And how much is it?

The short answer is: an average of 13,000 euros. That's a lot of money! Or maybe not so much when you consider how much a year in Germany costs...?

How does the cost put together?

The total is based on experience and calculations by ICJA and is determined, among other things, by the following items:

• Costs incurred by the sending and receiving organisation for e.g. organisation, advice, educational support, administration, training
• Flight and transport costs
  
• Insurance
• Costs in the host country (including food and accommodation)
• Seminar costs
• Pocket money (100 euros per month)

I also expect additional costs for

• visa
• Buying a car (there is hardly any public transport in New Zealand, so buying a car is recommended)
• Car insurance and petrol money
• Products of daily use
• Expenses for admissions, excursions and local travel

Overall, New Zealand is one of the countries with a high cost of living.

How are the costs covered?

The IJFD receives financial support from the state. Unfortunately, this support is not enough to cover the total costs of the volunteer service. In order to be able to organize volunteer services, ICJA relies on the volunteers themselves to close the funding gap between state support and total costs by setting up a support group. The amount currently raised by the New Zealand volunteers is 4,600 euros. This amount does not include flight and transport costs, visas, costs for local travel, etc. and must be paid additionally by the volunteers.

I would be very happy if YOU would become part of my support group!

Here's how it works: I would be happy if you send an amount of your choice via PayPal to ligrunert(AT)freenet.de.

A thousand thanks to all dear supporters – thanks to you, my dream comes true.