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22 Feb 2024
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Hello everyone! We are quite big family who living in capitol of Poland – Warsaw. We have four sons in range of age 12-18 years old. We live in separate house with small garden. Dad work full time from Monday to Friday. Mom is responsibility for children’s home education and working in part time from home. We are looking nice people, who help us to be better and better in English and Russian and Spanish languages.
We are trying to be active and we are trying to spend a lot of time on fresh air. Our boys have a lot activities like a gimnastic, judo or swimming.
Very close of our house is local sport center where we can do a lot of things.
We would like to show our kids how people live in another countries, maybe someone of you, could cook something special from your country. And maybe you can help us a little in our garden. In this year we are going to start with project of improving green zone
But most important for us is to know new people, new culture, and practice languages.
For last 2 years we have dog ;-)Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practiceTeachingGardeningDIY and building projectsBabysitting and creative playCreating/ Cooking family mealsHelp around the houseGeneral MaintenanceHelp with Computers/ InternetCultural exchange and learning opportunities
Poland is country in middle of Europe with long history, in our country is a lot of interesting pleaces. We can help you organise weekend's trip to different places in our country.
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Help
You will be required to teach all of our children English (or other language) and practise it with the parents too. If you also know Russian or Spanish and would you like to teach us some of that language it would be great. You will be expected to do a little bit of household chores like cleaning, ironing and cooking or gardening if you want.
We welcome our volunteer for 2-3 weeks stay with us.Languages spoken
Polish: Fluent
English: Intermediate
Russian: Intermediate
Spanish: BeginnerAccommodation
Separate room with access to common kitchen and bathroom
What else ...
We are living not so far to city center (30-40 minutes of train or bus). You can visit a lot of museums, gallery and walk into old town. Warsaw has got a lot of old churches and very interesting royal castle.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Dorota is a quiet person, but, she is always trying to make sure that you feel welcomed and comfortable. Michael likes to talk and it is really pleasant to talk to him. They both want to practice their English skills by speaking with other people. Michael is also eager to learn about other countries… read more
The daily activities are not demanding, which consisted in playing games with the children and helping them with English excercises and grammar (we also did a game to practice spanish numbers!). During my free time, I was often in the center of Warsaw and I was able to… read more
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Dorota is a quiet person, but, she is always trying to make sure that you feel welcomed and comfortable. Michael likes to talk and it is really pleasant to talk to him. They both want to practice their English skills by speaking with other people. Michael is also eager to learn about other countries… read more
The daily activities are not demanding, which consisted in playing games with the children and helping them with English excercises and grammar (we also did a game to practice spanish numbers!). During my free time, I was often in the center of Warsaw and I was able to… read more