New Friends And New Skills: Maltese Youths Could Go Abroad For Free With This Exciting Voluntary Organisation
Have you ever wanted to spend some time doing voluntary work abroad? This local voluntary organisation is helping youths from all over Malta find opportunities to take part in international voluntary exchanges.
TDM2000 was founded in March 2005 with the aims of achieving a greater consciousness of international cooperation, mutual understanding and the need to be active in today’s society. The local branch of TDM sent over 50 persons to 20 exchanges around Europe and its neighbouring countries last year alone.
Oh, and did we mention they cover the majority of the trip’s costs?
These exchanges and placements are usually a part of the Erasmus+ programme, so a lot of the financials will be covered. Accommodation and food for the trip is free of charge, and flights are heavily reimbursed.
So you’re basically getting a free trip, and you get to work on some exciting things and make new friends.
Over the past 14 years, this organisation has been giving youths from Malta and Gozo the opportunity to participate in interesting events such as music marathons, sports events, carnival competitions, themed parties, environment awareness campaigns, cultural meetings, debates with decision makers and career based placements.
During these ‘youth mobility’ programmes, young people meet individuals coming from different backgrounds and different realities to discuss and collaborate on activities using non-formal learning methodologies.
The topics vary from democracy to art, theatre and music, culture and traditions, youth employability, youth tolerance and many more. On returning from these programmes, most youths say what a good time they had and how much they learnt from the young persons or decision makers they met.
TDM are currently looking for young people to take part in three international projects in the coming months
You need to be a member to sign up, but memberships to TDM are free so there’s no reason not to sign up!
You(th) Decide – Romania
3 – 15 April 2019
A project on current EU matters and the upcoming MEP elections
7 participants needed (aged 18 to 30)
Non Formal Job Matching – Slovakia
1 – 5 May 2019
Project on competences for Youth Employability
3 participants needed (aged 22+)
Skip the Stereotypes – Hungary
20 – 28 May 2019
Project on intercultural learning and tolerance
6 participants needed (aged 18 to 30)
TDM are constantly announcing new programmes and exchanges, so keep an eye on their Facebook for updates, and sign up now to be the first to know!
All projects that they have on offer are on a voluntary basis, and they’re all covered financially so it really is like getting a free trip. People who have taken part in these projects come back having made loads of new friends and learning new skills.