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DFJW OFAJ — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:43:00 +0200

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DFJW OFAJ — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:54:00 +0200

11-08-2010

DFJW OFAJ — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:51:00 +0200

Heute war ein langer, aber wirklich aufregender Tag. Die drei Hauppteile unseres Programmes waren der Empfang im Ministerium für Jugend und aktive Solidarität, der Besuch der Projekte von Unis-Cité und Concordia und eine Schiffahrt auf der Seine im bateau-mouche.

Um 08:50 morgens stiegen wir in den Bus, der uns zum Ministerium brachte. Dort wurden wir über dessen Organisation und Strukturen informiert. Außerdem erfuhren wir einiges über die Möglichkeiten für junge Menschen, sich in der freiwillig zu engagieren und wie das Ministerium diese unterstützt. Eines der Ziele ist dabei, das Verständnis in der Gesellschaft für die große Bedeutung der Jugend in der Gesellschaft zu fördern. Daher werden in Zusammenarbeit mit zahlreichen Vereinen Projekte aus den verschiedensten Bereichen gefördert. Wir erfuhren, dass die Arbeit des Ministeriums sich sehr von den diesbezüglichen Strukturen in China unterscheidet. Nach dem Vortrag wurden Fragen dazu gestellt, was konkret heute und in der Zukunft für die Entwicklung und das Engagement der Jugend getan wird und wie die Öffentlichkeit über die Programme informiert wird. Ein weiteres wichtiges Thema war die Zusammenarbeit des Ministeriums mit anderen Ländern. Dabei wurde besonders die enge Beziehung zu Deutschland betont.

Anschließend besuchte ein Teil unserer Gruppe das Projekt Concordia, wo einige freiwillige Jugendliche in einem alten Bahnhof arbeiten, um dort ein Denkmal zu errichten. Der Bahnhof hat eine besondere Bedeutung, da von dort während dem 2. Weltkrieg 20000 Juden deportiert wurden. Der Rest der Gruppe besuchte die Organisation Unis-Cité, die in 24 französischen Städten soziale Projekte finanziert und organisiert. Genauer angesprochen wurde ein Projekt, bei dem Jugendliche Familien besuchen, um diese über Möglichkeiten, umweltfreundlicher und energiesparender zu leben, informieren. Bei einem anderen Programm bekommen ältere, einsame Menschen die Möglichkeit, mit Jugendlichen beispielsweise schwimmen zu gehen. Es wird bei allen Projekten als besonders wichtig angesehen, dass junge Menschen mit verschiedensten Hintergründen und aus verschiedenen sozialen Umständen zusammen kommen.

Im Anschluss daran besichtigten wir den Montmarte und Sacre Coeur. Abends trafen wir uns mit der ganzen Gruppe um in einem typisch französischen Restaurant Abend zu essen. Dann machten wir eine Bootsfahrt auf der Seine, wo wir viele Sehenswürdigkeiten wie Notre Dame, die Oper und den Eiffelturm sahen. Nach einer unterhaltsamen Busfahrt, auf der chinesische Lieder gesungen wurden, fielen wir erschöpft in unsere Betten.

Daily report Monday, 16-08-2010

DFJW OFAJ — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:14:00 +0200

The last day before our departure on Tuesday begins with breakfast at Motel One. Owing to the many visits and discussions we start our programme a earlier than normal: First we visit “Reichstagsgebäude” with the German Parliament “Bundestag” in it. We learn many things about its history, the importance and its significance for the German democracy within a guided tour.

Unfortunately we are not able to meet a real Member of Parliament since during summertime there are four weeks of holiday. Nonetheless, the assistant of Katrin Göring-Eckard who is the President of the German Parliament informed us about the daily routine of a MP, his responsibilities and the organization of legislative work.

We finish our visit at “Reichstagsgebäude” with the awesome view of the skyline of Berlin from glass dome which functions as a roof for the Parliament.

Having taken some pictures as a souvenir, we continue our programme. We eat a fast lunch at “Kanzleramt” which functions as the official seat of Angela Merkel.

Next, we visit the Federal Government Department for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth. We are informed about the opportunities to take part in FSJ and FÖJ. The programme offers the chance to take experiences in and out of Germany. In 2009 37 500 people engaged themselves within the voluntary social and ecological programmes.

Our day continues at German Federal Youth Council (GFYC). Christian Weis, referent for basis work, talks about the importance to give children and youth a voice in policy. GFYC represents interests of young people so as it stays in communication between partner organizations. Voluntary work has to be supported. The voluntary service JuLeiCa is a license for teenagers to prove their social engagement. An motivation of GFYC is the “Heinz Westphal”-price for initiave groups with outstanding voluntary engagement in youthwork. The price money is 15 000 euro.

Our next visit is the Chinese ambassy: We are introduced and later guided to a conference room. A film about the Expo 2010 in Shanghai is shown. To finish our visit we eat tasteful Chinese fingerfood.

Back at DFJW we evaluate our French-chinese-german meeting . We are sad to leave and party the rest of the night.

Jennifer Busch and Lena Schneider

Daily report Sunday 15-08-2010

DFJW OFAJ — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:30:00 +0200

6:30 am
Last Party People arrive at the motel after enjoying Berlin club night.

8:00 am
Begin of the breakfast buffet. Yannick arrives at the motel (back from Berlin Party life).

8:45 am
The awake part of our group leaves the hotel in order to attend a service in the Berliner Dom. The Chinese most like the music.

9:30 am
Last alarms are ringing (room 400, 452 etc.)

10:00 am
Yanick desperately tries to animate the tired part of our group to join punctually the other part at the Berliner Dom.

10:45
Pushed up with coffee and tea and a really nice breakfast, we arrive at the Dom (on time) and spend our time taking photos.

11:30 am
Reunited we meet BM a.D. Irmgard Schwätzer with whom we talk about the governmental impact on voluntary work. Some impressions : She tells us that the state has to play a role in the future concerning volunteering action and considering the unemployment and the demographic change. However the state cannot determine voluntary work (as it is voluntary). A problem is that because of the demographic change there are less young people working. Another point is the the increase of life expectation. There are at least 10 years between the moment the person gets retired and the moment the person needs medical care. During this period he or she can do voluntary work. The age of the population doing volunteering work will therefore increase. Moreover these persons have high work experience.

1:15 pm
Divided into trinational groups we are set free for a ralley. We are given 5€ and a DFJW/OFAJ plastic handbag. Today’s challenge is to swap the most marvelous plastic bag for something more precious. Yeah!

3:00 pm
After having Spätzle and Oma’s Landkuchen, we swarm out to complete our mission. Some group even manages to swap four times, we end up with a bear glass and are curious about what the others got. Mission complete!

7:00 pm
We have rendez-vous with Max&Moritz next to the Prinzessinenstraße. Enjoying very German food we talk about what we experienced today. Yannick denies being tired.

9:30 pm
See what the evening brings! Tomorrow will be a busy day and our last by the way…

Daily report Saturday, 14-08-2010

DFJW OFAJ — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:20:00 +0200

Discovering Berlin

Having spent our first night in Berlin, we left the hotel after a rich breakfast for the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin. There, we visited the Reformed Church “Französischer Dom” and were given an introduction to the congregation. Following this introduction, we enjoyed a very special French-German organ concert. Prof. Dr. Bernd Schlüter gave us an introduction to the programme and the organ, preceding the concert.
At the end of the first part of the day, we were wishing Annika a happy birthday. We celebrated it by singing birthday songs, supported by the organ and by giving her our Berlin present. Following this session, we walked across the street to the offices of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), where we were hosted by Dr. Volker Faigle. He welcomed us with warm words and hot coffee. There, we listened to a lecture by Prof. Dr. Bernd Schlüter, who provided us with interesting information on the German state and its welfare system. The lecture was followed by a lively discussion, which especially concentrated on its connections to voluntary work in our societies.
After the lunch break at the EKD office we were refreshed and ready to leave for the former remand prison of the state security “Stasi” in the GDR, which is a memorial where groups can visit. The visit was very moving for the whole group, as our guides were able to give us very detailed information about being a prisoner and the terrible living conditions. After the guided tours, we reflected and discussed our visit to the memorial site at the DFJW. In these discussions we connected our visit to the site with voluntary work and its role in civil societies.
At the end of the discussions and a very long day, we split up in small groups and left for dinner and a free evening in town.

Daily report Friday, 13-08-2010

DFJW OFAJ — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:17:00 +0200

This morning we left La Rocheton at 5 o’clock. We were just on time to take the plane to go to Berlin, after a breakfast to take away and small nap in the bus. Soon after our arrival we reach the “Motel one” were we put our luggage and went for lunch at the “Kantine Rotes Rathaus” which is a huge red old building downtown only 4 stops away from our hotel. So we sat down in a private room with the whole group and ate spaghettis “a la bolognaise”, particularly appreciated by the Chinese!
At 2 o’clock we arrived at the OFAJ where we attended a short presentation and played a game in groups which was really fun.
Around 4 o’clock we visited the rest of the Berlin wall and we split into two groups ( one in English and the other in German).We took a lot of pictures and finally some of us sat down on the grown for a small nap, exhausted by the long day that had started at 5….
Then we went to a church and attended an other conference really interesting , about the historic of the church organisation (even if some of us fell asleep during the presentation). But finally Kilian gave us a private piano concert in order to wake us up and just before going to the Italian restaurant “ Abbraccio”. We ordered pats and pizzas which was agin really ney for the Chinese! But everyone enjoyed it! What a day!

Daily report Thursday, 12-08-2010

DFJW OFAJ — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:36:00 +0200

After having had breakfast at “Le Rocheton” we took the bus to get to the OFAJ office. When we arrived we first learned to play a Chinese game for children, which was very amusing. Half an hour later we were introduced to the different programmes of the OFAJ. Although each of us had already heard or even participated in programmes organized by the OFAJ (like for example the programme “Brigitte Sauzay” or the “Voltaire” programme), it was very interesting to find out about the different opportunities to get actively involved in various exchanges. Like yesterday, the talk was trilingual and we were able to ask different questions. We found what the OFAJ had been doing during the last years and how it was founded by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer. I think that many of us will have found some new ideas of what the OFAJ has to offer for young students, but also for older people.

After the talk we went to a university’s canteen where we had lunch. As we had some free time to spend in Paris on our own in little groups we were first driven to the “Arc de Triomphe”.

Together with a group of four Chinese participants of the programme we first went along the “Champs Elysees”, where they were especially impressed by the different shops and the wide road which leads to the “Arc de Triomphe”. We stopped nearly every minute to take some pictures together and we had the chance to get to know each other even better. Having walked around half an hour we took the underground to get to “Lafayette”, where they wanted to buy a few souvenirs for their family. We spent more time in the warehouse than we initially anticipated, and we decided to make a final stop at Montmartre. We especially enjoyed the view over Paris, as we weren’t able to climb the Eiffel tower. After a last “crepe” we finally had to make our way to the YMCA theatre, were we ate dinner.

Around 10.30pm we left for our youth hostel and the atmosphere was just amazing. In the last few days we got to know each other very well and we learned a lot from each other’s culture and experiences. Although we will have to get up tomorrow very early, many of us weren’t able to go to bed immediately. Our last night in Paris…good night!

Daily report Wednesday, 11-08-2010

DFJW OFAJ — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:42:00 +0200

This was a long, but really exciting day in Paris. The programme was divided into three parts: reception of the Ministry for Youth and Active Solidarity, presentation and visit of the projects from Unis-Cité and Concordia and a trip on the bateau-mouche on the River Seine.

We started at 08:50 in the morning to go to the ministry where it was presented to us. We were informed about the structures and possibilities concerning youth work in France, the role of voluntary work now and in the future, how the ministry gives young people opportunities to choose and to find out what they want to do. One of their aims is to improve the understanding in society that youths play a very important role in our country. That is why they finance a lot of projects concerning living, working and studying in cooperation with many associations.

We found out that the ministry’s work is very different to what you have in China. There you only find volunteer organizations, but these have the same aims as the ones in France. After the talk, some students asked questions about what is done concretely for youth development and what they will do in the future, how they inform pupils about their projects and how they make them aware of what the offer. Another important subject was the cooperation between France and other countries in the field of voluntary work. Especially with Germany, there is a good exchange of information. For example, there are regular meetings every six months to coordinate common activities.

Afterwards, our group was divided into two parts. One group went to the project Concordia, where some volunteers work in an old train station to make a memorial. The station is of special importance because during the Second World Warn 20 000 Jews were transported from Auschwitz from there.

The rest of the group visited the organization Unis-Cité, which is a big social association in France that realizes and finances many projects in 24 French cities. We were especially talking about one project where volunteers go to families to teach them how to live more ecologically and how to reduce the costs for water, nutrition and electricity. The told them which products and fruits they should eat in which season. In another project, volunteers spend time with elderly people who are lonely and do not have the possibility to get out of their house, for example to go swimming to the sea. We also had the possibility to talk to one of the former volunteers who told us about her projects and her experiences.

Then we visited Montmarte and Sacre Coeur, where we could take many photos and we had a great view over the whole city of Paris. In the evening we met again with the whole group to have a big dinner in a typical French restaurant called Flams. Afterwards, we took the bus to the place where our boat trip in the bateau-mouche on the Seine started (after an extraordinary parking of our bus driver). From the boat we could see sights and buildings like Notre Dame, the Opera and the Eiffel Tower. After a nice bus journey home with singing Chinese songs we fell into our beds very tired.

Daily report Tuesday, 10-08-2010

DFJW OFAJ — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:32:00 +0200

Our breakfast was "good“ as usual. We started our daily program at 9:30 am with a warm up program until 10 am. After this, at 10:20 am, a member of Alliance Nationale des UCJG welcomed us and held a presentation on YECA and its partner organizations. We learned about YECA and that it is not only operating in France, but in 125 countries with the same aims: “strive for a better world of peace and justice”.
Hereupon the chairman of Le Rocheton Association held a speech about this large center. Le Rocheton is not only a hosting center, but a social center for youth, refugees, vulnerable people. A presentation on AEF followed, held by Victoria, a German volunteer worker from Le Rocheton, in which she described her work as such and her experiences.
Next was Carl, the director of HQ of OFAJ, who introduced us to OFAJ. For us, It was very interesting to get to know the differences between voluntary work in France, China and Germany.
Last but not least, Catharina (a participant of this French-German-Chinese Youth exchange) explained us the work and aims of AEJ (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Evangelische Jugend).

After those Presentations we build groups of 6 to work out certain questions of a given task. We work for hours on this task before we were able to get lunch at 12:30 pm.

Lunch was “good” as usual.

Once we finished our questions after lunch, we had some spare time in which Hune and Anne played wonderful on their ukulele. At 3:45 pm a “incredible” smelly bus took us to the Castle of Fontainebleau. We had a great look around and took lots of pictures. The gardens were amazing and seemed to be endless. However, the incredible smell of the bus destroyed our thoughts once we got closer and took us out of heaven/cloud 7 back to Le Rocheton. At 7 pm we had dinner.

Dinner was “good” as usual.

Despite our expectations, the presentation of our group work was astonishing and incredible. Simply awesome. We learned a lot about voluntary work and its aims which we all share. But nevertheless the highlight of this day was our phenomenal, gigantic cultural night.
It is hard to describe all the different dishes and snakes that were served. They were brought and presented by every participant and enjoyed by all. It is even harder to describe the impression and emotions we all shared on this very special, well organized day.

Conclusion:

A busy morning; a comfortable afternoon; a very special night.

Le premier jour

DFJW OFAJ — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:23:00 +0200

Ni hao, bonjour and Hallo !
Tous les participants de l’échange franco-germano-chinois sont arrivés lundi après-midi au « Centre international du Rocheton » sous un magnifique soleil. Les participants français et allemands attendaient impatients de rencontrer le groupe chinois. Après avoir pris possession des locaux et fait connaissance avec nos chambrées, le temps libre nous a permis d’entrer en contact avec les uns et de faire mieux connaissance avec les autres.
Les barrières tombèrent rapidement, les filles entrant vite en conversation pendant que les garçons jouaient au basket. Après le diner et une introduction officielle par l’équipe organisatrice les participants se sont livrés à différents jeux : « Zip-Zap » et « Comment allez-vous ? ». Grâce à ces jeux, nous avons eu la possibilité de mémoriser rapidement le nom des autres participants et d’apprendre facilement quelques mots courants de chacun des trois langages.
Avec un aussi bon départ, nous sommes convaincus que la semaine à suivre sera vraiment marquante, enrichissante et amusante.

Dai Bowen, Hauke P., Martin B.

The first day

DFJW OFAJ — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:23:00 +0200

Ni hao, Bonjour and Hallo!
With beautiful sunshine, each of the participants of the Chinese-French-German exchange arrived at our hostel “Le Rocheton” on Monday afternoon. French and German participants were impatiently waiting for the Chinese group. After checking in and meeting up with our roommates from different countries we had some spare time to get in contact and to know each other.
The barriers were falling down very quickly. The girls were in good conversation rapidly while the boys were playing basketball and getting in touch more physically.
After dinner and an official introduction by the organisation team we started some games. The games were called “Zip-Zap” and “How-are-you-game”. While playing them we learned each others names and some basic vocabulary of the three languages very easily.
With such a nice start we are utterly convinced that the next week will be very impressive, constructive and funny.

Dai Bowen, Hauke P., Martin B.

Anne T.

DFJW OFAJ — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:30:00 +0200

My name is Anne and I am 24 years old. I’m French. I study languages (German and English) at the University of Bordeaux III in France. I just finished my 3rd year and next year, I’m going to Germany to be a high school French assistant. I like to travel and especially in Asia. I have been in India, in Nepal and in Indonesia. I would love to discover the Chinese culture mostly because it’s really different than western culture, so of course really interesting. I have done some volunteering work and I think it’s one of the best ways to travel because you have the opportunity to live in local conditions away from the tourists tours. I also like to play ukulele. It’s an instrument from Hawaï, it’s really easy and sounds like vacation!

Anne T.

DFJW OFAJ — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:29:00 +0200

Je m’appelle Anne. J’ai 24 ans et suis française. J’étudie l’allemand et l’anglais à l’Université de Bordeaux III. Je viens d’avoir ma licence de LEA et l’année prochaine je pars en Allemagne pour être assitante de français dans un lycée. J’aime voyager et tout particulièrement en Asie. J’ai été en Inde, au Népal et en Indonésie. J’aimerais beaucoup découvrir la culture chinoise principalement parce que c’est une culture radicalement différente de la nôtre ce qui la rend plus intéressante. J’ai participé à quelques chantiers volontaires et je pense que c’est l’une des meilleures façons de voyager car c’est une manière de découvrir la culture locale hors des circuits touristiques. J’aime également jouer du ukulele. C’est un instrument qui vient de Hawaï, très facile et qui apporte une atmosphère de vacances !

Susanne D.

DFJW OFAJ — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:53:00 +0200

My name is Susanne D., I am 20 years and I am studying cultural engineering: cultural studies, knowledge management and logistic at the university of Magdeburg. I spend my leisure time travelling, learning languages and reading. I am working voluntarily at Aiducation International Deutschland and AIESEC Magdeburg. Aiducation International is a non-profit organization, dedicated to giving people access to education. Founded in 2007, the organization awards merit-based high school scholarships to bright and needy students in developing countries (focus on Kenya). Thereby, donors directly impact individuals and their societies. At AIESEC I am part of the talent management-team, responsible for human resource management (recruiting, selection, education and personal development of the member). AIESEC is a global youth organisation that engages in international student exchange and internship programmes for profit and non-profit organisations. I can report my experience in the following organisations: cultural villages of Europe, Jugendpresse Deutschland e.V. (youth press, esp. competition of school newspapers and mobile academy), Ashoka und Leading Changemakter (project Changemakercity), KanTe e.V. (cultural association, international music festival Upgrade), Schüler helfen Leben e.V. (pupil helping to live, esp. tour to schools and social day), schools without racism-schools with courage, Streetfootballworld (especially school project during worldcup 2006), school newspapers, living chess ensemble

Hauke P.

DFJW OFAJ — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:52:00 +0200

My dear Participants, I am called Hauke P. and I grew up in a small village situated directly between the German towns of Bremen and Hamburg. I am in age of twenty – if I counted correctly – and after my graduation from school in 2009 I decided to take a gap year which is probably going to end this autumn by me taking up my studies of PPE (Philosophy, Politics & Economics) at a university in England or Germany. One of my greatest hobbies is sports and due to this I am engaged in the Deutsche Triathlonjugend (Youth Organisation of German Triathlon Federation), where we try to bring the benefits of our sports to the children and youth of this country. Furthermore I am concerned with media and press subjects in two of my sports clubs and as well in the youth organisation of a small German party. In general I really like to think and talk about social subjects and I am absolutely looking forward to a relaxed and funny but also productive exchange.

Susanne D.

DFJW OFAJ — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:52:00 +0200

Ich heiße Susanne D., bin 20 Jahre alt und studiere im 5. Semester Kulturwissenschaften, Wissensmanagment und Logistik: cultural engineering an der Universität in Magdeburg. Meine Freizeit verbringe ich mit reisen, Sprachen lernen und lesen. Ehrenamtlich arbeite ich bei Aiducation International Deutschland und bei AIESEC Magdeburg mit. Aiducation International ist eine junge Non-Profit-Organisation, die Leistungsstipendien an besonders begabte und bedürftige kenianische Schüler vergibt. Bei AIESEC bin ich Mitglied des Talent-Managment-Teams. AIESEC organisiert Auslandspraktika für Studenten und ist die weltweit größte Studentenorganisation. Das Talent-Management-Team ist für alle Personalfragen verantwortlich: Recruiting, Auswahlverfahren, Weiterbildung und Persönlichkeitsentwicklung. Von folgenden Organisationen kann ich aus eigener Erfahrung berichten: cultural villages of Europe, Jugendpresse Deutschland e.V. (bes. Schülerzeitungswettbewerb und Mobile Akademie), Ashoka und Leading Changemakter (Projekt Changemakercity), KanTe e.V. (Kulturverein, internationales Musikfestival Upgrade), Schüler helfen Leben e.V. (besonders Schultour und Sozialer Tag), Schule ohne Rassismus-Schule mit Courage, Streetfootballworld (vor allem WMSchulProjekt), Schülerzeitung, Lebendschachensemble

Catharina C.

DFJW OFAJ — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:51:00 +0200

My name is Catharina C. and I’m 25 years old. I currently live in Heidelberg, in the southwest of Germany. In Heidelberg, I study protestant theology in my 8th semester. During my studies, I lived in Dublin, Ireland, for one year in order to study ecumenical studies. I grew up in a rural area between the two cities Oldenburg and Osnabrück in the northwest of Germany. This is where I started my engagement in the Protestant Youth on a regional level. Since 2005, I represent my regional youth on the national level of the Protestant Youth Federation in Germany. In addition, I became an Executive Committee member of the Ecumenical Youth Council in Europe (EYCE) in May 2009. EYCE is an European umbrella organisation for national ecumenical youth councils all over Europe and is led by the Executive Committee, which consists of seven volunteers from the member organisations

Hauke P.

DFJW OFAJ — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:51:00 +0200

Hallo liebe Teilnehmer, ich höre auf den Namen Hauke P. und entstamme einem kleinen Örtchen zwischen Bremen und Hamburg namens Helvesiek. Wenn ich mich nicht verzählt habe, bin ich mittlerweile zwanzig Jahre alt und nach meinem Abitur im Jahr 2009 habe ich ein Selbstfindungjahr eingeschoben, das vorraussichtlich in diesem Herbst mit dem Beginn eines PPE-Studiums (Philosophy, Politics & Economics) in England oder Deutschland endet. Eines meiner größten Hobbies ist der Sport und im Rahmen dessen habe ich mich dem Engagement in der Deutschen Triathlonjugend verschrieben, wo wir die Vorteile unseres Sports an die Kinder und Jugendlichen dieses Landes herantragen möchten. Außerdem bekleide ich in zwei Sportvereinen das Amt des Pressesprechers, genauso wie auch in der Jugendorganisation der satirischen Partei "Die PARTEI". Generell beschäftige ich mich sehr gerne mit gesellschaftlichen Themen und freue mich auf einen spaßigen aber auch produktiven Austausch!

Catharina C.

DFJW OFAJ — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:50:00 +0200

Mein Name ist Catharina C., ich bin 25 Jahre alt und wohne in Heidelberg, im Südwesten von Deutschland. Dort studiere ich evangelische Theologie im 8.Semester. Während meines Studiums habe ich ein Jahr lang in Dublin, Irland ökumenische Studien studiert. Aufgewachsen bin ich im Nordwesten Deutschlands, in einer ländlichen Gegend zwischen Oldenburg und Osnabrück. Dort habe ich vor über zehn Jahren angefangen mich in der Evangelischen Jugend zu engagieren, zunächst auf regionaler Ebene, aber seit 2005 auch auf nationaler Ebene. Darüber hinaus bin ich seit Mai 2009 Vorstandsmitglied des Ökumenischen Jugendrates in Europa, einer Dachorganisation für nationale ökumenische Jugendräte in ganz Europa. Diese Organisation wird von sieben jungen Ehrenamtlichen aus den Mitgliedsorganisationen geleitet.