South Africa

German Federation for Arts Education and Cultural Learning

BKJ - Bundesvereinigung Kulturelle Kinder- und Jugendbildung e. V.
jugend.kultur.austausch global

Greifswalder Straße 4
10405 Berlin
Berlin
Germany

Telephone
+49 30 4848 60 53
E-Mail
global[at]bkj.de
Description of the Organization

The German Federation for Arts Education and Cultural Learning (Bundesvereinigung Kulturelle Kinder- und Jugendbildung - BKJ) is the umbrella organisation for cultural education in Germany. More than 50 nationwide specialist organisations and state associations have joined forces in the BKJ. With their offers of cultural education in the fields of visual arts, digital media, film, photography, literature, music, rhythm, play, dance, theatre and circus, they are committed to diversity, inclusion, voluntary work, international exchange and successful educational landscapes. We advise specialists and teachers in the field of (non-formal) arts education on technical and conceptual questions and on support programmes, also at the intersection with an education for sustainable development and transformative learning for global justice. Youth organisations based in Germany can apply to us for funding for individual programmes, for example for international exchanges in the field of cultural education or for educational alliances at local level.

Afrikagrupperna - Africa Groups of Sweden

Afrikagrupperna - Africa Groups of Sweden

Tegelviksgatan 40
116 41 Stockholm
Sweden

Telephone
+46 8 4427060
E-Mail
post[at]afrikagrupperna.se
Description of the Organization

Africa Groups of Sweden is a solidarity organisation with focus on southern Africa. We are engaged in development work, including financial support and development workers, in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. An important part of our work takes place in Sweden. One of our main tasks is advocacy work to make Sweden in the lead for fair economic politics towards the third world. We inform about the situation in southern Africa together with African visitors, seminars, exhibitions, study circles, books and our monthly magazine "Södra Afrika".

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ijgd - International Youth Community Services

ijgd - International Youth Community Services
Geschäftsstelle Berlin

Glogauer Straße 21
10999 Berlin
Germany

Telephone
+49 30 61203130
E-Mail
ijgd.berlin[at]ijgd.de
Description of the Organization

IJGD stands for International Youth Community Services. It is a non-profit organisation working in the field of international youth work and political education. Since 1949, IJGD has been active throughout Germany as an organisation independent from any religious or political party and recognised by the state authorities. The aim of IJGD is to forward young people's awareness of social conditions and to support the development of a feeling of social responsibility. The work of IJGD thus includes the promotion of international understanding and the reduction of prejudice between people of different nations, social backgrounds, religions and political ideas. We organise workcamps, international youth meetings, youth holiday periods in Germany, Europe and overseas as well as different trainings and seminars as further education.

In addition, IJGD is in charge of different long-term voluntary services such as the voluntary social service (FSJ), the voluntary ecological service (FÖJ) and the voluntary heritage service (FJD).

The Berlin part of IJGD, IJGD LV Berlin, has a specific focus on intercultural and inter-generation projects. In the field of the European Voluntary Service (EVS), IJGD Berlin is involved as a sending and hosting organisation. As part of our pilote project ‘voluntary services in socially deprived areas', ijgd Berlin has a growing number of EVS-placements in Berlin in socially deprived areas. This pilote project aims to further social inclusion, intercultural learning and to support small non-profit organisations and initiatives. As a sending organisation we send young German volunteers from Berlin and ist surroundings for longterm voluntary services to Europe in the frame work of EVS.

IJGD Berlin also organises midterm voluntary services in Africa, Asia and Latinamerika.

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My German - University -

My German - University -
c/o Beehive

Steinstraße 5-7
20095 Hamburg
Germany

Telephone
+49 40 60773810
E-Mail
info[at]mygermanuniversity.com
Description of the Organization

MyGermanUniversity is a platform that helps international students on their way to studying at a German university, free of charge, through:

  • Germany's largest database of English-language degree programmes (over 2,100 Bachelor's and Master's degrees).
  • more than 150 free webinars on all relevant topics, including applications, scholarships, Uni-Assist, visas and weekly subject webinars
  • over 75 comprehensive articles on all relevant topics

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issa - southern africa information centre

issa - southern africa information centre

Königswinterer Straße 116
53227 Bonn
Germany

Telephone
+49 228 464369
E-Mail
info[at]issa-bonn.org
Description of the Organization

Magazine africa south

Stichting Woord en Daad

Stichting Woord en Daad
Postadres: Postbus 560, 4200 AN Gorinchem

Spijksedijk 16
4207 GN Gorinchem
Netherlands

Telephone
+31 183 611800
E-Mail
info[at]woordendaad.nl
Description of the Organization

Woord en Daad wants to fight poverty in Africa, Asia and Central-America from a Christian perspective. We operate in the following countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Ethiopia, the Philippines, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Liberia, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Chad, Zambia, South Africa. Through local organizations we want to provide a decent existence for the poor. To do this, we make an appeal to everyone's responsibility, both here and over there. Woord en Daad would like to be a strong and reliable link between you and the poor in our working area. Woord en Daad structurally cooperates with Christian partner organizations in the Education program (kindergarten, primary, secondary, informal and literacy education), the Job & Income program (vocational education and traning, job mediation, micro enterprise development and small and medium enterprise development), and the Basic Needs program (health care, water and sanitation, and agriculture).

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German AFS Intercultural Programs

German AFS Intercultural Programs

Friedensallee 48
22765 Hamburg
Germany

Telephone
+49 40 399222-38
E-Mail
info[at]afs.de
Description of the Organization

AFS International is one of the world's most experienced and largest non-profit providers of youth exchange and intercultural learning. Originally founded by volunteer ambulance drivers, the American Field Service has grown over the past 70 years into a global community with over 60 country organisations and partners.In addition to school exchanges and volunteer service, we also offer our volunteers a wide range of education and training. We also offer workshops in schools on the topics of racism, sustainability and intercultural learning.

atavus

atavus
sevengardens

Eschenstraße 14
45134 Essen
Germany

Telephone
+49 201 777218
E-Mail
atavus[at]live.de
Description of the Organization

atavus advises schools and other educational establishments on how to create dye-plant gardens. These gardens serve to preserve the diversity of cultivated plants and promote interdisciplinary learning. Dye-plant gardens promote the production and use of colors according to Agenda 21. By focusing on topics such as cosmetics and various types of paints, both children and adults are encouraged to reflect on questions related to ecology, economics and social matters. In addition, opportunities to participate actively in this process are developed. Along with the dye-plant institute in Essen Altendorf, the international dye-plant garden in Gelsenkirchen, and the ones in South Africa, atavus offers numerous possibilities for networking. By including handicrafts we want to create economic cycles where children, as communicators of the "do-it-yourself" approach can find vocational training opportunities.

We get special support from the UNESCO city of Gelsenkirchen. With various activities, Gelsenkirchen is well on its way from being industrial town to becoming the ‘city of 1000 colours'. In the international exchange with South Korea (cultural exchange), Azerbaijan (paint extraction), Lithonia (Africa workshop), South Africa (cosmetics), Nicaragua (manufacturing) and numerous European partners (Ruhr 2010), we are currently running a set of interlinked projects.

Old knowledge, personal responsibility, and pleasure in learning will be taught in various events and places: Landesgartenschau Hemer 2010, European Film Awards 2009, Vilnius 2009, BNE conference 2009, Africa Conference North-Rhine Westphalia, Kaffeegarten Eine Weltnetz 2010, Mondialogo-Unesco, International Painters Camp 2010 and others.

UWC - United World Colleges Germany

UWC - United World Colleges Germany
German UWC Foundation

Linienstraße 151
10115 Berlin
Germany

Telephone
+49 30 47374757
E-Mail
stiftungsbuero[at]uwc.de
Description of the Organization

Students from over 120 different nations, aged 16 to 19, selected exclusively on the basis of aptitude (talent, commitment, motivation), live and learn together at one of the thirteen United World Colleges for the last two school years until they graduate from high school. The colleges are located in Wales, Norway, Italy, USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, the Netherlands, Swaziland, Venezuela, Costa Rica and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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