New children and youth representative in Halbe - controversies remain!

New children and youth representative in Halbe - controversies remain!

There is a breath of fresh air in child and youth policy in the municipality of Halbe. Sven-Eric König, a 34-year-old Bundeswehr officer, was recently elected as the new children and youth representative. Despite some dissent based on his political stance and profession, König shows great commitment to the needs of youth. He plans to actively bring the voice of children and young people into local politics and would like to build a network with social workers. A youth club or a youth parliament are at the top of his agenda, like maz-online.de reported.

König, who originally comes from Königs Wusterhausen and played volleyball there, has settled in the community of Halbe. He works as an assistant teacher at the local elementary school and teaches, among other things, sports. In his free time, he uses his knowledge as a volleyball coach for children and youth. He also regularly gives lectures on security policy at schools in Saxony-Anhalt for students in grades 9 to 13.

Involvement in the youth fire department

A completely different, but no less remarkable example of voluntary commitment is the Bad Zwesten fire department, which is celebrating two important anniversaries this year: 50 years of the youth fire department and 25 years of the children's fire department. On Saturday, September 16th, there will be a celebration in the Kurpark at the Kurhaus. From 11 a.m., children can take the Paw 4 badge and take part in the “Community Cup” competition. The award ceremony and a blue light party are also on the program. The children's fire brigade is open to all children aged six and over and enables them to get to know fire brigade activities in a playful way hna.de reported.

The Bad Zwesten fire department currently has around 25 members in both fire departments. Particularly noteworthy is the transition from the mini-fire department to the youth fire department, which takes place at the age of ten, and entry into the operations department at the age of 18. Former members of the children's and youth fire brigade are now an active part of the operations department, which underlines the sustainability of this commitment. Horst Schäfer, a founding member of the youth fire department, and Lena Hackenberg, the head of the children's fire department, are living examples of the successful youth work within the fire department.

Volunteering as a supporting pillar

The voluntary commitment in Germany is enormous. Loud kinder-jugendhilfe.info Around 30 million people are involved in over 600,000 non-profit organizations. The majority of these organizations work purely on a voluntary basis, and 18% are active in the area of ​​“education and upbringing”. Volunteers shape everyday socio-educational work in a variety of child and youth welfare facilities and take on important tasks there.

These committed people often help to strengthen the connection between society and the democratic blueprint. SGB ​​VIII, i.e. the Social Code, addresses special areas of action for this volunteer work and promotes out-of-the-box approaches, such as the inclusion of young people in organizational structures.

Whether in the fire department, in sports or in regular political participation - the commitment of Sven-Eric König and many others impressively shows how important it is to hear the young voices in our society and to actively involve them in shaping their future.