SOLIDARITY PROJECTS

A solidarity project is a local initiative that is independently created and carried out by at least five young people. Participants must be between 18 and 30 years old and the duration of the project should be between two and 12 months. You work together on the goals and implementation of the project. You have a wide range of topics to choose from, so there is plenty of scope to create a fun and interesting project to suit your tastes.
After applying for the project, you will ideally receive funds from the European Solidarity Corps, which FAIRbund can help to manage. Project applications can be submitted twice a year. The application is submitted via a web-based form. You can find the application documents and the form at the following link: https://www.solidaritaetskorps.de/mitmachen/solidaritaetsprojekte/

FAIRbund supports young people in implementing their solidarity projects:

LANGUAGE ART

“SprachKunst” was a solidarity project in the summer of 2023, initiated by European volunteers and young people from Leipzig who wanted to make it easier for newly arrived people to get in touch and learn German. The workshops and artistic works were carried out at Restlos e. V. carried out. The team around Emma Schwitter (volunteer in the EU exchange office of the FAIRbund October 2022 - October 2023) applied for and successfully implemented the workshops in the summer of 2023. An exhibition with the art objects was held on the occasion of the event “Melody of Language” – designed on Language Day. Flyer

The members of the SprachKunst team:

MENSTRUAL ACTION

MenstruAction is committed to helping people who suffer from period poverty in Leipzig. (August 2021 - August 2022 as part of the solidarity project) The term period poverty refers to the phenomenon when menstruating people do not have enough money to buy period products or do not have access to education about menstrual hygiene, sanitation and/or waste disposal.
For this reason, the MenstruAction team set up donation boxes in several branches of the dm drugstore. After shopping, customers could donate the menstrual products directly at the exit of the dm drugstore. The collected products were then collected by our team and distributed to various social institutions. In addition, the MenstruAction team also engaged in public outreach by attempting to raise society's awareness of the issue of period poverty. The solidarity project was carried out by all participants as an additional commitment outside of work.
The MenstruAction project received EU funding as a solidarity project.

The topic is now being discussed publicly and you can find free menstrual products in a large number of public toilets. A good development!

The collection boxes:

Some members of the MenstruAction team distributing the donations: