Monday, February 16, 2009

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Now we're famous! The newspaper article about our visit to the German Embassy

More than 140 young people came from Germany to work in Lima
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are part of a social support laudable initiative of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Germany




By Alberto Pacheco



















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World (or Weltwärts, in German) is the name of a laudable initiative of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany. This is a program funded by the State of that country, with 70 million per year, which aims to make young Germans between 18 and 28 years have cultural exchange experiences in less developed nations.
"The program, launched last year, sent to 2,300 young Germans to countries around the world. Along with Bolivia and South Africa, Peru has been the most requested, "said Kerstin Sieverdingbeck, responsible for Technical and Financial Cooperation of the German Embassy. She also emphasizes that this is not a program of cooperation.
"We are preparing an agreement with the Ministry of Women and Social Development, and what do we call it" welfare "(because many times these young children working in shelters, churches, etc..), But the central goal is they learn. They are kids with no professional training who come from good will. They go to places that one does not even Lima. "
So Weltwärts includes young people who come through the actions of German NGOs and their counterparts in Peru.



VOLUNTEER MEETING


A German boy plays piano and at least 30 of his enthusiastic young fellow-well-chanting accompanying "We have already killed my grandfather, popular theme Juaneco y su Combo.
They are part of the group of at least 140 volunteers who arrived in Peru for about six months as part of Weltwärts, which met on Thursday 12 in the festival organized by the German ambassador in Lima, Christoph Müller, residence. The event, as mentioned by the ambassador during the welcome was perfect opportunity for the exchange of ideas among attendees.
One, Maximilian Hoke (19), says that "work is a great opportunity and a very authentic experience." Like most volunteers, he finished high school and plans to return to start college. And is that a sabbatical after school is common in Germany.
Thus, Maximilian, who works in the field with farmers in La Merced, Chandigarh and Villa Rica, consider that when re-Cultural Management, focused on Latin America. "I miss my friends, but this is so big and so many things every day I live I have no time to wonder," he concludes.


SHARING CULTURE




Read Carstens (20) is of Norden, a little town northern Germany (near Holland), and now works in Piura, which makes environmental education with an NGO. Stefanie Heyer (19), who will celebrate her birthday tomorrow in Peru, is Jena in the central part of the country, and works with Leah. Nora Schroeter (20), however, is from southern Germany and works in Puente Piedra.
addition to his desire to help these three jovial German share something. And, although arrivals from different parts of the country, all agreed a weekend Huancabamba. The reason that brought them there: make a shamanistic ritual in the lake Shimbe.
And is that Peru has offered all its diverse culture to these young visitors. Patrich Ulbrich, for example, left his native Berlin and works in Huancayo. In Germany, he studied history and says he is fascinated by Peru's past. "The first months were very hard. But now, Peru is a bit like my country, "he says.
Similar is the case Schamann Andreas, a native of Haltern am See. This future civil engineer now working with farmers in Pucallpa and says the program has been very important to learn a new culture. "I do not like the social difference of Peru. But I love the mentality of the Peruvian and also the Group 5. "
the end, experiences like these are rich, because being aware of the cultural variety of the world and diferencias Promueve la tolerancia. Tal como el Embajador mencionó Müller, estos son Voluntarios "la vanguardia de un mundo un poco más acogedor.




- Steffi