Join MDT de Ambassade as an ambassador and make an impact!
Would you like to learn how to better tell your own story? Gain new skills? And talk with other young people about what it’s like to be a refugee or to be undocumented? Join MDT de Ambassade and build bridges as an ambassador!
This is MDT de Ambassade
As an ambassador, you’ll work on your own story and share it with other youngsters without a refugee background. You’ll follow a training program and together with other youngsters, you’ll make an impact by organizing a social activity.
Your MDT journey
Month 1
Train and develop your story and talents
You’ll start by working on your own story. To shape this story, you’ll follow several trainings. You’ll learn how to use your story to build bridges and engage in conversations. You also develop and discover your talents.
The training program:
- 1 training on ‘advertising yourself’
- 1 training discover your talents
- 1 training storytelling, make an impact with your own story
Month 2
Meet and guide other youngsters in their journey
Now that your story has taken shape and you’ve worked on your talents, you’ll start mentoring other young people. They too will follow several trainings regarding their story and talents. They often don’t know or haven’t met people with a refugee background or know much about your home country and/or culture.
Month 3
Organize a social activity
Together with other youngsters you’ll make an impact by organizing a social activity.
Month 4
The closing event
Your journey ends with a final event where you’ll present your activity and reflect on the journey you’ve taken together.
Why MDT de Ambassade?
During your MDT journey, you’ll learn skills that you’ll carry with you for the rest of your life and that will be a great addition to your resume.
Skills
- Presenting
- Networking
- Entrepeneurship
- Self-reliance
You also
- Make new friends
- Get the MDT certificate
- Build a network
- Get the Europass Volunteer Certificate
- Create awareness about refugees and undocumented people
In brief
You are: younger than 30 years old and have a refugee background and/or know what it’s like to be undocumented
Start date: august 2024
Duration: 4 months, 80 hours in total
More information? Go to the contact page or send an email to mdt-ambassade@askv.nl.
About MDT
MDT (Maatschappelijke Diensttijd) offers young people between 12 and 30 years old the chance to develop their talents, meet people outside their immediate environment, and do something for others and/or society over a period of weeks to months. Young people for example organize sports activities in the neighborhood or act as buddies for lonely elderly people. MDT helps young people find their place in society and increases their social engagement.
MDT de Ambassade is a youth program of ASKV in collaboration with MDT, stichting Reclame Maken Voor Jezelf en stichting CINOP | ECIO.