European Voluntary Service

GrIStuF?

Every two years we organize the "Greifswald International Students Festival" which gives our association its funny name. The festival's aim is to connect students from all over the world in dialogue beyond nationalities, race or religion. It provides a platform for exchanging ideas and enables discussion on current topics. Last year, we hosted the 9th Greifswald International Students Festival under the title „Beyond Borders - Where are Your Limits?“. We will continue our work and prepare the next festival - GrIStuF 2020 – under the title „From Ego to Echo“ and you can be a part of this.

The goal of the festival next year is to give the participants key skills to understand the problems humanity is facing today. We will discuss the importance of everyone's responsibility for the global society.

What we offer

Next to our big project „GrIStuF“, we organize other events such as the „Fête de la Musique“ each year in June, and our famous „Running Dinner“ twice a year. We also host „living room concerts“ and a radio show.

As our EVS volunteer you will get insights into the planning and organization of events, as well as their funding process and public relations. You will be part of the decision process of GrIStuF 2020. During your year as a volunteer you could for example develop your own ideas for thematical workshops, movie screenings or podium discussions for the festival.

We brainstromed a bit and we thought about a few taks that could be yours during your year here:

- support our PR team and contribute to our Social Media pages, write press releases or take photos during the events.

- as we try to make the radio show more international get in touch with the international community in Greifswald and invite them to host it together with you.

- help the group finding and maintaining contact with sponsors and supporters of all our events.

- get creative and organize parties and concerts, or create the decoration for our venues.

- be the GrIStuF delegate at the student festival network (SOrCE) meetings and other festivals

- get involved in one of our Team to organize the festival. I could be either the cultural events or the content of the workshops or the whole logistics behind it

At GrIStuF you will also work closely together with the city’s various cultural and social institutions. We are all volunteering so you won‘t have to work from 9 am to 5 pm but have a more flexibel working shedule, as the meetings are sometines in the evening or on the weekends.