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<p>hier erstmal die nicht-offizielle Reaktion aus Sambia<br>
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<td>Re: future of the ewe's voluntary services in Germany
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<td>Agness simooloka <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:agysmooloka@yahoo.com"><agysmooloka@yahoo.com></a></td>
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<td>Guido Schürenberg
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<div>Dear Guido. This is not official. The Director will write
officially. </div>
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<div>Greetings from Zambia and Monze in particular. It's good
to jear from your in a long time. I can't deny that I have
also been quiet.</div>
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<div>Iam just imagining how hard it could have been to arrive at
this decision which in this case is necessary to give room
for a deeper reflection on the relevance of the program. It's
a pity that it has come to this, but maybe this will bread new
ideas and strategies. Nowadays, Young people are not as
passionate about Africa as before. Maybe it's because of the
changing times and the way things are done. I agree with you
that there are other factors beyond our control that have
contributed to the current situation of the program; but what
can we do? Literally very little if not nothing. </div>
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<div>However, the fruitful years of the program cannot go
unnoticed. They were the best and worth undertaking despite
the challenges that were encountered. Beautiful memories for
sure because a lot of young people were able to discover
themselves and are now living meaningful and formed lives. The
values they adopted will always be part of them. I personally
learned a lot while interacting with these young people from
different backgrounds and cultures. </div>
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<div>Nevertheless, yes Nevertheless, the story has not ended as
we are still reaching out to those who need support for their
education so that their tomorrow will be better than their
today. The ewe candle is still burning 🔥 </div>
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<div>Regards to big sister </div>
<div>Till then </div>
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<div>Agnes </div>
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<div> On Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at 03:12:09 PM GMT+2, Guido
Schürenberg
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<p class="ydpe9107684yiv5877441017MsoNormal">Dear ewe
team in Zambia,</p>
<p class="ydpe9107684yiv5877441017MsoNormal">Tonight,
at the ewe's general meeting, we will have to make a
statement on the future of the ewe's voluntary
services in Germany and Zambia.</p>
<p class="ydpe9107684yiv5877441017MsoNormal">As this
is of great importance for our cooperation, which
has existed for almost 30 years, and has
implications for the joint organisation of our
partnership with Caritas of the Diocese of Monze, we
would like to send you this declaration at the same
time.</p>
<p class="ydpe9107684yiv5877441017MsoNormal">On 14
January this year, we already described the
difficult situation for incoming Zambian volunteers
and the low level of interest in outgoing German
volunteers to Zambia.</p>
<p class="ydpe9107684yiv5877441017MsoNormal">The
background to this was the lack of interested and
suitable candidates for a voluntary year with the
ewe (and its special concept of cultural integration
via families) in Zambia. In addition, the political
framework conditions had changed (significant
savings in the funding programmes and considerable
administrative effort in accounting and quality
standards). <br>
As a purely voluntary organisation, we had reached
the limits of our capacity - financially and
especially in terms of personnel. <br>
The incoming programme for Zambian volunteers was
also at risk in terms of its essential framework
conditions (host families, accompanying the
volunteers, contribution to the costs of the
placement, arbitrary visa allocation, the Zambian
candidates' unwillingness to learn German
intensively as an everyday language of communication
and the latent everyday racism in our German
society). In addition, there were annual cuts of
over 50 million euros in the so-called voluntary
domestic services, meaning that the number of posts
had to be significantly reduced. <br>
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The Executive Board's decision to remain in the
weltwärts funding programme had to be made by 31 May
of this year, as recertification was required, which
alone costs €5,000, plus the volunteer time of
around 60 working hours for the necessary adaptation
and adjustment to a new quality criteria and
documentation system. <br>
Among other things, a decision had to be made by
today for the incoming area, as Irmela, who has been
responsible for this area for many years, is
definitely leaving and no foreseeable successor is
guaranteed. See also above for the general
conditions. <br>
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After almost 30 and 25 successful years of
intercultural volunteer exchanges with the special
concept, the Board has therefore decided to end
these ewe projects and will bring this to the
attention of the General Assembly. <br>
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The new board to be elected by the members this
evening will reflect on the successful volunteer
work of the past almost 30 years in intercultural
exchange with Zambian and German young people with
you the ewe-Team in Zambia and recognise its
importance.</p>
<p class="ydpe9107684yiv5877441017MsoNormal">In the
area of project work, we will try to expand the
School Fee - project and, if necessary and possible,
realise further development projects, particularly
in the education and training sector with our
partners in Zambia.</p>
<p class="ydpe9107684yiv5877441017MsoNormal">We very
much regret this necessary decision, but see no
responsible option.</p>
<p class="ydpe9107684yiv5877441017MsoNormal">With
thoughtful and sad regards for the ewe Board </p>
<p class="ydpe9107684yiv5877441017MsoNormal">Guido </p>
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