📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Act for Transformation, established in 2007, is a dynamic non-profit dedicated to civil conflict transformation, peace education & global learning. Our mission is to foster positive change, particularly among youth, refugees, teachers, students, and marginalized groups
Key Activities:
-We collaborate with partner schools, youth clubs and advancing global learning, inclusion, and democracy education.
-Actively participating in different volunteer programs, we annually send and host volunteers, supporting projects in Georgia, Armenia, Uganda, Sudan, and Georgia.
-Conducting courses like "fairtogether" and "Demokratie Berater," we train multipliers, with a special focus on marginalized youth. Since 2020, 100 youth have been trained in the fairtogether methodology.
-Engaging in projects since 2016, we focus on capacity building among marginalized youth in Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia, including training courses and organizing intercultural exchanges.
-Coordinating the "Ukrainian support network" in Aalen, we provide inclusion activities and psycho-social support to Ukrainian refugees.
-In 2022, we have hosted a Civil Peace Service Worker from Sudan, contributing to peacebuilding efforts and fostering collaboration between communities.
Target groups:
- Empowering youth and pedagogues through capacity-building, exchange and volunteering.
- Support for refugees through training and inclusion initiatives.
- Collaborating with CSOs in conflict regions for conflict transformation
act for transformation, gegründet im Jahr 2007, ist eine
gemeinnützige Genossenschaft, die sich der zivilen Konflikttransformation,
Friedensbildung und Globalem Lernen widmet. Unsere Mission ist es,
positive Veränderungen zu fördern, insbesondere unter Jugendlichen,
Geflüchteten, Pädagog:innen, Schüler:innen und von Marginalisierung betroffenen Gruppen.
Hauptaktivitäten:
* Wir arbeiten mit Partnerschulen, Jugendclubs und fördern Globales
Lernen, Inklusion und Demokratiebildung.
* Durch die aktive Teilnahme an verschiedenen Freiwilligenprogrammen
senden und empfangen wir jährlich Freiwillige, die Projekte in
Georgien, Armenien, Uganda, Sudan und Georgien unterstützen.
* Durchführung von Kursen wie "fairtogether" und "Demokratieberatung",
schulen wir Multiplikator:innen, mit einem besonderen Fokus auf
von Marginalisierung betroffenen Jugendliche. Seit 2020 wurden 100 Jugendliche in der
interaktiven sozialpädagogischen Methodik „fairtogether“ geschult.
* Seit 2016 engagieren wir uns in Projekten, die sich auf den
Kapazitätsaufbau bei von Mariginalisierung betroffenen Jugendlichen in Georgien,
Aserbaidschan und Armenien konzentrieren, einschließlich Schulungen
und Organisation interkultureller Jugendbegegnungen.
* Als Koordinationsstelle des "Ukrainian support network" in Aalen bieten wir
Inklusionsaktivitäten und psychosoziale Unterstützung für
ukrainische Geflüchtete an.
* Im Jahr 2022 haben wir eine Friedensfachkraft im ZFD Programm aus dem Sudan
aufgenommen, die zu Friedensbaumaßnahmen beigetragen und die
Zusammenarbeit zwischen Gemeinschaften in Deutschland und Sudan gefördert hat.
Zielgruppen:
* Stärkung von Jugendlichen und Pädagog:innen durch Kapazitätsaufbau,
Austausch und Freiwilligenarbeit.
* Unterstützung von Geflüchteten durch Schulungen und
Inklusionsinitiativen.
* Zusammenarbeit mit zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen in
Konfliktregionen für Konflikttransformation.
💼 What the programme involves
Are you based in Germany, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Poland, and Spain, and looking for a meaningful way to get involved in peace education, nonviolent conflict transformation, global learning, intercultural exchange, and youth action? Join us at Um-Welthaus, our vibrant educational house in Aalen, Germany, where local and international people, ideas, and initiatives come together.
You will support non-formal peace education, help organize creative and inclusive events, and work with diverse groups, including youth and children and refugees.
You will be actively involved in:
- Co-organizing peace education event and seminars
- Supporting intercultural and educational activities like excursions, festivals, camps, etc., for youth, children and families
- Helping with media and visibility
- Supporting the creation of and running workshops, both online and on-site
- Organising leisure activities for children during holidays or bringing in your own ideas to contribute.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be hosted in a shared flat in the centre of Aalen, just a 5-minute walk from the train station and our office. Monthly food allowance and pocket money are provided according to ESC guidelines. Travel costs to and from Aalen will be reimbursed based on ESC distance bands, and local transport related to project activities is also covered.
🎒 Leisure activities
Volunteers receive thorough preparation through a sending organization (if based outside Germany), an on-arrival orientation, and ongoing mentoring and check-ins. Depending on the project, you may also join thematic workshops, trainings and seminars on peacebuilding, sustainability, democracy or nonviolent communication, etc.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: We are looking for motivated young people (aged 18–30) who are curious, open-minded, and ready to take part in social and intercultural work. You don’t need to be an expert, just interested in areas outlined above.
We especially welcome volunteers from diverse backgrounds and those with fewer opportunities.
While English is widely used, knowledge of German (B1 LEVEL OR ABOVE) is required it for some project work. Knowledge of Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Arabic, or French is a bonus, as we work with diverse communities. But don’t worry, you will have plenty of chances to improve your German (and other skills) through language learning, everyday practice and support from our team.
Deadline: 29/08/2025 23:59
ℹ️ Additional information
The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?
- Training before and after the project
- Health insurance during your project
- round-trip travel reimbursement
- accommodation and food
- pocket money
- language course
- Return Week-end
- Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport
Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (
https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.