Weltwärts Program Volunteer Program
Weltwärts Program is a volunteer service program patronized and sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), aims at fostering voluntary services abroad. The program is called weltwärts, literally “towards the world”, as it is meant to build awareness of the world among German youth, directing attention towards the world’s challenges and what young people can contribute to solve them.
Scholarships will be given to young Germans who want to join a development project abroad as a volunteer worker for a period of 12 months. Young volunteer from Germany who participates in Weltwarts program are around 18-29 years old and non-expert. Through Bina Antarbudaya/AFS they become a volunteer in the local community project organization abroad. The AFS hosting countries of Weltwarts program are: Malaysia, Ghana, Turki, Egypt, China, Filipina, India, Saudi Arabia, Thailand.
If in regular AFS program, students is placed in hosting schools, in Weltwarts program, volunteer participants will be placed and involve in the local Community Project Organization (CPO). Weltwarts young volunteers will stay in host family and can learn leaderships by helping Indonesia local community project organization (CPO) to face the challenges and problems in our society. We hope both the volunteer and the CPO can learn intercultural experiences as well as develop the global awareness, sensitivity and personal development.
CPO or project organization in Indonesia who are interested in hosting Weltwarts volunteer, are invited to make a registration at our Bina Antarbudaya Chapters, explaining about your organization, projects and requesting the need of volunteer to do your project. To be able to become A weltwärts project (is an organisation hosting a weltwärts volunteer), project organisations have to register and receive accreditation from the German Government in order to host a weltwärts volunteer, through Bina Antarbudaya/AFS.
