🏢 About the local organisation
Deutsch:
Der Verein FAIRbund ist ein freier Träger der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe in Leipzig. FAIRbund ist eine gemeinnützige Einrichtung mit vielfältigen Angeboten. Arbeitsschwerpunkte des Vereins sind der Betrieb von sechs Kindertageseinrichtungen, der Bereich Hilfen zur Erziehung (Tagesgruppe, Wohngruppe, Ambulante Familienhilfen), die Führung von Vormundschaften, Angebote der Familienbildung und Hilfen für Familien mit Neugeborenen, Kindertagespflege, Schulsozialarbeit, Projekte mit Partnern in Europa, Erziehungs- und Familienberatung, ein Soziokulturelles Zentrum sowie Projekte mit Ehrenamtlichen. Jede Kindertagesstätte des FAIRbund e.V. hat ein eigenes Profil entwickelt. Themen in den Einrichtungen sind u.a. frühkindliche Bildung,
interkulturelles Lernen, Sprachentwicklung, naturpädagogisches Arbeiten und gruppenoffenes Arbeiten. Jedes Jahr nehmen unsere Kindertagesstätten Freiwillige in ihr Team auf, die aktiv an der Gestaltung des Alltags mitwirken und mit eigenen Ideen und Angeboten die Arbeit der Kindergärten aktiv unterstützen. Sie inspirieren die Kinder und Familien und helfen mit ihren Ideen das Leben in einer multikulturellen Gemeinschaft zu stärken. Im EU-Austauschprojekte Büro hat jedes Jahr ein/e Freiwillige/r die Möglichkeit bei der Vorbereitung von Jugendlichen aus Deutschland auf einen Auslandsaufenthalt oder bei der Ausrichtung einer Jugendbegegnung aktiv mitzuwirken. Eigene Ideen sind gerne gesehen und inbesondere bei der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit - Filme drehen, Erstellung von Beiträgen auf Instagram, Facebook und der Webseite können sich Freiwillige aktiv einbringen. Seit 2017 ist der FAIRbund e.V. Träger des soziokulturellen Zentrums Buddehaus und nimmt seitdem auch jeweils eine/n Freiwillige/n auf. Das soziokulturelle Zentrum bietet dem Freiwilligen eine Vielzahl von Möglichkeiten eigene kleine Projekte im kulturellen Bereich zu realisieren und gleichzeitig die alltägliche Arbeit des Zentrums zu unterstützen. Darüber hinaus besteht die Möglichkeit, für 3-6 Monate in einer sozialpädagogisch betreuten Wohngruppe eine/n Freiwillige/n zu empfangen, welche/r insbesondere am Nachmittag oder an den Wochenenden und zu Ferienfahrten die Arbeit mit den Kindern und Jugendlichen unterstützen möchte.
Englisch:
The FAIRbund organisation is an independent sponsor of child and youth welfare in Leipzig. FAIRbund is a non-profit organisation with a wide range of services. The association's work focuses on the operation of six day-care facilities for children, the area of educational assistance (day-care group, residential group, outpatient family assistance), the management of guardianship, family education and assistance for families with newborn babies, day-care for children, school social work, projects with partners in Europe, educational and family counselling, a socio-cultural centre and projects with volunteers. Each day care centre of the FAIRbund e.V. has developed its own profile. Topics in the facilities include early childhood education,
intercultural learning, language development, nature education and open group work. Every year, our day care centres accept volunteers into their team, who actively participate in shaping everyday life and actively support the work of the kindergartens with their own ideas and offers. They inspire the children and families and with their ideas they help to strengthen life in a multicultural community. Every year, the EU Exchange Projects Office gives one volunteer the opportunity to actively participate in preparing young people from Germany for a stay abroad or in organising a youth exchange. Own ideas are welcome and especially in the field of public relations - making films, writing articles on Instagram, Facebook and the website are examples wherre the volunteer can get actively involved.
Since 2017, the FAIRbund e.V. has been the sponsor of the socio-cultural centre Buddehaus and since then it has been accepting one volunteer in the centre. The socio-cultural centre offers the volunteer a variety of opportunities to realise his or her own small projects in the cultural field and at the same time support the daily work of the centre. In addition, there is the possibility to receive a volunteer for 3-6 months in a socio-pedagogically supervised residential group, who could support the work with the children and young people, especially in the afternoon or on weekends and holiday trips.
💼 What the programme involves
The kindergarten is working inclusively and would like to become a „Welcoming kindergarten“ with a focus on helping families with migration backgrounds, refugees experiences and with diverse social living circumstances. The kindergarten is well integrated in the local community. There is a cooperation with the neighbouring European primary school „Erich-Kästner“. In the neigbourhood the socio-cultural centre „Buddehaus“ is located, which also offers great opportunities to organize common projects like parent evenings or theatre for children. The tasks of the volunteer will be supporting the educators in their daily tasks and supporting the children in the age 3-6 years old. The volunteer can implement an own project and will be supported with that by the collegues. The presence of the volunteer will facilitate multi-cultural and multi-linguistic daily kindergarten life. The project is opened for the candidates with the EU residency.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers normally live in a shared accomodation: having an own room, but sharing a kitchen and a bathroom. Money for food, pocket money and money for a public transport ticket will be transfered each month on your banking account. The sum is regulated by the German National Agency: it is 473 Euro. The flat will be located not far away from the working placement. Leipzig is considered to be new Berlin. It is fastly growing city with vibrant culture and big international community.
If the volunteer stays for 12 months he will have 24 holiday days (2 holiday days per month).
🎒 Leisure activities
The volunteer has the task of contributing with his culture and projects to the kindergarten daily routines. The first week will be introductory, then the volunteer will have regular meetings with the mentor and the tutor. Normally volunteers attend 1 or 2 seminars organised by the German National Agency for reflecting on the project and meeting other volunteers. We will help you to find a suitable German course.
Here is a short description from official website: https://verein-fairbund.de/kindertagesstaetten/richterstrasse/
Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eu.fairbund/
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: The volunteer should be able to speak German at the level at least A2-B1 and be interested in:
- working with children aged 3-6 years;
- developing small projects for children and families.
The general responsibility for facilitating and implementing projects lies with the educators but the sense of responsibility will be also requested from the volunteer. TO APPLY: please send to
[email protected] your CV, cover letter and filled application form that you download here: https://verein-fairbund.de/eu-projekt/freiwilligendienste/freiwilligendienst-in-leipzig/
Deadline: Application deadline: 09/04/2023
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.