Tell me about your commitment

We got to know Glasgow “studying” the internet  well before we got there. On arriving to the City we found the place even more grandeur and hectic than we expected to be. The great buildings errected in the far past with their magnificient towers over the tops  saying something about grand history of the places and than the continous […]

Interview with Ms Matic, a teacher of the Croatian Folklore Group Interview conducted by: Paula Schweinberger, ViLE e.V., Germany Leadership of the group: Ms Michaela Babic Paula: Ms Matic, when I saw your group dancing in 2008, I was impressed immediately. And so I am very happy that your leader Ms Babic arranged this meeting, […]

Dear “Tell me about your commitment” Friends. During our last meeting in Słupsk, we all watched with some pleasure relatively short video presented by Mr Piekarski of The Academia Pomorska in Słupsk. The video, with en English translation, shows “winding roads” along which volontary activity developed. “The winding roads” here mentioned  began in the early […]

Das Interview wurde von Bärbel und Rolf-Peter König, ViLE e.V. Deutschland, durchgeführt. Im Rahmen unseres Projektes „tell me about your commitment“ haben wir Herrn Kerner, dem Leiter der ungarndeutschen Heimatstube in Langenau  und Vorstand der deutsch–ungarischen Landsmannschaft im Alb-Donau Kreis, interviewt.

“Cornellà sense Fronteres” (Cornella without Borders) is an NGOs working with and for immigrants in the city of Cornellà (Barcelona Neighbour city). The “power point” shows how and why volunteers work in this framework.    Power Point ilustrativo Cornellà Sense Fronteres castellano by Aziz, in the frame of his work with FDC

In the framework of the projects “European Memories” and “Tell me about your commitment”, Fundació Desenvolupament Comunitari (FDC) have organized, together with “Memoro” and “Entrepobles”, a serie of interviews of people living in Catalunya who have been strongly involved in social struggles in the last years or even decades. View video “FDC Memories of the […]

  Based on an interview conducted by Christa Grawert-Wagner, ViLE e.V., Germany   „Ohne die freiwilligen Helfer geht gar nichts mehr.“ Das sagte eine Besucherin am 23. Oktober 2010. Es war der Eröffnungstag des neuen Gebäudes des  Rautenstrauch-Jost-Museums (RJM) am Neumarkt, im Zentrum der Stadt Köln. Bis zu neun Freiwillige, meist Frauen, waren an dem […]

Based on an interview conducted by Christa Grawert-Wagner, ViLE e.V., Germany Ein Ehrenamt? fragt Peter Bach. Er habe keine Ämter. „Es ist eine Tätigkeit, die nicht Privatinteressen dient, sondern es ist eine gesellschaftliche Aufgabe.“ So definiert er sein „unbezahltes Engagement“.  Geprägt von der 68er Bewegung habe er versucht einen Blick dafür zu bekommen, wie die […]

Interview with F.S., chairman of the One World Association Oberursel, for the project “tell me about your commitment.” The interview was conducted by Brigitte Höfer, ViLE e.V. Germany Some facts first: Oberursel is a town with 44,000 inhabitants. It is located in the north of Frankfurt at the foot of the Taunus mountains. In former […]

Interview with Mr. Werner in Balmertshofen March 17th, 2011 The interview was held by Friedrich Sackmann, ViLE e.V. Group, Germany Comment: Mr. Ulrich Hans Werner is 70 years old and lives with his wife Elisabeth Werner-Pennther in Balmertshofen, a village in the small market town of Pfaffenhofen. The couple has two children and five grand-children. […]