The Kreisjugendwerk (KJW) of the AWO Karlsruhe-Stadt is a non-profit children’s and youth organization in Karlsruhe. As an independent youth foundation, the KJW organizes different activities and summer camps for children and young people between the ages of 6 and 20 years, non-formal education and workshops, as well as intercultural encounters and projects and events for young people and young adults. In all school holidays in Germany we provide camps for children and youngsters in Germany and several European countries.
Besides youth camps & events, Kreisjugendwerk is collaborating as a host, sending & coordinating organization for the European Solidarity Corps Volunteers.
Jugendwerk der AWO is affording a German course for 1 month to all the volunteers.
Jugendwerk is hosting & coordinating every year 9 ESC volunteers for 4 different projects:
Volunteering at Jugendwerk der AWO Karlsruhe office: (1 volunteer)
Your Tasks would be: administrative support in the ESC and international program in the Office of the Jugendwerk and preparing and organizing Events and Seminars.
In summer Holidays you can join the camps as a leader.
Most (80-90%) of the year you are in the Office with administrative work, preparing and organizing events, camps and ESC activities.
The volunteer will take part in the On-Arrival and the Midterm-Training in Germany.
He/she has the Chance to join our trainings facing topics like youth work or pedagogical Adventure Trainings. Read more
Volunteering at AWO Children Day Care Centers (Kita) in Karlsruhe: (6 Volunteers)
Jugendwerk der AWO Karlsruhe are cooperating with 6 AWO Children Day Care centers in the city of Karlsruhe. Every volunteer is working for a different Kita.
When the volunteer is wishing to apply for this project, he/she is invited to mention for what Kita he would like to volunteer.
More information about our Kitas
The "Kita SieKids Villa Pusteblume" is a bilingual (German/French) day care centre located near the city centre of Karlsruhe. The centre offers a full-day childcare from 7 am to 5:30 pm for 83 children separated in 6 groups, depending on their age (from 6 months to 6 years). We provide a daily lunch and an afternoon snack. A various program for the Children i s offered. Besides playing together, they can experience themselves by playing and working with art and colours, doing sports, by being curious in experiments and natural sciences, by playing theatre or by doing handicrafts. The children are always accompanied by the educators. The main goal is that the interests of the children are being supported by the educators and the volunteers. Read more
The "Kita Polyglott" is a bilingual day care centre located near the forest of Karlsruhe. The centre welcomes 40 children in the age of 2 months to 3, 5 years. Opening times are Monday-Friday from 07:00am - 17:30 pm.
The main focus of the day care centre is the bilingual education. The centre offer s two bilingual German/English groups and two German/French groups.
A various program for the Children is offered. Besides playing together, they can experience themselves by playing and working with art and colours, doing sports, by being curious in experiments and natural sciences, by playing theatre or by doing handicrafts. The children are always accompanied by the educators. The main goal is that the interests of the children are being supported by the educators and the volunteers. Read more
The intercultural day care centre "Kita Monelli" is located close to the city centre of Karlsruhe. The day care centre offers a full-day childcare from 6.30 am to 5pm for 40 children from the age of 3 to 6.The main focus of the day care centre is the intercultural concepts and the intercultural education. A various program for the Children is offered. Besides playing together, they can experience themselves by playing and working with art and colours, doing sports, by being curious in experiments and natural sciences, by playing theatre or by doing handicrafts. The children are always accompanied by the educators. The main goal is that the interests of the children are being supported by the educators and the volunteers. Read more
The "Kita Krone" is located in the city centre of Karlsruhe. The centre offers a full-day childcare from 6.30 – 17.00 hours for 50 children from the age of 1 to 6. The volunteer will support the daily activities with the kids, art activities, sports, experimental activities, role playing, building and construction. Depending on the own interests of the volunteer there's the possibility to support one of these topics with own workshops or ideas - and also to realize an own activity within this topic.
The volunteer will get a chance to go to a language course and get or improve German language skills. Read more
The "Kita am Haydnplatz" is a bilingual (German/French) day care centre situated in the western part of the city of Karlsruhe. The centre welcomes children in the age of 1-6 years from 07.00 am to 17.30 pm for 61 children. A various program for the Children is offered. Besides playing together, they can experience themselves by playing and working with art and colours, doing sports, by being curious in experiments and natural sciences, by playing theatre or by doing handicrafts.
The children are always accompanied by the educators. The main goal is that the interests of the children are being supported by the educators and the volunteers. Additional excursions to Museums, the city, parks or playgrounds and cooperation with other institutions take place. Read more
The integrative day care centre "Kita im Weiherwald" is located close to the forest but still close to the city centre. The day care centre welcomes 42 children from the age of 1 to 6. The main focus of the day care centre is the inclusive concept, which means that
Handicapped and non-handicapped children are part of the group. It is important that the volunteer is interested to work with handicapped children and he*she should be interested in the concept of social inclusion. The concept of the kindergarten is to support the children individually depending on their abilities. A various program for the Children is offered. Besides playing together, they can experience themselves by playing and working with art and colours, doing sports, by being curious in experiments and natural sciences, by playing theatre or by doing handicrafts. Read more
The pedagogical concept of the AWO Kita Windrad in Karlsruhe is linked to the attitude of accompanying children holistically in their development: leading a healthy life in harmony with nature and actively taking preventative measures in this way – Sebastian Kneipp (1821-1897) successfully made this approach the basis of his comprehensive healing methods around 150 years ago. The kita works with 47 kids in age 1-6.
In addition to plenty of play in the fresh air, the kids follow a healthy diet and train some mindfulness excercises. Children are open and curious and still free from behavior patterns; on this lies the promising approach of Kneipp's health promotion. Read more
Volunteering at Circus Aktions-und Zirkusbüro Stadtjugendausschuss e.V in Karlsruhe. (2 volunteers):
Jugendwerk der AWO Karlsruhe are cooperating with Aktions- und Zirkusbüro organization.
Every year two ESC volunteers, through Jugendwerk, are joining the circus team in Karlsruhe.
The “Aktions- und Zirkusbüro” develops and creates circus pedagogical offers, participation projects, events as well as actions on the big areal in the Otto-Dullenkopf-Park which is situated at the southeastern part of the city Karlsruhe. The “Aktions- und Zirkusbüro” is part of the “Stadtjugendausschuss e.V.” which is an umbrella association for children and youth organizations in
Karlsruhe.
At “Aktions- and Zirkusbüro” innovative possibilities are offered. Children and youngsters with or without special needs as well as educated athletes, musicians or artists are invited to try themselves out within the topics sports, arts or culture.
Big and small circus tents, different site caravans and small frame houses are part of the circus areal. An area for parcours, dirtbiketrails and a beach volley court, a fireplace, patches, a clay oven, a play yard – all these are parts of the terrain. The infrastructure offers many possibilities for projects and events for various age bands. Read more
Volunteering at Self-Determined Learning School at Freie Schule Brigach in Villingen-Schwenningen (1 volunteer):
Freie Schule Brigach was founded in 2006. About 30 children - age 6 to 18 - attend the school. Our school broadens and enriches the educational variety in the county of Schwarzwald-Baar. The educational concept meets the requirements of curriculums at state schools.
The concept of our school is not combined to any ideology or religious confession.
The main focus of our educational efforts is the individual child with his or her strengths and skills. The pupils learn in a group of mixed ages. Children experience democracy, which offers freedom and limits, individuality and community.
The teachers’ role is to give input and advices, to support children on their own way of learning.
Children are taught to work independently and self-responsible. Teachers are not an authority who know everything, but someone who supports and accompanies children in their process of learning.
Volunteer activities consists of the assistance at the classes, the support of pupils during excursions, initiating own projects. Read more
