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ESC: Youth work in the local school club-YMCA Kodersdorf

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About the project

ESC: Youth work in the local school club-YMCA Kodersdorf

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The YMCA Landesverband Schlesische Oberlausitz e.V. is a Christian umbrella organization that involves several local YMCA organizations in and near Görlitz and since 1990 carries out its missionary work in various fields of activity. The main guideline of the YMCA states that its work is essential, it perceives mankind as a unity of spirit, soul and body, in his relationship with himself, with other people, and with God. The main target groups of our work are children and youth but we try to respond to the needs of the local community and to the challenges of our time, that is why we have also started working with refugees and families with disabled children. We organize various activities on a regular basis for children and youth in the field of leisure, sports, music, and evangelism. We also organize seminars for volunteers and coworkers, summer camps, one or more day-long activities for the different target groups. DEUTSCHE VERSION - - - Der CVJM Schlesische Oberlausitz e.V. wurde im Jahre 1990 gegründet mit dem Motto „Klein – aber wenig“, das vor rund 10 Jahren von „lebendig, wendig, fromm“ abgelöst wurde, weil dies als treffender erschien. Der CVJM steht für leidenschaftlichen Glauben sowie die Liebe zu (jungen) Menschen und sieht diese als eine Einheit von Geist, Seele und Leib. Aus diesem Auftrag heraus hat der CVJM Landesverband Schlesische Oberlausitz folgende Tätigkeitsschwerpunkte für sich festgelegt: • Sozial orientierte offene Arbeit mit Kindern und Jugendlichen als anerkannter freier Träger der Jugendhilfe (Sozial- und Bildungsarbeit) • Christlich-missionarische Arbeit als Werk der Evangelischen Kirche Berlin-Brandenburg-Schlesische Oberlausitz • Grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit in der Euroregion Neiße und Weltdienstarbeit mit Partnern in Mittel- und Osteuropa, Israel sowie in Afrika. Die Arbeit geschieht in vielfältigen Formen der Jugendarbeit, der Jugendbildungs- und Jugendsozialarbeit, Kinderarbeit, Erwachsenenarbeit sowie Arbeit mit Menschen mit Behinderung und mit Geflüchteten: • Betreuung und Beratung der einzelnen Vereine sowie die örtlichen Gruppen der Jungen Gemeinde im Kirchengebiet. • Organisation und Durchführung von Freizeiten, Jugendwochen, Treffen, Jugendtagen und Mitarbeiterschulungen • Sport-, Musik-, Jungschararbeit • Arbeit mit jungen Erwachsenen, Familien, Alleinlebenden • Arbeit an Sachthemen wie Evangelisation, Frieden, Solidarität, Bewahrung der Schöpfung

💼 What the programme involves

Our Organisation, the YMCA Kodersdorf e.V. is a small Christian organization in Kodersdorf, near Görlitz. We are running a school club at the local school with students aged between 10 to 16 years. Our purpose is to create a place for students where they are enabled to be themselves and to grow in their personalities and talents. Further, we want to meet them with God´s love and give them the opportunity to get to know Christianity. Our work has different areas: sports, playing games, music, spending time with the students but also organization and logistics. The school club includes a small café opened during breaks and after lessons partly up to the evening. Every Friday we meet to do some more sports, cook and have dinner and devotion together. Usually, your working time will be from 8.30 am to 4 pm (Fridays from 11.00 to 8 pm) and will include a few weekends during the year.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will share a flat with other European volunteers. The flat will be located in Görlitz. You can go to work by public transportation. Cost for accommodation, food, and transportation will be covered.

🎒 Leisure activities

Language course

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: You should like to work with young people and have empathy for them. Required: team spirit, outgoing personality, self-reliance, willingness to assume responsibility, you must be open to Christian values, skills either in sports/ handicraft work/ music, basic skills in the German language are helpful
Deadline: 01/06/2025 13:41

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.

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📅 Available sessions

DE43173

01/08/2025 → 31/07/2026

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
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Deadline: 01/06/2025

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–30 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

02 Kodersdorf, Germany

Germany

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 22:04 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English German