Speech
Christian Stocker  ·  2026-09-10 11:00

Zivildiener des Jahres 2026 – Vorarlberg

[Music] My name is Matteo Müller. I come from Alltach in Vorarlberg and completed my civilian service here at the Hellbrunnen kindergarten. My main tasks in the kindergarten were looking after the children, mainly doing shopping and preparing lunch every day. What I definitely took away from kindergarten is the loving way of dealing with the children, because you often underestimate how children always react, and I learned that you can treat the children lovingly, but at the same time also set boundaries. I can highly recommend doing civilian service in a kindergarten . The experience with children alone is of course unique, and it naturally helps in all aspects of life. So when I received the call, I was very surprised, and of course very happy, but I must also say that without the entire Hellbrunnen team I would never have managed it, and it was of course a lot of fun working with them.