Serviceservice service builds bridges between generations and cultures

Serviceservice services world-wide and for each age: With the IFL project abroad (openPR) - over 220 Freiwillige between 18 and 70 over IFL abroad mediate.

Bonn, 21 February 2007. In the IFL project boy and older ones work completely naturally along and for each other - in social projects abroad. As, which leaves itself now to reread in a paper to the generation exchange in the context „of the international serviceservice services for different life phases “(IFL). After approximately half of the altogether three-year model phase the IFL coordination center, the working group points „a learning and a helping out in overseas “registered association (AKLHÜ), in an evaluation, which is be exactly understood the meeting of the generations by a generation-spreading serviceservice service and look as various can.

Key words like „demographic change “and „generation question “are in all mouth. In particular national and non-governmental organizations stand here in the obligation to refer position and to make their contribution for an generation-open society. The country widely unique project IFL is promoted by the federal family Ministry (BMFSFJ) in the context of the model program „generation-spreading serviceservice services “. The goal: To create an international serviceservice service, which does not have a age restriction and thus different cultures and unites generations.

The evaluation illustrates now the special at the IFL: Its generation-spreading adjustment. How do the organizations arrange the serviceservice services, in order to bring young and alto together Is an argument with the topic generations promoted The result can be able to be seen. The exchange of the generations takes place on many levels: whether in the preparation seminars or in the employment place, in Workshops or excursion ions, whether with the other Freiwilligen and woman employees or with humans, who the commitment benefits. There for example Christine, 19, is which meets each day in Haifa, Israel, survivors of the Holocausts, with them converses, to them reads out, with its biography argues. Or Helga, 66, those in Colorado, the USA, dte gnawing mothers supported to get their life situation into the grasp. Both work with and for humans in other life phases and cultures, mutual giving and taking of the special kind.

Many of the 11 assignment organizations took and in interesting way into their program integrated the requirement of intergenerativen learning seriously. For most the switching of older humans was new abroad. By their experiences of many years in the intercultural exchange however they can use now their authority for the organization of a intergenerativen dialogue. With the needs of the so different participant inside equally to deal and it unite is thereby a special challenge. Working groups within the carrier group develop continuously concepts, exchange themselves, how with the new situation is to be dealt, partially the coworkers in training courses are trained further. Many intend to receive and further establish the generation-spreading serviceservice service also beyond the model phase. Because one is itself united: The project is innovative and trend-setting.

The paper „the aspects of generation in the IFL Freiwilligendiensten “can be downloaded on the IFL homepage www.internationale-freiwilligendienste.org.

Contact:
Working group „learning and helping in overseas “registered association (AKLHÜ),
Thomas man road 52, 53111 Bonn.
Ansprechpartnerin: Raphaela bold (public work), Tel: (0228) 90 899-13, kuehn@entwicklungsdienst.de.

The working group “learning and helping in overseas” registered association (AKLHÜ) is a union from organizations, which within the range of the personnel development co-operation, which is active international serviceservice service and the education work of development policy. The AKLHÜ informed interested humans, who would like themselves to engage abroad socially, maintains a place data base, promotes exchange of experience between the members, coordinates common activities and operates public work. The AKLHÜ was created 1962.

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