Careleaver Worldwide – After Youth Welfare into Abroad
Support for care leavers (ages 15–30) for stays abroad with organizational, personal, and financial assistance, as well as individual guidance from preparation to return. Applications accepted year-round.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
The aim of the scholarship is to provide care leavers with a feasible opportunity to undertake stays abroad and to support them organizationally, personally, and financially in the way that family members would usually do.
Eligible expenses
- Travel expenses (flights, domestic travel)
- Visa costs
- Seminar costs for preparatory and follow-up weekends
- Emergency fund (medical care, emergencies)
- Storage of household goods
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Eligible to apply
- Individuals
Funding requirements
- Inpatient stay in youth welfare services
- Age between 15 and 30 years
- School leaving certificate or fulfillment of full-time schooling obligation
- German citizenship or permanent residence permit
- Health suitability for a longer stay abroad
Evaluation criteria
- Careleaver status
- Suitability of the international format to the educational path
- Motivation for the stay abroad
Description
Careleaver Worldwide enables young people between the ages of 15 and 30 who have grown up in residential youth care to undertake diverse stays abroad. The nationwide initiative of the Kreuzberger Kinderstiftung gAG supports and promotes care leavers in school years, voluntary services (IJFD, weltwärts, ESK), internships, work camps, and self-organized trips within Europe as well as worldwide in school programs. In addition to organizational support – from visas and travel registration to storage of household goods – the program offers three seminar weekends (orientation, preparation, and return), an emergency fund for unexpected expenses, and personal mentoring. The selection committee, composed of former scholarship recipients, takes into account care leaver status, educational format, and individual motivation. Applications and funding requests are accepted continuously, with German citizenship or permanent residency, school completion or full-time compulsory schooling, and health suitability as prerequisites.
Funded by private donations and sponsoring foundations, scholarship recipients receive an average of 2,000 euros for flights and domestic travel, visa costs, seminar participation, emergencies, storage costs, as well as a start-up allowance of up to 800 euros upon return. The funding is complemented by a mentor network of experienced alumni who provide individual advice and support. Careleaver Worldwide thus creates a reliable familial anchor and enables young adults to take a self-determined step abroad to develop intercultural competencies, strengthen their personality, and realize equal educational opportunities.
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