Tandem between immigrants and locals in Bremen
Start with a Friend e.V.
- Migrants & Refugees
- Education & Language Support
- Equal Opportunities
- Sports & Leisure Activities
About the volunteering opportunity
We want to support people with a history of immigration when they arrive in Germany and bring them together with locals. With their experience and commitment, they support immigrants in their daily lives. In addition to the desire for support, the focus is on exchange. We want them to learn from each other. Ideally, a friendship will develop, but in any case connections that create networks and make it easier for immigrants to get started in Germany.
Your Tasks
Start with a Friend provides exciting encounters and enriching experiences. We meet each participant personally and bring you into contact with each other according to your interests, professional background and needs. Tandem relationships are as different as people are different. For some, it is more about the local immigrant helping with everyday issues, e.g. finding accommodation or starting a job. Others mainly want to get to know nice people in Germany. Everyone should plan around two hours a week for their tandem, but the timing is flexible. You can also become part of a colorful and active community with lots of fun events.
What's needed
For this volunteering opportunity, advanced German skills are required.
What you actually do with your tandem partner, when and where you meet, is up to you or is arranged in consultation with your tandem partner. Start with a Friend provides exciting encounters and enriching experiences. To this end, we meet each participant personally and bring you into contact with each other according to your interests, professional background and needs.
Time required
Regularly
Discussed individually
It would be great if you had 2 hours a week for your activities as a tandem partner.
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.