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International Youth Voluntary Service

their profile

The volunteers are between 18 and 28 years old and

  • motivated to involve their skills and their faith in the work of the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong
  • motivated to invest in their faith in Jesus Christ
  • ready to work for the benefit of others
  • want to broaden their horizon and dismount their prejudices
  • want to find out more about their occupational orientation

What the YMCA of Nuremberg Offers Them

  • Support with their personal development
  • Spiritual guidance in their questions of faith
  • Introduction into the culture, extensive preparation for tasks, ongoing guidance on-site
  • Monthly pocket money
  • Money for breakfast and lunch on working days
  • Overseas health insurance
  • 2 days of holidays per month (20 days of holidays during the voluntary service)
  • Accommodation at a place where others spend their vacation: http://wks.ymca.org.hk/en
  • A Concept following the international voluntary youth services

Approved partner of the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth („BMFSFJ“) to carry out international youth voluntary services.

 

What the YMCA of Nuremberg Expects from Them

  • A high degree of initiative
  • That they engage in the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong and remain open for its programs during their leisure-time
  • The wish or at least the willingness to include the gospel as well as Christian values in their programs and to help people to discover and develop their faith
  • Willingness to join complementary measures such as small group meetings, one-on-one talks, and workshops
  • Openness toward a new culture that is totally different from the German one
  • Respectful interaction with superiors, colleagues, and flatmates, as well as respect toward Asian culture, tradition, and religion
  • Commitment toward the time of their voluntary service and beyond (preparation before departure, possible language course, follow-up meeting, and introduction for the next generation of volunteers after the 10 months)

Time period of the international voluntary services:

Annually, from the 1st of September to the 30th of June.

Time period: 10 months

Workplace: Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong, Hongkong SAR China

Target group: Young adults (18-26 years old)

Work areas:  service centre of the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong, The Evangelical German-Speaking Congregation of Hong Kong

Accommodation: flat-sharing community at the YMCA WuKaiSha Youth Village (free of charge)

Financial support: monthly 100€ for subsistence costs, 50€ for traveling expenses and 150€ pocket money

support for the volunteers

Lea Drechsel

Referentin für Freiwilligendienste in China

+852 4610 4680

lea.drechsel@cvjm-nuernberg.de

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Das kommt auf dich zu IJFD

This is awaiting you

Das kommt auf dich zu IJFD

A Volunteering Service Full with Interesting and Challenging Tasks

Together with young people from Germany and other parts of this world, the volunteers dive into the work of the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong and into the German-speaking Protestant and Catholic congregation of Hong Kong. The focus lies on social and Christian work, especially with people.
During the 40 hours of their working week, the volunteers may face:


In the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong
• Christian work with children, teenagers, adolescence, and adults
• Conceptualising, creating, implementing, and evaluating of youth programs under guidance
• Help with the sport programs at the YMCA WuKaiSha Youth Village
• Support public relations (pictures and videos from events, writing blog-, facebook-, and Instagram-entries, implement fundraising tasks, and much more)


In the German-speaking Protestant congregation of Hong Kong
• Active help during Sunday services (diverse tasks)
• Help with confirmation classes
• Preparation and implementation of Bible days, children meetings, Sunday School, and trips
Tasks are distributed depending on the volunteers’ skills and interests.

WORK

  • Sports day at YMCA College

  • Children's program in a YMCA center

  • Participation in environmental programs

  • Providing assistance to the homeless

  • Conduct children's services

  • assisting groups with freetime-activities

Das kommt auf dich zu IJFD

A Volunteering Service under the Banner of Faith

For the volunteers, the time in Hong Kong shall be a time with God.
The YMCA offers different programs and guidance by competent staff to enable them to get to know more about Christian theology as well as their personal belief, to be influenced by Jesus Christ, and to practically carry his belief to the people.
Together, it is the goal to learn to belief with a reason and to live passionately.
During one-on-one conversations and during the weekly cell group, the volunteers have the chance to solve their personal questions about their belief and to share their knowledge with others.
Hong Kong has a wide range of churches and congregations, giving the volunteers many opportunities to find a style they like and a belief they want to carry on living.

Live and share faith

  • Reaching people with faith

  • Hold confirmee lessons

  • House group / small group to gather new strength

  • Broaden the horizon of ones own faith

Das kommt auf dich zu IJFD

A Volunteering Service Full with Community

Together with other young people, the slogan “Living, working, experiencing, understanding, and learning TOGETHER” accompanies the volunteers during many shared activities, helping them to grow in their personality and enabling them to make use of their individual knowledge and skills.

Community Life

  • Community with locals

  • Community in the shared apartment

  • Community in the YMCA

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A Volunteering Service Full with Joy

With its unique culture and cuisine, incredible nature, and modern facilities, Hong Kong offers an incredible amount of leisure activities that can turn the leisure time of volunteers into holidays. Typical Chinese alleys with street-food and shops, hills with paths for hiking and cycling, the sea with beautiful beaches, and many sights that the volunteers can enjoy together with their flatmates and their new friends, await them.

Fun

  • Vacation together in Taiwan

  • Explore beaches

  • Dragon Boat Race Competition

  • Explore the City

  • meet new friends

  • hiking in the mountains

  • Play in WuKaiSha

  • Go Surfing