
The volunteers´ work includes various duties. You can compare them to a one-(wo)man-music school: they do all the administration work and teach all the students themselves.
On weekdays, they go to the three schools every afternoon to teach the students. In the mornings, they organize and prepare their lessons and rehearsals, plan performances, do administration stuff like phone calls with school directors and clergymen, write letters to parents etc. Apart from that, they have to conduct the correspondence with their supervisors and financiers from Germany and of course learn Arabic.
On Fridays and Mondays, the ensemble rehearsals take place, which have to be well-prepared. Weekends are usually off, unless there´s a concert or other event.
Then, of course, there´s a most fascinating country to be explored, interesting people to be met, friendships to be made and individual hobbies to be pursued.
The nice thing about the work at Brass for Peace is that, despite regular appointments, every week is different and an exciting mixture of routine and spontaneity might evolve. The volunteers learn to deal with all kinds of situations and work exceedingly self-responsible and autonomous. If there are questions or if they need support, the volunteers are yet not let alone. Brass for Peace-coordinator Carolin Modersohn, a mentor from Berlin Mission and the association team from Germany are on their sides.