You may wonder; what is the purpose of VALUE and what do I gain from it? This workbook has been created to be an easy and fun to use reflection tool on the competences developed during an intercultural experience. This booklet also gives you, as an international volunteer, general support before, during and after your intercultural experience.

The main goal of VALUE is to motivate international volunteers to reflect on their own position as an international volunteer and the competences gained from the experience abroad. Other than that the Salesian values of Don Bosco have been integrated in the methodologies used in this booklet. Even though VALUE is based on Christian values it is intended for every international volunteer, regardless of their religious background. VALUE is partly based on a Belgian Booklet called “het groeiboekje”.

​“Het groeiboekje”, literally translates as “growth book”, is a reflection tool on the competence development of animators/instructors in local Don Bosco youth organisations. By making VALUE we wanted to create a similar reflection tool but in an international volunteer context. For that reason VALUE discusses subjects such as expectations, stereotyping, culture shock, and reverse culture shock. To make sure this booklet is an easy and fun to use tool, the content has been structured in a logical, chronological way (before, during and after the intercultural experience) and text has been minimized. ​You can find more information about the resources used to create VALUE onder the section "Resources".
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On the right you can find the PDF version of VALUE. This is the "spread version" that makes it easy to view the document online as the pages are arranged in pairs. If you prefer a version that can easily be printed double-sided or need an extra Storyline template, look at the section below.​

Storyline template

​Here you can find an extra template for the work form "Storyline", one of the main work forms used in the workbook. If you need an extra kopie, you can just download it here.

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Value PDF version

 Here you can find a second PDF version of VALUE. This version you can easily print double-sided, as the pages are not arranged in pairs but stacked underneath each other.

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