ESC teaches me something

Short stories and Volunteer Ventures

Category: ESC out of a volunteers view

My workday as an ESC volunteer – Ana

I work as a volunteer at the Waganowice School Complex near Krakow. This is what my workday looks like and…

My day at a special kindergarten – Esmanur

I am volunteering at a special kindergarten for children with special needs in Special School Complex nr 4. This is…

Running language lessons as a volunteer in Kraków – Anna

I’m a volunteer from Spain and one of the tasks in Krakow is running language lessons in different community centers. I mainly teach Spanish and English,…

The end of my ESC project – Lionel

Krakow—when I first arrived, I was immediately awestruck by the immense beauty and energy of Poland’s second-largest city. Having never…

After a Volunteering Experience: What I Learned and Gained – Sezen

During this time, I had the opportunity to work with individuals with disabilities and closely witness their world. I tried…

Winter Break

This year last two weeks of January were the winter break, which is why many schools and kindergartens were closed….

Spreading the word about Volunteering – The 2024 Volunteer’s day

There are many reasons to become a volunteer: To improve your local community, to gain new experiences or to meet…

“Old meets New” – an Online-Meet-Up with former volunteers

Last Wednesday afternoon, an online meeting was organized that brought together current and former volunteers of IB polska where the…

First workshop – group rules

Last Wednesday, we did our first group workshop in the Multicultural Centre. We spent around two hours thinking and discussing…

“Like jumping head-on into the dark” – first week of our volunteering project

Our first week in Kraków can be summarized with three words – new beginning, timelapse and novelty. We spent the…

“One thing I wanted most was to live abroad and here I am” – farewell by Keti

A few years ago, I was a girl who had small and big dreams in her life. From time to…

One of the Hardest Things I’ll Have to Do: Saying Goodbye to This Project – farewell by Firdevs

Where do I start? Joining this project was very important for me because I knew I needed to step out…

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