and their activities in our organisation.
Daily programme:
MONDAY - FRIDAY
06,30 - 07,00 - getting up
07,00 - 07,30 - breakfast in families /help with breakfast/
07,30 - 08,30 - departure to schools / they are 15 minutes by walk from the home/.
Children are accompanied during the walk, this walk must be safe and the volunteer
will go with the other workers together to school and take care of younger children
08,30 - 10,30 - free time
10,30 - 11,30 - language course in the Slovak language
1st-3rd month - 3 times a week
4th-6th month - twice a week
7th-12th month - once a week

Time for learning new ideas, gaining various experience, skills,……..
In case the volunteer does not take the Slovak language course and he/she will visit Centre of Leisure Time in Vranov nad Top¾ou from 10,30 till 11,30 where they can receive new skills how to prepare leisure time activities for children and youth or go and visit similar institutions for inspiration and receiving basic practical experience from painting and go and see dancing groups for learning the dances /typical Slovak folk, modern, etc./ and she/he can have a possibility to work with a PC /to make posters, preparation for game activities for afternoon/, the Internet and phone /volunteer can use it for communication with the sending organisation, with friends and for finding ideas for work/, too at home
12,00 - 13,00 help with cooking lunch with an educator
13,00 - 14,00 accompanying children from schools to the Children´s Home by walk together with worker
14,00 - 16,00 3 times a week a leisure time - activities with children for example singing, playing, dancing, sports activities, each week in a different group dependence of age /every week the volunteer will have to change the group/family/ of children/
twice a week - art, painting, creative activities for children - 1 x with younger and 1x with older children
16,00 - 18,00 leisure time
18,00 - 18,30 dinner in families /help the educator with preparation/
18,30 - 20,00 3x a week sports and games /handball, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, etc./ for underage mothers aimed at relaxing exercises such as dancing, aerobics, yoga, dancing group
20,00 leisure time
SATURDAY : FREE TIME
SUNDAY: FREE TIME
The volunteer will work 5 days a week, together it is 32.5 working hours a week.

The Children´s Home takes part in grants in which we organize theme activities and activities for children with health and educational problems.

Our volunteer is to arrange the organisation of free time activities for the children and youth, and thus is a helping hand to the educators in this field. At the same time, he/she is to bring in their own ideas, activities, their own cultural and national dimension.

PERCENTAGE DIVISION OF ACTIVITIES
5% - using PC
5% - access to the Internet and telephone
15% - language course
10% - volunteer´s own creativity, initiatives, ideas,
10% - accompanying children from schools
10% - art groups
10% - leisure time activities
10% - relaxing groups
10% - gaining art skills
10% - supporting the volunteer and meeting with the mentor
5% - meetings with the manager and workers in Children´s Home

Note:
After three months we enlarge access to the Internet and telephone and reduce the course in the Slovak language.
Volunteers will regularly take part in the educators´ working meetings.

Holidays during EVS: The volunteer will have 20 days of holiday during 1 year of EVS. He/she can spend this in Children´s Home or can travel and see new towns, areas, countries, etc.

Accommodation:
Volunteer will live in a youth hostel.
There is a single flat - 1 room, a kitchen, a bathroom, a toilet, a corridor and a separate entrance
A single room - a day-bed, a wall system furniture, a TV set, a radio, a small kitchen unit, a cooker, a fridge, a microwave oven, kitchen utensils, a bath, a washbasin, a laundress, a corridor.
Food:
We offer three types: 1. all day board can be served in dining room at the families
2. separately in their own kitchen
3. combination
Support:
Volunteer will have full support from all the workers of our organisation.
We offer a responsible person for volunteers who will be at their disposal mainly in the first months. It will include providing information about the town, seeing a doctor and going to offices. At the beginning he/she will stay with volunteers during weekends until they make some new friends. This person will be a contact person between the home´s management and volunteers. If any problems arise, he/she will help to solve them.

EXPERT ASSISTANCE:
In case of an interest we are able to provide a graphic artist who will help to gain or to enlarge knowledge and skills in art education.
If volunteers show an interest to learn to dance in order to help with a dance group, we could arrange visits in dancing groups in the region where they can gain knowledge and skills and learn new types of dances.
All activities of volunteers will be carried out in the presence of educators or responsible persons.

Opportunity:
- use possibility to cooperate with russian and roma´s minority, he/she will have oportunity to
learn how to be tolerant with different etnic group
- work with children and youth
- pick up skills in this leisure time activities
- intercultural learning - contact with public
- to prepare his/her own little project
- to know about traditional Slovak food and folklore, history

Motivation and EVS experience
The Detský domov -/in English Children´s Home /has previous experience in sending EVS volunteer because we´ve been taking part in this programme since 2006 .
This project has the main aim to let European young people know another country, a different culture with its meals, language and manners. In this way volunteer will get to know new facts and learn new skills. We would like to export our culture and traditions and make foreigners know about the beauties of our country.
Moreover, we have decided to join this project because we think that this could be a way to enrich our organization with other cultures and ideas. For this purpose volunteers during their EVS are taking part in the activities and of our organisation, considering their interests and skills, and are being encouraged to promote their own ideas to create new activities or to improve the existing ones.
Working in our organization enables them meet new people and make friendships easier. We would also like to be the sending organisation and to give a chance to young people from our organisation to participate on the EVS projects in different parts of Europe.
The Children´s Home has obtained accreditation as the Sending Organisation under European Voluntary Services in 2005. Later in that year we sent a young adult as the EVS volunteer to Greece. He then, after the completion of the voluntary service, successfully realised a one-year project also in Greece - Future Capital . This successful person showed a very good adaptation to other communities, he can now speak English and Greek. He is on Cyprus at the moment, having a career promotion in organising free time activities, and left the Children´s Home in autumn 2007. We cannot imagine a better and more universal way for such young people from children´s homes how to learn and become independent in their lives. He left the home after over 10 years well prepared thanks to this opportunity. After he departed, another young adult from our Children´s Home has expressed his earnest interest in EVS. We consider this way of gaining self-independence a very progressive and unique one. This is our main motive - to support and help adult children interested in this programme on their way of independence.
Description of the organisation
Children´s Home in the town of Vranov nad Toplou is a governmental institution which provides permanent social and educational custody and guardianship for children with mandatory institutional education from the birth to 25 years of age and then up to their independence but no longer than the age of 25. The capacity of the home is 60 children and young people. There are children with mandatory institutional education who were chosen from unsuitable and unbearable family environments.
The Children´s Home provides elementary institutional care, boarding and maintenance. It also arranges culture, recreation, afterschool and sports activities. Our duties are to give children and young people accommodation, food, care, preparing for school and education, free time activities and psychotherapy. We provide medical and educational care, too. Educational process is carried out on the basis of Christian education respecting the Chart Of Child´s Rights. After the age of 25, we help these young people to find accommodation and jobs because they have to leave the Children´s Home.
In our home we live like in 5 professional families. In such a professional family live an educator, the children and young people (about 10 or 12) between the ages of 1 and 25.
The Children´s Home is active in finding compensatory care such as personal care, custody, adoption in homeland or abroad. It also helps the children to return to their original biological families.
There live children who attend primary, secondary and special schools. The children´s needs are various and depend on their mental and physical abilities. Our home has a grass playground for many sports activities, sand-pits, fitness gym, Internet cafe, mountain bikes, zone of free relaxation.

EFD in Spanien, Start noch im Mai

2010-05-14T16:23:00.000+02:00

Für Kurzentschlossene bietet ein Jugend-Zentrum in Spanien einen freien EFD-Platz. Es soll noch im Mai losgehen. Deshalb entscheide dich bitte ganz schnell. Wie immer trägt die EU alle Kosten für deinen Freiwilligendienst. Schick bitte mit deiner ersten Mail in jedem Fall alle Kontaktmöglichkeiten mit, damit wir dich problemlos erreichen können.

Es folgt die Beschreibung des Projekts:

Ayuntamiento de Ribadavia

Project environment
A. Project environment: profile of the organisation and local community
The Ribeiro Region is the most western of the province of Ourense, in the only interior province of the independent community of Galicia. It limits to the West with the province of Pontevedra, to the North with the territories of the Carballiño and Ourense, whereas to the east and the south is the region of Celanova.

There are ten city councils in the region, Ribadavia being the capital with 19 km2 and a population density of 286.7 hab/km2. It concentrates the main administrative, commercial, public and private services functions, and by its location it has been traditionally the centre of the communication network of the Region with the outside.

The medieval villa of Ribadavia is the capital of the historical region of the Ribeiro, where the famous and mythical wine so praised by kings and poets from unmemorable times, comes from.

In the past it was point of contact of diverse towns and civilizations, this makes Ribadavia a villa of great cultural tradition in Galicia. Centre of important celebrations and international events, throughout the year, the capital of the Ribeiro is a dynamic cultural place.

Its historical centre has been declared of Cultural Interest, is has traditional network of medieval "rúas" where taking a walk becomes a pleasure for history lovers. A route full of surprises like the castle of the Sarmiento, the Jewish District, the museums or numerous churches of different times and styles. Surrounded by a varied landscape of vineyards and suggestive brooks, Ribadavia is a live museum full of history.

The geographic situation of the Concello de Ribadavia confers it a central position between Vigo and the city of Ourense. This central position is not limited to the South of Galicia, but it extends to several of the most important localities in the north of Portugal, as it is the case of Braga and Chaves.

The advantage of this central position is that it allows an agile communication with the cities of Vigo and Ourense. Very soon, when the construction works for the motorway between Ourense and the capital of Galicia are finished, this central position will be reinforced with the North of Galicia.

The existing product specialization in the Concello de Ribadavia associated to wine production of the highest quality is a potentiality that must be taken advantage of in all its magnitude.

The quality associated to the wine of Or Riberio Origin gives this brand an image that is being used in other productive activities.

One example is the association between the wine and the tourist development, in conjunction both variables will contribute to improve the image of Ribadavia as a tourist destiny, offering a distinct product from other competing localities.

Rivadavia has unquestionable tourist attractions like its Historical Centre and also counts on great promotion opportunities through cultural and ethnographic events.

B. Proposed activities for EVS volunteers
TASKS OF THE VOLUNTEER

The volunteers, together with the personnel of the Youth Information Centre, will compile a file with information for young people from local associations and with a news summary. This file will be published every fortnight in the form of a news paper. The volunteer will also help in the organization and execution of campaigns for change from the Centre. The schedule of the volunteer will be from 09:30 to 14:30. Five times per week the volunteers will attend a Course of Spanish Language that will take place in the house of the culture of Ribadavia. During the first week, the volunteer will receive a tour of the city and the region, so that they can begin to discover the local culture and the most emblematic sites. During their stay, the volunteer will have the opportunity to attend courses organized and funded by the City council, as well as trips organized by local organizations. During their stay the volunteers will have the support from a mentor, who will help the volunteers in his tasks and personal life. As the region of Galicia is rich in traditions and history, several trips and visits to different sites, will be organized in the most significant dates.

The tasks of the volunteer are of support to the professionals who work full-time in the Center, as well as of cultural activities, like in the guided tour of the city of Ribadavia.

Support with the Youth and Tourist Information Service of the City council of Ribadavia.

The volunteer will help in the design and the editing of information documents on activities and services of the Youth Information Centre: drafting prospects and other documents, information on local youth meetings or training courses. The European volunteer will help with the areas related with European mobility, searching for new European partners, and in inductions of the new volunteers. The volunteer will be formed to help in the elaboration of projects, activities, etc…The main task will be supporting the professionals in the aforementioned tasks. Percentage of the total: 25 %..

The volunteer will also collaborate in the Youth Information Centre, informing and advising young people in several subjects like: available funding, and other activities. The volunteer will sometimes do some office work (like answering the telephone, editing documents, etc.) 15 %.

The volunteer will contact people from his or her country to build a small data base to be used for starting youth projects or new European projects (international Exchanges with other countries and European Voluntary Service): 15%.

He or she will visit youth centres and schools to talk about the experience of being a European Volunteer, and to promote the participation of the young people in the Program. 20 %.

The volunteer will help the expert in charge of the project "The Intercultural Workshop": offering information, showing audio-visual documentaries and other materials, describing his or her experience as a volunteer as well as his or her own culture, language, food, etc. 10 %.

The volunteers will take part in activities of socio-cultural animation in rural areas with children and young people, theatre, environment, local magazine, recreational projects, environmental trips, courses, new technologies, rural development, rural tourism. 10 %.

He or she will help in the tasks of information to the young people who come to the Youth Information Centre (10 %).

The volunteers will attend the meetings to asses his or her work, cultural visits during week-ends, meetings, seminaries, etc. (5 %)

Example of a weekly timetable:

morning evening
Monday From 10 to 14 hrs.: Youth Information Centre ( C.M.I.J) From 16 to 17 hrs.: Spanish lessons
Tuesday From 10 to 14 hrs.: Tourist Information Centre From 16 to 17 hrs.: Spanish lessons
Wednesday From 10 to 14 hrs.: Hose of Culture from the
City Council of Ribadavia
From 16 to 17 hrs.: Spanish lessons
From 17 to 18 hrs : Galician lessons
Thursday From 10 to 14 hrs.: Youth Information Centre ( C.M.I.J) From 16 to 17 hrs.: Spanish lessons
From 17 to 18 hrs : Galician lessons
Friday From 10 to 14 hrs. : Visit the 2 Secondary Schools of
Ribadavia, to inform and advise young people.
From 16 to 17 hrs.: Spanish lessons

The volunteers have access to the following sports facilities: tennis court, gym, sports schools, football, basketball, handball, volleyball, indoor football….They also have the chance to join the music school if they wish.
Holidays
The volunteers are entitled to a month of holidays.

C. Volunteer profiles and recruitment process
The selection process will be done according to the following criteria:

Age of volunteer: our preference is for older volunteers , since they have less opportunities (around 30 years old). The adaptability to live in a rural environment, as is the region of the Ribeiro.
Ability to work in a team.
Capacity to be relate to young people, since our project is based on Youth Policies.
Interest in other cultures, in our case this is very important, since Galicia has deeply rooted culture and traditions.
Ease to travel, in our project are there are several mobility programs a year.

In the selection process three current EVS volunteers together with the person in charge of the Youth Information Centre take the decision unanimously.

The only essential requirement that we have, is that the sending organization offers guarantees of serious work and a positive attitude towards the cooperation with our organization, so that the work that both we must carry out for a satisfactory voluntary service is fluid and effective.

D. Special needs (if applicable)
The Youth Information Centre of Ribadavia can now host volunteers with less opportunities. By this we mean people coming from underprivileged cultural, geographic and/or socio-economic backgrounds.
Our office counts on a coordinator trained in this field (Manuel Araujo Montero) that has raised the awareness on dealing with people with less opportunities in our offices.

E. Risk prevention, safety and protection
As a public organisation OMIX complies with all the health and safety regulations to provide safe environment for the volunteer and of the supervision, security and protection of children if the volunteer was between 16 and 17 years old.

Motivation and EVS experience
Objectives and motivations to host volunteers:

It will provide an informal intercultural learning experience to the young people, both to the volunteers, and to the young people from our community (Ribeiro Region), promoting their social integration and active participation, and it will offer them opportunities to show their solidarity.
¢ Hosting volunteers will be reinforced, our project of local development and youth policies, in a context of social interest.
¢ They will contribute to the development of our local community, with the added value, of the contribution of experiences and approaches, also with their enthusiasm, energy and information capacity.
¢ They will provide cultural diversity to our population.
¢ They will help the young people of our community, to acquire knowledge, qualifications and competitions, and to be aware of the value of these experiences.
¢ They will promote a better understanding of the diversity of the common European culture and our shared patrimony, as well as of our common basic values.
¢ They will help to eliminate discrimination and will promote equality at all levels of society.
¢ They will introduce a European element to the projects, which will have a positive effect in the activity with the young people of our community.

Our experience with EVS goes back to 2002, when our Manifestation of interest to host an EVS volunteer on rural development and policies of Youth (O-ES-433) was approved.

As a coordinating organisation, we will attempt to establish strong partnerships to ensure the correct management of the projects, both in the administrative and technical aspects. Detailed information will be given in the Activity Agreement regarding the management of each project. In any case, our organisation is committed to putting the technical, training and administrative means in place, to ensure an open and complete learning process for all volunteers, follow -up and efficient mentorship methods, personalised for all the volunteers, as well as a clear financial management, and generally total compliance with the Programme Guide

In September of 2002, the first 3 volunteers for our hosting project arrived at Ribadavia, in September 2003 we hosted two new volunteers, in December 2003 we hosted a new volunteer, in September 2004 two new volunteers arrived, in December 2004 one new volunteer, in July 2005 another volunteer, in September 2005 two more volunteers, in September 2006 two new volunteers and finally one volunteer in December of 2006.

As sending organization our first experience was in July 2004 with one volunteer, in September 2004 an other volunteer, a new volunteer in January 2005, one volunteer in July 2005, one in May 2005, one in September 2005, one in February 2006 , one in July 2006 and finally one more volunteer in January 2007.
Description of the organisation
OMIX Ribadavia is the City Councils Office of Youth Information. It has been in operation since 1996. Its aim is to provide Ribadavia with an instrument that includes young peoples initiatives, their problems and their worries. An office to promote healthy leisure activities for young people, promoting their artistic creativity and circulating information concerning them, so that it will allow them among other things, to be critical consumers.

We also intend to be a source of information about cultural events, unemployment, health, sports, consumers, drugs, research, tourism, environment, etc, supporting them with training courses that can improve their perspective of future.

OMIX Ribadavia, is integrated by European voluntary service and local personnel . There are two professionals, Francisco Javier Perez Martinez and Manuel Araujo Montero, and four European volunteers. Both the Office Coordinator and the four European volunteers visit every week the Local Schools of Secondary Education, acting like informative antennas.

In our society young people have a lot of free time, being of great importance to provide alternatives for leisure time so that the young people do not end up involved in drugs and crime.

We purpose the following leisure time activities for young people:
Solidarity Programs.
Youth Associations
Cultural Events
Exchanges and mobility.
Youthful Information Service
Training
Youth Program
Young Peoples Card
Employment and Housing.
Education
Publications Catalogue
Activities
Helps and Subsidies
Grants
Courses
Symposium, Congresses, Seminaries…
Conferences, fairs…
Awards and Competitions
State exams, Public and Private jobs, Access exams…
Voluntary service and Cooperation.

Hören, wie open space meiner Organisation hilft

2010-05-11T11:18:00.001+02:00

Unsere Doppel-CD zur Open Space Technology wird gerade produziert :-) Zum WOSonOS ab Donnerstag in Berlin wird sie fertig und ist dann dort auch zu kaufen. Für die, die mit open space nicht so vertraut sind, hier einige kleine Hinweise. open space ist ein perfekt funktionierendes Gruppen-Verfahren, das vor allem auf Selbstorganisation und die Freiwilligkeit der Teilnehmenden setzt. Es wurde bereits bei kleinen Gruppen aber auch schon für mehr als 2.000 Teilnehmer angewendet. Unternehmen arbeiten genauso im open space wie NGOs oder Schulen.

Die Titelseite des Papp-Schubers, in den die CDs gesteckt werden

Auf der CD erklärt zunächst einer der bekanntesten open space Begleiter Deutschlands, Michael M Pannwitz, wie open space funktioniert und warum das Verfahren so erfolgreich ist. Auf der zweiten CD beschreibt dann Henning Mielke von NACOA Deutschland seine Erfahrungen aus zwei Veranstaltungen und open space Begleiter Dr. Matthias zur Bonsen (er hat die Open Space Technology in Deutschland eingeführt) erzählt über die Einsatzmöglichkeiten in Unternehmen.

Hier kommt ihr zur Seite mit den Hörproben zur CD.

Die Doppel-CD wird während des WOSonOS vom 13. bis 15. Mai in Berlin 47 Euro, danach 69 Euro kosten. Sie ist ab Donnerstag in der Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche und hier auf unserer Website zu haben.

Unsere Interview-CD über open space nimmt Formen an!

2010-05-03T11:46:00.014+02:00

Erscheinungstermin: 12 Mai 2010 zum world open space on open space (WOSonOS) in Berlin.

EFD-Platz frei: Verständigung zwischen Roma und Rumänen

2010-04-20T14:37:00.000+02:00

In einem rumänischen Freiwilligenprojekt benutzen die Organisatoren den Sport, um rumänische und Roma stämmige Schüler zusammen zubringen. Ein spannendes Projekt, dass bereits begonnen hat und für das nun noch zwei weitere Freiwillige gesucht werden. Projektort ist die Uni-Stadt Craiova (rund 60.000 Einwohner). Dein Start sollte so schnell wie möglich sein, spätestens aber Mitte Mai. Das Projekt dauert noch bis 15. Dezember.

Wie immer im Europäischen Freiwilligendienst übernimmt die EU sämtliche Kosten der Freiwilligen.

Für eine Bewerbung sendet bitte so schnell wie möglich einen Lebenslauf und einen Motivationsbrief für dieses spezielle Projekt (beide auf Englisch) an info@erziehungsweise.org. Alle Infos zum Programm EFD findet ihr hier, die wichtigsten Fragen werden in der Rubrik Q&A beantwortet.

Hier findet ihr eine Kurzbeschreibung des Projekts unseres rumänischen Partners:

Short Description
SEED (Sport Education for intEgration Development) is a Group EVS project having as main aim the involvement, active participation and cooperation between Rroma and Romanian youngsters. The project will involve 10 volunteers from Programme Countries, and will be implemented in Craiova for 9 months, basically in three schools were Rroma youngsters are studying (only in a separated manner from the Romanian pupils).
The project aims also towards volunteer personal development, providing them opportunities for intercultural learning and cultural awareness, new skills and abilities development, multilinguism and use of sport as educational tool.
The project is divided in 5 main phases: a Capacity building training, the preparation of the activities schedule, through trainings and planning meetings, the implementation of the after-school non formal educational activities, the implementation of the Summer Camp and the Evaluation. Furthermore, during the whole duration of the project, weekly and monthly evaluation meetings will take place, in order to establish a constant reciprocal monitoring of the implementation of the project in between the volunteers and the project-coordinators.
Locations: Scoala n°26, Str. Banu Stepan nr.20, 200819 Craiova, Dolj, Romania.; Scoala n° 19, Str. Baraganului nr. 45, Craiova, Dolj, Romania. Scoala Generala Popoveni.

VOLUNTEER’S TASKS.
Amongst the concrete tasks of the volunteers we mention:
1. attend all the preparatory(Capacity Building Programme), training (On Arrival, Thematic trainings, Language sessions) and evaluation meetings (weekly and monthly evaluations) organized during the EVS project and directly related to it.
2. Attend the support and guiding meetings with the TRUST organization
3. prepare themselves for each meeting with the requested materials (for example: filling on time the monthly evaluation forms)
4. learn about the Rroma cultures, customs, way of life, etc
5. assist the organization stuff in the preparation, implementation and evaluation of the non formal educational activities for the Rroma and Romanian Youngsters
6. help prepare a Summer Campus for a mixed group of youngsters
1. record all their activities in a monthly electronic journal
2. Assist in working with the youngsters, propose activities, discussion topics, share opinions, cultural and traditional customs, etc.
3. Openly communicate with the mentor, his/her peer volunteers and the EVS coordinator
4. Display a decent and common sense behaviour in relation to the organization, the youngsters, local stakeholders and the local hosting community in general
5. Contribute to the visibility of the project in the community, especially amongst the target group (youngsters) as well as the local actors (public administration, education institutions, media, etc)
6. Be responsible and meet one’s tasks accordingly.

Fotos zum Türkei-Projekt

2010-04-13T17:15:00.000+02:00

Der Platz für den Kurz-EFD in Antalya ist noch nicht vergeben. Du kannst dich also weiterhin bewerben. Das Projekt im Rahmen des Europäischen Freiwilligendienstes (die EU übernimmt all deine Kosten) startet am 1. Juli und dauert bis Ende August. Dein Standort in der Türkei ist das Uni-Krankenhaus in Antalya. Genuer gesagt die Onkologie. In dem Freiwilligendienst wird es darum gehen, die Kinder der Station (die meisten warten auch eine Stammzellen-Transplantation) zu betreuen.

Hier sehr ihr einige Bilder von der Station und Freiwilligen, die schon vor euch dort waren.

Alle Fragen zum Programm beantwortet unsere FAQ-Seite. Wenn du dich für dieses Projekt bewerben willst, dann schicke ganz schnell eine E-Mail an info@erziehungsweise.org.

Mensch, di Lorenzo: Rot-rote Berliner Bildungspolitik der "Zeit" übergestülpt

2010-04-07T18:59:00.000+02:00

Die rot-rote Bildungspolitik in Berlin ist so herzerfrischend unerfolgreich. Das merkt hier eigentlich jeder. Mit Ausnahme des Senats, der meisten Lehrer und ihrem Haus- und Hoforgan "Der Tagesspiegel" vielleicht. Damit nun auch noch der Rest der Republik erfährt, wie man's nicht macht, hat Ex-Tagesspiegel-Chefredakteur Giovanni di Lorenzo seinem neuen Blatt "Die Zeit" eben mal das Berliner Modell übergestülpt. In einem kuriosen Artikel befasst sich die Zeit-Autorin Eva Hampl mit dem Thema "Schüler brauchen starke Eltern für den Erfolg".

Darin fordert der Erziehungswissenschaftler Werner Sacher unter anderem, dass es Aufgabe der Lehrer werden solle, "den Eltern fehlende Erziehungskompetenzen zu vermitteln". Na besten Dank. Ich kenne keinen Lehrer, von dem ich so etwas lernen möchte. Weiter wird Sacher mit den Worten zitiert, "die internationale Forschungsarbeit zeigt, dass Elternarbeit fruchtet, wenn die Eltern nah am Lernprozess der Kinder dran sind … Lehrer müssen Eltern in die Schule holen, sie anleiten, trainieren, zur Mitarbeit einladen, Lernhinweise geben und vieles mehr." Und dann kommt der Clou: "Der Anteil der Eltern am Lernerfolg der Kinder ist doppelt so hoch wie derjenige der Schule."

Während der gesunde Menschenverstand sofort sagt: Dann stimmt doch wohl mit dem System Schule etwas nicht, verschließen di Lorenzo und Kollegen in vorauseilendem Gehorsam zum Berliner Senat ganz fest die Augen vor der Realität und lassen einen Erziehungswissenschaftler die "richtigen" Konsequenzen ziehen.

Ein Blick nach draußen genügt: Die Schule ist längst überfordert, Nachhilfe-Institute schießen wie Pilze aus dem Boden und kassieren kräftig ab. Warum sie das können? Weil Lehrer immer weniger individuelle Zeit für Kinder haben. Elternarbeit funktioniert deshalb so gut, weil sie individuell ist. Wir müssen unsere Kinder immer länger in die Schule schicken, sie nehmen aber immer weniger von dort mit.

Ich frage mich, wie lange sich Eltern noch solche Aussagen stillschweigend anhören? Deutschland ist eines von wenigen zivilisierten Ländern auf der Welt, dass Heimunterricht und (anderswo sehr gut funktionierende) alternative Lernmodelle verbietet. Deutschland hat einen Schulzwang – ganz im Gegensatz zu den USA, Kanada, Frankreich, Großbritannien etc. Wir wissen, dass der Staat das sich selbst genommene Monopol auf Bildung nicht ausfüllen kann. Der Schulzwang muss fallen, damit Eltern die Bildung ihrer Kinder gegebenenfalls selbst in die Hand nehmen können.

Niemand muss, aber jeder sollte dürfen.

Oliver Wagner

Hier geht's zum zitierten Artikel in der Zeit.

EFD-Platz: Juli und August in einem türkischen Uni-Krankenhaus

2010-04-05T11:44:00.001+02:00

Achtung! An diesem Projekt können Freiwillige in einem Alter bis 30 Jahre teilnehmen.

Am 1. Juli startet ein zweimonatiger Europäischer Freiwilligendienst in einem Uni-Krankenhaus in Antalya. Die dort zu betreuenden Kinder brauchen eine Stammzellen-Transplantation, die Umgebung des Projekts kann also belastend sein.

Wie immer übernimmt die EU Kommission alle Kosten (siehe auch FAQ). Wenn du dich für dieses Projekt bewerben willst, dann schicke ganz schnell eine E-Mail an info@erziehungsweise.org.

Hier findest du weitere Details zum angebotenen Projekt, die uns die türkische Partnerorganisation geschickt hat.

This project is carried out at the Akdeniz University , Child Health and Pediatric, Root Cell Transplantation Unit, in the Hematology / Oncology Science Branch Policlinic. Volunteer spends time in common room for ill children, who don’t have to stay in isolated rooms. The volunteer is expected to develop ideas for activities and do the preparation. S/he will get necessary support from host organization on maximum level possible within the organization’s capacity. The volunteer should not forget that the children are out of the social life and they are waiting to recover soon. Therefore, the volunteer should be symphathetic and sensitive with them. The project requires devotion and the volunteer before accepts it should have detailed knowledge, in what kind of project area is that s/he will take part.
The volunteers don't have to be afraid, the Project takes place at hospital in a special room with couches and tables, where children during few hours treatment spend time. They are very bored, so our volunteers play with them draw, make some stuff from the paper. We will maket his Project first time as a short term and i am so happy about it- when we have break between old and new short terms the children are very bored and their parents too. There are no special skills we require, great english is not needed, also manual talents like painting – not nessessary. Just love for children, patience.

Aileen schreibt aus Spanien: Seminar mit 100 Freiwilligen

2010-04-05T11:05:00.000+02:00

Hallo nach Deutschland! :)

Ich bin in diesem Monat vom Glueck gesegnet, da mir in Madrid meine gesamte Reisetasche + Inhalt (d.h. auch PC mit allen wichtigen Daten) geklaut worden ist. So fange ich wieder von vorn an. Schoen. :)

Trotz allem bin ich von "buen humor", also vollgetankt mit positiver Energie. Ich hatte Ende Maerz mein "Mid Term Seminar" in Malaga, mit ueber 100 anderen Freiwilligen aus allen Teilen Spaniens - ja, die Haelfte waren Deutsche. Das war extrem bereichernd fuer mich; neben dem vollen
Tagesprogramm konnte man sich ordentlich austauschen. Was habe ich mit Begeisterung festgestellt?
...egal, aus welchen interessanten Projekten die Anderen kamen, beim Erzaehlen hatte ich immer das Gefuehl, mit dem meinem nie tauschen zu wollen.
Ein unglaubliches Gefuehl, nach einer Woche wieder nach Basida zu kommen und zu merken, wie sehr man manchen Patienten gefehlt hat und sie mir nicht weniger. :) Auch wenn es gut tut, mal rauszukommen...ich erlebe dieselben Personen ja Tag fuer Tag. Es sind 13 spezielle Patienten, mit denen wir Freiwilligen immer zusammen sind, sie werden liebevoll "peques", also "die Kleinen"genannt. Ich kenne Jeden inzwischen sehr gut. Waehrend des Winters habe ich hier sehr einsame Zeiten erlebt, dazu noch ziemlich viel Stress, weil es einfach an Freiwilligen mangelt. Um so wichtiger fuer mich, mal den Kopf frei zu kriegen...inzwischen bin ich erholt und auch nicht mehr "die Neue". Ich erledigemeine Aufgaben routinemaessig, obwohl es in diesem Haus eigentlich nie zur Routine kommt :). Es gibt auch keinen festen Aufgabenbereich; jeder tut das, wozu er faehig ist und kann sich frei fuehlen...
Wir leben zwar ziemlich weit vom Schuss (ehrlich gesagt), aber wer glaubt, dass es langweilig wird, der irrt sich. Es reicht schon, sich mit seiner Lieblings-Patientin unter einen Baum zu setzen und sich etwas von ihr erzaehlen zu lassen...

Ostern ist jetzt angekommen und wir feiern die "Heilige Woche" mit allem Zubehoer. Ein traumhafter Fruehling. Vielleicht bekomme ich es eines Tages hin, ein paar eingefangene Momente als Bilder zu schicken...
Kann nicht glauben, dass die Haelfte schon vorbei ist...
Bis dahin!

Aileen

Ein Hoch auf Sarrazin

2010-03-12T11:40:00.000+01:00

Gelungene Karikatur des deutschen Bildungssystems. Der Staat zwingt die Kinder in die Schule und möchte, dass die Eltern daraus auch noch eine Verpflichtung zur Zuarbeit hören. Sonst droht Liebesentzug.

Der ehemalige Berliner Finanzsenators Thilo Sarrazin hat mal wieder ein Thema so sehr überspitzt, dass die ganze Absurdität des Ganzen deutlich wird. Hier ist der Artikel aus der Süddeutschen nachzulesen.

Raus aus der Schmuddelecke

2010-03-09T17:50:00.000+01:00

Die FAZ hat die Anhänger von Homeschooling, Freilernen und anderen Alternativen zum deutschen Bildungssystem aus der Schmuddelecke geholt. In einem sehr ausführlichen Artikel über eine Familie aus Süddeutschland, die aus Furcht vor dem heimischen Jugendamt nach Österreich zog, zeigt Autor Alexander Marguier auf, wie sinnig und seriös die Gründe dieser ganz normalen Familie sind.

In der FAZ vom 8. März schreibt Marguier: "In den meisten Berichten über Schulverweigerer geht es denn auch um tiefreligiöse Elternhäuser, die ihre Kinder vor Irrlehren wie der Evolutionsgeschichte oder vor Sexualkunde schützen wollen. Man könnte auch sagen: Hierzulande denken viele erst mal an religiöse Spinner, wenn von Homeschooling die Rede ist. Eine Fehleinschätzung." Völlig angstfrei schildert der Autor die Motive von Freilernern. Weil er sich weder auf deren Seite schlägt, noch gegen sie wettert, kann sich der Leser ungestört ein eigenes Urteil bilden. Unbedingt lesenswert. Oliver Wagner

Vielen Dank an Jan Edel von Schulbildung in Familieninitiative e. V., der uns auf den Beitrag aufmerksam gemacht hat.

Den ganzen FAZ-Artikel lesen.

Bildungsfreiheit für Deutschland P.S.

2010-03-03T12:14:00.000+01:00

http://www.1000kraniche.info/

Bildungsfreiheit für Deutschland

2010-03-02T13:06:00.000+01:00

Mehr als 1000 Kraniche für die Bundeskanzlerin
„Die Eltern haben ein vorrangiges Recht, die Art der Bildung zu wählen, die ihren Kindern zuteil werden soll.“ (Art.26, Abs. 3 Deklaration der Menschenrechte, 1948)

Es sollen mehr als 1000 Origami-Kraniche gefaltet werden, damit dieses Menschenrecht in Deutschland endlich umgesetzt wird!

Bereits 4384 Kraniche gefaltet!

Am 4.3.2010 findet die Abschlussveranstaltung zu dieser Aktion und die Übergabe der Kraniche beim Bundeskanzleramt statt:

Datum/Ort: 4.3.2010 von 11-12 Uhr / Forum vor dem Bundeskanzleramt in Berlin
Alle Interessierten sind herzlich zu dieser Veranstaltung eingeladen!

erziehungsweise e.V. wünscht der Aktion viel Erfolg!!!

In den Norden von Island

2010-02-28T19:40:00.001+01:00

Ein Jahr im schönen Island – dieser spannende EFD-Platz ist jetzt zu besetzen. Start ist im September, das Projekt dauert 12 Monate.
Im Ort Akureyri, im Norden Islands, begleitet ihr das Team des Roten Kreuzes im Heim für geistig Behinderte „Laut“. Hier die Kurzbeschreibung aus Island:
„The aim of the day centers is to socially integrate, otherwise isolated, mentally ill people, to help them to change their routines and add something extra to their lives. The aim is also to improve their quality of life, and strengthen physiological, physical and sociological well-being of the guests. Furthermore, the aim is to help the guests to increase their skills in participation in daily activities.
The volunteer's tasks will be to assist the staff in the shelters taking care of the mentally ill. He/she will be asked to be the extra staff that otherwise would not be hired, a helping hand and a caring friend. It is important to have in mind that the volunteer will be working with sometimes fragile people, people who suffer from a mental illness but do not need to be hospitalized.

Interessiert? Dann schreibt am besten gleich eine Mail, denn der Platz wird sehr schnell vergeben werden.

Grüße aus Spanien

2010-02-26T18:09:00.001+01:00

Aileen ist seit November 2009 in Spanien und begleitet dort Aids-Kranke. In einer Mail an uns berichtet sie von ihren ersten EFD-Erlebnissen:

Hallo! :)
Die ersten 6 Wochen in Aranjuez sind vergangen, ohne dass ich es mitbekommen habe. Entschuldigung für das lange Schweigen, ich lebe noch ;)! Es gibt schon viel zu berichten, aber ich werde mich möglichst kurz fassen:
Wenn man mich fragen würde, wie ich die ersten Wochen hier erlebt habe, könnte ich keine genaue Antwort geben. Die Eingewöhnung in dieses Projekt war erst mal nicht einfach; ich habe sehr wenig verstanden und es gab entsprechend viele (lustige) Missverständnisse und Unsicherheiten! Auch meine Stimmung schwankte von einem Hoch zum nächsten Tief…ich habe Zeit gebraucht, mich an die eine oder andere Aufgabe heranzutrauen, denn der Umgang mit den Patienten ist nicht leicht. Vor allem zu verstehen, in welcher Situation sie sich befinden, was jeder Einzelne benötigt usw. Jeder ist speziell, deswegen habe ich erst mal lieber beobachtet als gehandelt. Inzwischen bereitet mir das aber keine Sorgen mehr und auch die Kommunikation wird von Tag zu Tag leichter, wie mir scheint :). Einen Kulturschock habe ich nicht wirklich mitbekommen, dass sich die Gewohnheiten ein wenig ändern, war ja klar. Ich habe mich hier außerdem von Anfang an so herzlich aufgenommen gefühlt, dass ich gar keine Zeit für Heimweh hatte! Es herrscht eine sehr warme, angenehme Atmosphäre…ich bin praktisch nie allein, ständig von kontaktfreudigen Leuten umgeben. Auch Belén in Madrid ist mir eine große Hilfe bei all meinen Fragen. Ich bin zwar die einzige Deutsche hier, aber das hat natürlich den Vorteil, dass ich wirklich Spanisch lerne :).
Den Alltag habe ich mir anders vorgestellt (wenn ich von der Beschreibung im Internet ausgehe), vor allem die Arbeit die wir hier täglich verrichten. Es stört mich nicht, immer dasselbe zu tun, es bereitet mir wirklich Freude. Ich habe nur das Bedürfnis, mir auch die anderen Bereiche in diesem Haus anzuschauen…hoffe, dass sich Zeit dafür findet. Es gibt noch viel zu entdecken. Jeder Tag fordert, wir sind von früh bis spät auf den Beinen, auch am Wochenende. Trotzdem stehe ich mit einem Lächeln auf. Es ist sehr schön für mich, den Bewohnern etwas geben zu können. Der Umgang mit ihnen bereichert ungemein… es sind die Kleinigkeiten, die den Alltag sehr aufwerten :).
Alles in allem bin ich sehr glücklich mit dieser Wahl (und das sage ich nicht, um Stress zu vermeiden ;)). Auch die Weihnachtszeit ist einfach ein Wunder (es gab sogar eine Menge Schnee).
Na gut, das war‘s erst mal.

Liebe Grüße nach Deutschland und bis bald! Ich hoffe, der Winter ist ertragbar.
Aileen