ACTION RÉCONCILIATION SERVICE POUR LA PAIX
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ASF (Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste, translated into French by Action Sign of Reconciliation Services for Peace) was founded in Germany following the Second World War (1958) in order to counter the values of tolerance and solidarity to the logic of hatred and exclusion that had bleeding Europe under the German occupation.
Today, ASF engages in Europe, the United States and Israel in the fight against racism and anti-Semitism, but also in the integration of all persons who are victims of discrimination (persons with disabilities, socially disadvantaged persons, foreigners in demand for regularisation, homosexuals, etc.) through voluntary services, so-called services for peace. In France, ASF has been committed for more than 50 years to promoting peace by involving, inter alia, social and historical projects.
What are they proposing? ASF offers international and voluntary services in the fields of memory and the fight against racism, anti-Semitism, exclusion, and discrimination.
The projects proposed in this framework are very diverse, as they can relate to memory (archival work, guided visits, organization of events, maintenance of former Jewish cemeteries, meetings of survivors and victims of the Second World War, etc.), social action (accompaniment to elderly people, assistance within therapeutic homes, etc.), ecology (work to the elderly). organic farms) or socio-cultural animation.
Where? France, Germany, Belgium, Great Britain, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Israel and USA.
Profile and Conditions: is more than 18 years old (except for certain international yards: contact the association or consult the list of projects on www.asf-ev.de/fra/volontariats/chantiers-dete.html) and an interest in history and services for peace.
