Looking for Tandem Partners in Chemnitz
Start with a Friend e.V.
- Migrants & Refugees
- Women
- Education & Language Support
- Equal Opportunities
- Mentoring, Sponsoring & Career Coaching
- Sports & Leisure Activities
About the volunteering opportunity
About SwaF
Start with a Friend e.V. (SwaF) is a nonprofit organization with over 26 locations nationwide. More than 450 volunteers are dedicated to fostering a sense of community, acceptance, and inclusion. Our vision is a society that embraces its diversity. To achieve this, we facilitate personal encounters between people from different backgrounds and with different life experiences, both with and without a history of immigration.
Tandem
Putting the SwaF vision into practice begins with personal encounters—tandems. In a tandem, newcomers and locals come together. Their shared experiences are diverse: cooking together, learning languages, exploring the city, culture, and art, visiting government offices, or attending SwaF Tandem community events together.
Shared activities foster genuine connections—and often even friendships. In this way, we promote interaction, strengthen social participation, and contribute to a society of solidarity toward immigrants.
SwaF is also active in Chemnitz with a dedicated team. We match people for tandems, facilitate the exchange, and regularly organize tandem activities.
Start with a Friend e.V. (SwaF) is a nonprofit organization with over 26 locations nationwide. More than 450 volunteers are dedicated to fostering a sense of community, acceptance, and inclusion. Our vision is a society that embraces its diversity. To achieve this, we facilitate personal encounters between people from different backgrounds and with different life experiences, both with and without a history of immigration.
Tandem
Putting the SwaF vision into practice begins with personal encounters—tandems. In a tandem, newcomers and locals come together. Their shared experiences are diverse: cooking together, learning languages, exploring the city, culture, and art, visiting government offices, or attending SwaF Tandem community events together.
Shared activities foster genuine connections—and often even friendships. In this way, we promote interaction, strengthen social participation, and contribute to a society of solidarity toward immigrants.
SwaF is also active in Chemnitz with a dedicated team. We match people for tandems, facilitate the exchange, and regularly organize tandem activities.
Your Tasks
WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT?
- Personal encounters on an equal footing
- Mutual learning
- Shared leisure activities, conversations, or outings
- Flexible scheduling—tailored to your daily routine
- Guidance and support from our project team
- Opportunity to participate in Tandem events and be part of the Tandem community
WHY GET INVOLVED?
Through your involvement, you’ll strengthen community spirit, inclusion, and social cohesion. At the same time, you’ll gain enriching experiences and make valuable connections.
Do you live in Chemnitz and/or the surrounding area and want to get involved as a local?
Then we look forward to meeting you!
Through your involvement, you’ll strengthen community spirit, inclusion, and social cohesion. At the same time, you’ll gain enriching experiences and make valuable connections.
Do you live in Chemnitz and/or the surrounding area and want to get involved as a local?
Then we look forward to meeting you!
What's needed
For this volunteering opportunity, intermediate German skills are required.
- Openness & Curiosity
- Interest in intercultural exchange
- About two hours per week
Time required
Regularly
Discussed individually
Location
Start with a Friend e.V.
Start with a Friend pairs immigrants and locals into tandems based on their interests and needs. Ideally, this leads to a friendship; in any case, it creates a social network that makes it easier for immigrants to get started in Germany. Start with a Friend supports and advises the pairs after they’ve been matched and organizes events to help the pairs connect with one another. It’s also important to us to create structures that allow people with busy professional and family lives to get involved. The schedule is therefore flexible, and training opportunities are available but optional. So far, Start with a Friend is active in 26 cities across Germany.