Come share your culture with us in small village in Central Poland , somewhere between Bydgoszcz, Torun and Poznan

Description

Our organization is local government unit (municipality), located in small village in Central Poland (somewhere between Bydgoszcz, Torun and Poznan). We organize youth exchanges, projects for locals and we coordinate some projects within European Voluntary Service. Our aim is to create opportunities of intercultural and nonformal education for local people in the spirit of tolerance and curiosity about other cultures.

You can be a part of our team for few days, meet locals and taste life here.

Types of help and learning opportunities

Babysitting and creative play
Elderly Companionship
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help with Eco Projects
Charity Work
Language practice
Art Projects
Teaching

Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

You can learn about life of typical Polish village. Probabely you will be very visible here, foreigners are not very common sight here. For sure people will be interested in your story...
When you prepare and implement your workshops you can develop your soft skills (communication and organizational skills, time and stress management, work in foreign culture, pedagogical and psyhological skills).
We will provide references and certificate concerning your workshops.

Projects involving children

This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

Help

We would like to host people, who can share their passion with locals. You can organize sport/art/music workshops for children, youth, seniors. You can tell them about your country, your travels, you can teach how to make traditional food.

Languages spoken

English: Fluent
Polish: Fluent
Russian: Fluent

Accommodation

We provide a saparate room in our flat. It's possible, that you will share the kitchen and bathroom with another volunteer.

What else ...

We are small village with no typical tourist atractions. There is modern sport infrastructure here and forests, where we go for jogging or Nordic Walking. You can participate in sport activities organized for local people (fitness, judo, football, futsal)
There are some lakes about 10 km from our village.
Some popular tourist destinations are in Torun (70km) and Poznan (100km). There is also famous Archeological Museum in Biskupin (20km).
There are few busses and trains, but hitchhiking will be the easiest.

A little more information

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  Internet access

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  Limited internet access

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  We have pets

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  We are smokers

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  Can host families

How many Workawayers can stay?

Two

Hours expected

Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week