by Brigitte Nguyen-Duong, Senior student, ZAWiW, Ulm
Since I am no longer professionally engaged and my family does not need me urgently for the everyday life, I try to apply my excess energy in the public life. I did not need to look long for a suitable place. [...] continue reading
Hanns Hanagarth, Senior student, ZAWiW, Ulm
I understand „honorary work” to be a unpaid civic, social engagement. This can be in all areas of social life. Also in the family, neighbourhood, amongst acquitances, friends, in associations, schools, Kindergarten, charitable organisations, etc. I myself am since 20 years a member in a Service-Club. [...] continue reading
Emilia Fiorini, Senior student at UPTER, Rome
Accept or receive? When one has a honorary work, this means, that he already achived something in his life, and when he got old in a “normal” way, this means that he should keep this position. And when he then laboriously achieves something, which he could not until then, it is then good that he had kept the position. [...] continue reading
Carmen Stadelhofer, ZAWiW, Ulm
I grew up with honorary work. I drank it, so to speak, with my mother’s milk. As a small girl I sat at the back of the bicycle when my mother went to the garden huts of the refugee families that were accommodated in our quarter. She brought to these people, who lived in the small provisional homes, [...] continue reading
Bruna Lamastra and Maria Teresa Norero, Senior students, UPTER, Rome
When they go into pension, many people in Italy take on the role of the grandparents and take care of their grandchildren. The social services do not function all that well here and there is a lack of “Kindergarten”. The family plays generally a very important role in our society and so the grandparents help the working women with their children. [...] continue reading
Jutta Gotthard, Senior student at ZAWiW, Ulm
The somewhat unclear term in German language “ Ehrenamt” (honorary/voluntary work) refers to a regular not-paid involvement of a person in work or a cause serving the public good. Be it work with children, nature protection, a function in an association, a quire singer, a tutor in seniors’ education, helper in old people’s home, catastrophe relief worker etc. [...] continue reading