Creative and intercultural activities with children
Germany
Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: June 21 - July 12
Description:
In Osterwieck in the Harz Mountains, you'll be able to participate in the work with kids and teenagers and be creative in different parts. In age-based groups, you can bring the culture of your home country to German kids and teenagers - your culture, language, country and people, friends and family, tales and history. The kids are looking forward to playing, singing, listening to tales from all over the world and doing many other things with you. In addition, its very important, that you bring along ideas for games, music, creative handicraft and recipes from your home country. For example photos, cards and books about the city and the country, where you are living, may help you at this work here. You will work in kindergarten or the after-school care club, where you will take care of kids in the age of 1 to 10 and will work with them in self-prepared projects. In the first days youll have time to prepare for the projects together and to put together a great programme as a group. The small town Osterwieck is situated in Saxony-Anhalt, 86 km from Magedeburg and 48 km from Braunschweigh. Osterwieck is 1025 years old, lies in a beautiful valley in between two mountains.
Cost in US$: $290 US
Experience Required: no
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Volunteer Types :
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- arts
- childcare/children
- cooking
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- playgrounds
- youth
- youth development
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Typical Volunteer: motivated to work voluntarily within an international youth team, tolerant, open-minded and cooperative young person with adventurous spirit.
Age Range: 16 - 26 years old
This Program is open to
American
and Canadian
Participants.
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Typical Living Arrangements :
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Participants Travel to Germany
Independently
Typically Participants Work
in Groups
CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects's Mission Statement: CADIP promotes peace, cooperation, tolerance and understanding in international, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural surroundings. The organization also promotes patterns and examples of civil activities focused on serving others, on building social ties and strengthening communities, on supporting civil society development.
Aims and general objectives:
* To promote volunteering as an expression of civic contribution
* To strengthen the international contacts among young people
* To build tolerance and understanding in multicultural and multi-ethnic surroundings
*To promote multiunderstanding among youth all over the world
* To facilitate the individual growth of the volunteers through the acquisition of work, life and learning skills
* To work for the recognition and promotion of non-formal learning
* To support the community initiatives and assist in community development.
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