ASF volunteers at Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany, with TV Tower in the background. Photo by ASF/Ruthe Zuntz.
Individual speaking at a podium during the Leipzig Book Fair 2014.
Four young adults running on grass, smiling. ASF Freiwilligendienst applies by November 1, 2023.
Volunteer Roman from the U.S. explaining a map at Sachsenhausen Memorial near Berlin. Image by ASF/Ruthe Zuntz.

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USA

The desert never felt peaceful

ASF volunteer Lilly Wehrmann helped along the escape routes near Tucson, Arizona. She reports about militarization and sanctity of the country, arbitrary justice and solidarity counter-initiatives.

Berlin, Paul Gerhardt Stift, Müllerstraße 56-58, 13349 Berlin

Democracies under pressure – taking a firm stand against the shift to the right

ARSP ANNUAL CONFERENCE

The far right is on the rise and democracy is under pressure. In some Western countries, far-right forces are already in power, whilst in others this is a looming threat. Their rise poses a threat to democracy and the rule of law, to minorities, and to an open and diverse society.

Peace and War

Meeting the needs – in times of war

Delivered and in use the next day to save lives. The aid initiative BerlinOdessaExpress has donated two fire engines to the southeast of Ukraine. Here in Kherson, civil defense desperately needs this support. Because people are attacked by drones every day and often the rescuers themselves who come to their aid. And before the next winter of …