1st project

📌 About the project:

In Leipzig, there are several openings for ESC volunteering in kindergarten ("KiTa"). All kindergartens belong to the Berufsbildungswerk Leipzig Hören-Sprache-Kommunikation (BBW) and differ in their thematic focus and their size. Some have smaller groups and some have bigger groups.

For spring 2024 volunteers for the following kindergartens are required:

BBW "Bremer Str." (Aesthetic education, inclusive education and integration, religious education)
BBW "Blaues Haus" (nature and sustainability, inclusive education and integration, religious education)
BBW "Wilmar-Schwabe-Str." (sports, gardening, inclusive education and integration)
BBW "Wurzner Str." (handcraft, language education, community building with intercultural district, inclusive education and integration)

📌 Activities proposed:

The volunteer will work in a group with children between 3 and 7 years.
The volunteer supports the workers in their daily routines with the kids e.g. preparation of meals, playing & watching out for the kids playing outside, accompanying the children to their activities.
The volunteer will get to know a pedagogic insight into the open work concept of the institution. This means that children often have a lot of freedom and independence in shaping their day.
He/she/They shall actively enter aspects of his/her/their own culture into the daily life with the kids and create special projects around this.

📌 Accommodation

There are three different flats for our volunteers. All flats are shared flats with kitchen, bathroom and living rooms. All volunteers have their single bedroom. One flat is directly in our social cultural center »Die VILLA« and has a big roof terrace. VILLA is close to the City center near the train station. In VILLA flat live 7 volunteers. Another flat is just around the corner, where 5 volunteers are hosted. In the eastern part of the city (10 minutes from the city center by Tram) is the third flat. This flat is shared with two other ESC organizations from Leipzig.

📌 Selection process and criteria

Selection criteria:

interest in working with children in a kindergarten
depending on the profile of the kindergarten: being creative & imaginative / language requirements in those kindergartens with bilingual profile / open-minded and communicative behavior
some basic knowledge in German language is a plus
age 18-26 years
vaccination measles required – proof needed

Selection process:

Please complete the online questionnaire you find here. All applications will be collected until the deadline, then all applications that are complete will be forwarded to the responsibles of the hosting organizations who will decide about the candidate. The selection process takes a few weeks, maximum 2 months. You will be informed about the acceptance or rejection as soon as possible.

2nd project

📌 About the project:

Kindervereinigung Leipzig e.V. (KVL) is an organization for child and youth service. Kindervereinigung runs 13 children day-care centers, takes care of 25 day mothers, carries out school social work at 24 schools as well as school clubs at 7 schools in Leipzig and surrounding areas. In addition, KVL has 13 open clubs for youth and projects and organizes holiday activities for children and teenagers. KVL currently employs around 380 full-time staff. The work of the association is supported by about 200 volunteer workers including Bufdis (German volunteer service).

📌 Activities proposed:

The volunteer can be involved in different projects in the house. It is expected that he/she/they is present at the Competence Center for International Youth Work and non-formal Education for about 50 percent of the time. Depending on their skills, the focus of their work can be on public relations, organizing meetings or working with young people. In addition, the volunteer can choose which other projects in the house he/she/they would like to be involved in. Volunteers can gain experience in organizing international projects, in open youth work with the play mobile or in cultural youth education. If the volunteer is interested in prevention work in the field of sects/cults/extremist groups and speaks German well enough, he/she/they can also support this colleague. The focus is determined on the work together with the volunteer at the beginning of the placement year.

📌 Accommodation

There are three different flats for our volunteers. All flats are shared flats with kitchen, bathroom and living rooms. All volunteers have their single bedroom. One flat is directly in our social cultural center »Die VILLA« and has a big roof terrace. VILLA is close to the City center near the train station. In VILLA flat live 7 volunteers. Another flat is just around the corner, where 5 volunteers are hosted. In the eastern part of the city (10 minutes from the city center by Tram) is the third flat. This flat is shared with two other ESC organizations from Leipzig.

📌 Selection process and criteria

Selection criteria:

Interest in working with young people,
some organizational skills, open-mindedness, and own ideas.
We are little focussed on specific selection criteria, having a great potential of integration.
Measles vaccination is mandatory!

Selection process:

Please complete the online application. All applications will be collected until the deadline, after that all applications that are completed will be forwarded to the responsibilities of the Kindervereinigung/KAOS, who then decide about the candidate. You will be informed about acceptance or rejection as soon as possible.

3rd project

📌 About the project:

The Free Rudolf Steiner School Leipzig was founded in 1990 and accommodates about 350 students. The Rudolf Steiner School leads students from grade 1 to grade 13. The ESC will be in the day nursery, which is associated with the school. The Rudolf Steiner pedagogy pursues a holistic approach within children's mental and intellectual education. The curriculum is structured by the pupils' stages of development and aims at supporting and developing intellectual, mental and physical skills appropriate for the respective age. The day nursery offers a mentoring program in the afternoon for grades 1-4 (6 – 10 years). The staff of the Free Rudolf Steiner school consists of around 50 members. Two members are directly involved in the project. Moreover, there are between 50 and 100 adult voluntary helpers working at the school.

📌 Activities proposed:

The volunteer will mainly be active in the day nursery (grades 1-4 / 6-10 years) to support the staff during the lunch times and the afternoon activities (games, special projects). According to the interests of the volunteer, he/she/they may also carry through special creative projects with the kids (singing, dancing…). The volunteer shall present aspects of his/her/their own country, e.g. music, language, games, handicraft or cooking. The volunteer´s own ideas can be realized in every-day work during the afternoons as well as in various projects, parties etc. The volunteer also has the chance to develop an own project during the year. The opportunities for children and teenagers to acquire intercultural competence are scarce in the East of Germany. Thus, the Waldorf nursery sees a volunteer as a huge enrichment! Being a self-administrative community with the support of 240 families, we are open to any kind of integration for the volunteer. The volunteer can take part in a language course.

📌 Accommodation

There are three different flats for our volunteers. All flats are shared flats with kitchen, bathroom and living rooms. All volunteers have their single bedroom. One flat is directly in our social cultural center »Die VILLA« and has a big roof terrace. VILLA is close to the City center near the train station. In VILLA flat live 7 volunteers. Another flat is just around the corner, where 5 volunteers are hosted. In the eastern part of the city (10 minutes from the city center by Tram) is the third flat. This flat is shared with two other ESC organizations from Leipzig.

📌 Selection process and criteria

Selection criteria:

Interest in working with children
open-mindedness, own ideas, autonomy
We are little focussed on specific selection criteria, having a great potential of integration.
Measles vaccination is mandatory!

Selection process:

Please complete the online questionnaire. All applications will be collected until the deadline, then all applications that are complete will be forwarded to the responsibles of the Waldorf nursery who decide about the candidate. The selection process takes about 1 month. You will get an answer within 2 months.

4th project

📌 About the project:

The Markleeberg „eco-house“ of the CJD Saxony opened on September 2020. Originally it was built with local wood, straw and clay in 2008 and 2009 as a straw bale house with a green roof. It is located in the 50 hectare Agra Park, which was originally created in 1890 and is now a memorial of garden art. Some parts of the park are a landscape protection area "Leipziger Auwald" as well as protected under European Bird sanctuary.

The „eco-house“ combines youth work with gardening and nature. But also wants to develop the house as open meeting places for naturalists, nature adventure garden, with special school holiday and youth programs and project days to heighten an awareness for natural habitat. Children and young people strengthen their social skills and responsible behavior and develop their skills in natural science, art and the environment.

A second working place is a youth center/open point for children and youth not far from the eco-house. It is a place where young people design their leisure time supported by the staff. Apart from games, sports and music, job orientation and learning to lead a self-sustained life are important topics of the work with the youth.

📌 Activities proposed:

In the eco-house the volunteer works with young people, in the garden area and on the different projects. Beside daily gardening there are special nature youth activities that can be supported or created by the volunteer. The volunteers help within nature education projects and it is foreseen that the volunteer develops and realizes with the support of the staff own nature education offers. The eco-house is still in the initial phase so ideas and the volunteer's own projects are welcome. In the youth club the volunteers support the youth and the staff, designing and carrying through leisure activities on a daily basis as well as special projects which have a longer duration. The volunteer shall bring aspects of his or her own country into the work, e.g. music, games, sports, language, cooking or handicraft.

Two seminars organized by NA. In addition, there will be several project days towards topics of Europe / mobility in Europe for all ESC volunteers.

📌 Accommodation

There are three different flats for our volunteers. All flats are shared flats with kitchen, bathroom and living rooms. All volunteers have their single bedroom. One flat is directly in our social cultural center »Die VILLA« and has a big roof terrace. VILLA is close to the City center near the train station. In VILLA flat live 7 volunteers. Another flat is just around the corner, where 5 volunteers are hosted. In the eastern part of the city (10 minutes from the city center by Tram) is the third flat. This flat is shared with two other ESC organizations from Leipzig.

📌 Selection process and criteria

Selection criteria:

Interest in working with youth people
Interest in working in nature you should like working and being outside, working with wood, plants...)
Open-mindedness and self-initiative.
Age limit: 26.
Measles vaccination is mandatory and proof is needed.

Selection process:

Please complete the online questionnaire . All applications will be collected until the deadline, then all applications that are complete will be forwarded to the responsibles of the hosting organization who decide about the candidate. The selection process takes 1-2 months. You will get an answer within 2 months.

5th project

📌 About the project:

The Westflügel Leipzig is an international production center for contemporary figure and object theater. In our programming we put an emphasis on the international ensemble connected with our theater, the support of upcoming artists in the field of figure theater and related genres and the desire to be open to artistic experimentation. In addition to the associated ensembles who work here regularly, Wilde & Vogel and Lehmann and Wenzel, Westflügel maintains a permanent working relationship with many artists and is closely linked to the national and international theater scene.
Westflügel’s historically protected art nouveau building has held theater performances since 2003, as well as ball nights, modern dance performances, concerts, exhibitions and more. The focus of our program lies on object theater and puppetry. We take part in (co)producing and supporting new productions as well as showing international performances.
The building is owned by the association Lindenfels Westflügel e. V., founded in 2005. The association is also responsible for carefully rehabilitating and preserving this historic landmark. In 2012 the (culture) bar Froelich & Herrlich opened on the ground floor. The bar is open on Fridays as well as during the events at Westflügel. An active team of volunteers supports the staff in running the theater and the bar.

Since 2011 Westflügel has been institutionally supported by the city of Leipzig.

📌 Activities proposed:

The range of tasks that arise in the theater is wide. Due to the very small structure, it is possible to respond to the talents and interests of the team members.

Your tasks will include the evening services at the house (on average, this is 1-2 per week and includes performance support and bar service). Further tasks which are handles by everyone in the team are taking care of the guest ensembles and the daily tasks at the house (from cleaning the toilets to heating the ovens to cleaning the guest apartment)

Tasks in which you could gain experience and contribute are e.g.
- event organization
- Press and public relations
- Management of a cultural enterprise
- Technical realization of the guest performances
- Support of the volunteers

Depending on your interests, it is possible to bring in your own ideas in these areas and implement them (e.g. your own social media channel, a series of events in the bar, etc.).

Since this is NOT a theater group, there won't be the possibility to be on stage or to be part of a production.

📌 Accommodation

There are three different flats for our volunteers. All flats are shared flats with kitchen, bathroom and living rooms. All volunteers have their single bedroom. One flat is directly in our social cultural center »Die VILLA« and has a big roof terrace. VILLA is close to the City center near the train station. In VILLA flat live 7 volunteers. Another flat is just around the corner, where 5 volunteers are hosted. In the eastern part of the city (10 minutes from the city center by Tram) is the third flat. This flat is shared with two other ESC organizations from Leipzig.

📌 Selection criteria

To work with this team, you should have an interest in theater, the organization of an independent cultural institution and a high level of personal commitment. Since the organization is responsible for everything themselves, you should work as independently as possible and be committed and reliable. You should be keen on a certain degree of improvisation and have an interest in communication and people in general. You should have a desire for teamwork and negotiating decisions.

📌NB: There are no participation fees.

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