In our work with adolescents and young adults, it becomes increasingly clear that this group, especially towards the end of their schooling, seeks guidance regarding their personal development and their future careers. In Germany, many of these young people choose to pursue a voluntary social year or federal volunteer service after graduating from school. In our work with children and young people, we see a special opportunity, but also an obligation, to provide them with guidance during this phase, ideally well before they graduate, by raising their awareness of socially relevant issues and the value of sustained civic engagement and active participation. Ideally, they will then envision their professional future with us at Johanniter or in other aid organizations or social service agencies. With this international youth exchange, we wanted to make it clear to the participants that key challenges for successful social coexistence exist not only in their hometown or local branch, but throughout Europe. Where differences exist, they should learn to see them as inspiration and an opportunity for developing their own civic engagement and active participation. To make this relatively abstract objective tangible, this project focused on a currently omnipresent challenge that threatens social cohesion: the treatment of refugees and migrants. Johanniter values, as well as European values, for dealing with this issue were to be actively conveyed and reflected upon together as a framework for orientation. By engaging with this sensitive topic, they were to acquire extra-functional skills that would strengthen their personal development and which they could then pass on to others as part of the planned knowledge transfer. In addition, the participants should be provided with professional knowledge and skills and concrete guidance for their professional future through the professional exchange about different working methods and approaches in dealing with people in need of help.