Kultur- und Initiativenhaus Greifswald e.V.
Kabutze e.V.
Greifswald, Germany
⭐️ Activity Title
Volunteering @ Open Sewing Studio "Kabutze" Greifswald, North East Germany
🔷 Activity Details
Description
"Kabutze" is an open sewing studio in Greifswald, Germany, a small city near the Polish-German border and at the Baltic Sea. The project offers practical sewing and upcycling activities and aims to educate the public about global (in)justice connected with fashion, e.g. with street-events, workshops, film screenings and other activities. Please apply here on the youth portal, but we only accept applicants who additionally apply through the application form of our coordinating organisation "Turbina Pomerania". Please apply with a quick text here on the Youth Portal and fill the form here: https://turbina-pomerania.org/en/esc. For questions, please e-mail to: application@turbina-pomerania.org. Applications via email will not be accepted. Please note that you should already have a valid visa for volunteering in Germany when applying.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
Accommodation is in a shared flat with other international volunteers or local students. You will have your own room. You will receive food allowance each month and are responsible for your meals yourself. You will receive a monthly travel ticket.
Training during the activity
You will participate in two seminar weeks organized by the German national agency: the on arrival training and midterm evaluation. Both take place somewhere in Germany, together with other ESC volunteers. Moreover, you will be part of the international seminar group of our coordinating organisation "Turbina Pomerania". You can find infos on the seminars here: https://turbina-pomerania.org/en/seminars. Lastly, we offer a German class with a professional German teacher.
Participant profile
We don't search the perfect volunteer. Most important is your honest and genuine interest in the project's topic: fair fashion & upcycling. It would be very helpful if you have basic German skills and/or skills with sewing and other handicrafts. Please specify your motivation and previous experience in the application form of our coordinating organisation: https://turbina-pomerania.org/en/esc
🔑 Key Information
Activity dates
From 07/09/2026 to 31/08/2027
Activity location
Stralsunder Straße 10, Greifswald, Germany
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden
Activity topics
Citizenship and democratic participation
Education and training
Creativity and culture
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 22/05/2026 12:00
Project code
2025-1-DE04-ESC51-VTJ-000346063
