2465052 Stiftung Schüler Helfen Leben Lübeck Neumünster European Youth Movement Freiwilligendienst IVS Income Voluntary Service in Germany Your mission Income Voluntary Service

Schüler*innen Helfen Leben (SHL) is Germany’s largest youth-led charity, best known for organising the Solidarity Action Day. On this day, tens of thousands of students swap the classroom for a job of their choice and donate their earnings to support youth and education projects in Southeast Europe, the Syria region, Jordan, and Ukraine. The goal: more equal opportunities, more youth participation, more solidarity.

Through presentations and workshops in German schools, SHL also raises awareness about the realities young people face in these regions. The Solidarity Action Day empowers youth to take action, stand up for social issues and make a real difference.


Why become an Income Volunteer?
As an Income Volunteer, you become part of a motivated team that believes in youth power and real change. For one year, you support SHL in a wide range of activities—from project work to communication, event planning and teamwork across borders. You’ll grow personally and professionally, gain valuable skills, and experience what it means to be part of a youth-led movement.

A program that crosses borders!
Since 2014, young people from Southeast Europe have been joining our team in Neumünster as Income Volunteers. They quickly became an essential part of everything we do.
 
In 2018, SHL opened a second office in Lübeck. On behalf of our European umbrella organisation SAME Solidarity Action Day Movement in Europe, we work to spread the idea of the Solidarity Action Day across Europe and connect young people from many countries. This team is supported by two additional Income Volunteers who help grow and shape this European Youth Movement.

What to expect during your voluntary service in Germany:
 •Be part of an international team of young people                                                            •Live in a shared apartment with other volunteers                                                              •Spend 13 months in Germany, contibuting to a meaningful cause                                  •Receive monthly pocket money                                                                                          •Travel with your colleagues to seminars and a 10-day project trip to Southeast Europe                       

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Additional Information for Volunteers:

•We cover costs of health insurance, visa, and other necessary expenses related to the voluntary service                                                                                                                                 •One round-trip journey to your hometown is covered at a freely chosen time during your service                                                                                                                                         •Depending on the office location (Lübeck or Neumünster), a good command of German and/or English (B1 level) is required (no certificate needed). We support language learning before and during the voluntary service                                                                                          •According to German regulations, volunteers must have their permanent residence outside Germany, and German may not be their native language

You can find more information on our Homepage and on Instagram of the SAME-Network, as well as SHL.]]> intern student full-time Voluntary Service other other 2025-12-17T14:24:46+00:00 2463443 Stiftung Schüler Helfen Leben Neumünster Lübeck Sozialer Tag Freiwilligendienst BFD Voluntary Service in Germany Your mission Voluntary Service in Germany
Every year, up to seven young people from Germany and South-Eastern Europe take on responsibility for organising the Social Day as part of a nationwide volunteer programme run by Schüler*innen Helfen Leben. From our offices in Neumünster or Lübeck, they work together with the Berlin office to manage the activities of Schüler*innen Helfen Leben in Germany.

We offer a wide range of work areas, from press and public relations to looking after our prominent sponsors, designing our print and online presence, communicating with schools and pupils, and implementing our diverse educational and international exchange programme.]]> Your profile What makes volunteering with Schüler*innen Helfen Leben so special is that volunteers don't just assist, they take on responsibility, contribute their own ideas and realise their own projects. The opportunity to work in an international, young, committed team with motivated and open-minded people inside and outside the organisation, companies and media representatives is truly unique.

The volunteer service also includes a two-week project trip through South-Eastern Europe and to our partner organisations, where you will get to know the various projects and countries together with the other volunteers and become aware of what your work in Germany stands for.

You can find more information on our Homepage or on Instagram.]]> intern student full-time Voluntary Service other other 2025-12-16T12:50:39+00:00 2465038 Stiftung Schüler Helfen Leben Sarajevo Internationale Projektpartnerschaften Freiwilligendienst DE/SOE Voluntary Service in Southeasteurope Your mission Voluntary Service in South-East Europe
Every year, SHL enables several young people to volunteer abroad with one of our partner organisations in South-East Europe.

If you would like to spend a year volunteering in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo or Serbia, you've come to the right place. There, you can spend a year promoting creativity and initiative among young people in youth centres, for example, or supporting them in their commitment to peaceful coexistence.]]> Your profile This voluntary service offers participants the opportunity to gain a wide range of practical experience in the work of the respective situation, to test their independence, to develop their personal skills and to expand their knowledge of the region and, for example, the situation of minorities.

Volunteers abroad can get to know the countries of South-Eastern Europe and the living conditions of the people there in depth and experience intercultural exchange. In addition, global connections and interactions are better understood through personal experience and questioning.

There are many different activities at our locations: volunteers can actively participate in tutoring programmes and leisure activities for disadvantaged children and young people, offer their own workshops on various topics, or organise local initiatives together with other young volunteers.

You can find more information on our Website and on Instagram.

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