Volunteer – Page 2 – Play Handball

Our journey to Tanzania started at 5.00 am on the 5th of may when we travelled by bus from Nairobi, Kenya to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Apart from the usual challenges at the border, the very long bus journey went smoothly and we arrived in Dar es Salaam.

Our volunteers Paul, Konrad and Henning in Tansania

Kenya, Tournaments, Volunteer,

Our journey to Tanzania started at 5.00 am on the 5th of may when we travelled by bus from Nairobi, Kenya to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Apart from the usual challenges at the border, the very long bus journey went smoothly and we arrived in Dar es Salaam.

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The mid-term seminars are a compulsory part of the weltwärts voluntary service. They serve as quality assurance and support for the volunteers. This year, two seminars led by Nicola Scholl, founder and director of PlayHandball, took place in Botswana and Kenya. Here are some insights into the seminars from our volunteers Sophia (Kenya) and Lasse […]

Midterm Seminars in Botswana and Kenya

Botswana, Kenya, Volunteer, weltwärts,

The mid-term seminars are a compulsory part of the weltwärts voluntary service. They serve as quality assurance and support for the volunteers. This year, two seminars led by Nicola Scholl, founder and director of PlayHandball, took place in Botswana and Kenya. Here are some insights into the seminars from our volunteers Sophia (Kenya) and Lasse (Botswana):

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Interview with our team in Botswana

Botswana, Volunteer, weltwärts,

In our last newsletter, we already reported on our new project in Botswana. For this issue, we asked our volunteers Vincent and Yamina on site how they experienced their first months.

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Just a couple of weeks after the start of the new school year a first friendly tournament was held at the Observatory Junior School in Cape Town, South Africa.

Friendly Tournament at the Observatory Junior School

Community, Event, South Africa, Volunteer,

Just a couple of weeks after the start of the new school year a first friendly tournament was held at the Observatory Junior School in Cape Town, South Africa.

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On 26 November, there was a lot going on at the sports field in Utawala, Kenya. PlayHandball Kenya organised the first sports festival in Machakos Utawala with Deliverance Church Embakasi. Over 150 children participated in various handball and tchoukball games on the day, singing and having a lot of fun together.

Sport Day in Utawala, Kenya

Event, Volunteer,

On 26 November, there was a lot going on at the sports field in Utawala, Kenya. PlayHandball Kenya organised the first sports festival in Machakos Utawala with Deliverance Church Embakasi. Over 150 children participated in various handball and tchoukball games on the day, singing and having a lot of fun together.

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On 22 November, the time had finally come: the new volunteers Yamina, Leo, Vincent and Lasse landed in Cape Town. After months of waiting, the four arrived finally in South Africa for the orientation seminar before taking the bus to the new project at the DOW Academy in Botswana.

Volunteer Arrival and PlayHandball in Botswana

Event, Volunteer,

On 22 November, the time had finally come: the new volunteers Yamina, Leo, Vincent and Lasse landed in Cape Town. After months of waiting, the four arrived finally in South Africa for the orientation seminar before taking the bus to the new project at the DOW Academy in Botswana.

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Sport for development and peace – From the 19th to 23rd of September the volunteers Vincent Albers and Lasse Preissler visited another Global Sport for Development Knowledge Collaborative (GloKnoCo) fieldtrip, this time at the University of Brighton. Among representers of global acting organisations, like Vincent and Lasse, also students from the University of Brighton, the Paderborn […]

PlayHandball as part of the GloKnoCo Project in Brighton

Community, Event, Volunteer,

Sport for development and peace – From the 19^th to 23^rd of September the volunteers Vincent Albers and Lasse Preissler visited another Global Sport for Development Knowledge Collaborative (GloKnoCo) fieldtrip, this time at the University of Brighton. Among representers of global acting organisations, like Vincent and Lasse, also students from the University of Brighton, the Paderborn University, and the Palacký University Olomouc took part in this final event of the Erasmus+ Network project.

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Karibu! I’m Sophia and I’m spending my weltwärts volunteer service with Play Handball in Kenya from September 2022 to August 2023. I am living with my host family in Machakos, south-east of Nairobi. Today I would like to tell you a little bit about the past two months and my new daily life here.

Sophia tells about her first weeks in Kenya

Kenya, Volunteer, weltwärts,

Karibu! I’m Sophia and I’m spending my weltwärts volunteer service with Play Handball in Kenya from September 2022 to August 2023. I am living with my host family in Machakos, south-east of Nairobi. Today I would like to tell you a little bit about the past two months and my new daily life here.

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“It has given me unforgettable moments and a lot of loyal friends in my life – like a second family.” Christian is in Lamberts Bay as a weltwärts volunteer for one year and supports PlayHandball’s partner organization “Rural Impact” on site. In the following interview, our volunteer Christian talks about his experience after seven months:

Christian tells of his experiences as a volunteer in Lamberts Bay

South Africa, Volunteer, weltwärts,

“It has given me unforgettable moments and a lot of loyal friends in my life – like a second family.”

Christian is in Lamberts Bay as a weltwärts volunteer for one year and supports PlayHandball’s partner organization “Rural Impact” on site. In the following interview, our volunteer Christian talks about his experience after seven months:

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Sport for development and peace. From the 16th to the 20th of May 2022, we were part of the second part of the GloKnoCo School, this time held in Brussels. This is a project which is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. The students from different universities were taught about sport for […]

PlayHandball part of the GloKnoCo School in Brussels

Others, Volunteer, Youth Exchange,

Sport for development and peace. From the 16th to the 20th of May 2022, we were part of the second part of the GloKnoCo School, this time held in Brussels. This is a project which is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. The students from different universities were taught about sport for development and peace (SDP) by representatives of different NGOs and professors who are working in this field. The universities which took part are the University of Brighton, the Paderborn University, and the Palacký University Olomouc. Beside PlayHandball the NGOs INEX, FHPU and MSIS were represented. Our representatives were Moritz Rottmann and Vincent Albers who are both volunteers and currently living in Germany. In a short report they tell us about the programme and their experiences of the field trip to Brussels.

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