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Preparing Traditional Flowers

As you may already know, IB Polska is currently participating in a European Solidarity Corps project, hosting volunteers from across…

Cooking Workshop: Discovering Spanish and Italian Cuisine

Last Friday, we hosted another cooking workshop in which some volunteers introduced traditional dishes from their home countries and taught…

Another Saturday in IB Polska social garden

On Saturday 18th July the social garden of IB Polska in Nowa Huta hosted once again the group of international…

Bringing a taste of Greece to Krakow: Our traditional dessert cooking workshop.

The Greek members of our volunteering team, Alexandros and Maria, organized a cultural workshop dedicated to one of the most…

Mask-making workshop with ESC volunteers.

On Thursday, we organised a mask-making workshop at the Multicultural Centre in Kraków. The event was open to the public…

Exploring Culture Through Movement: Our International Dance Workshop

As volunteers, we are always looking for unique ways to connect, and our recent traditional dance workshop did exactly that….

“I enjoyed the experience as if I was one of these children”.

Last Saturday, the 11th of July, we conducted activities in the IB Polska garden with the intention of combining cultures…

Reflecting, Learning, and Celebrating Together: Our March Tuesday Meeting

Last Tuesday the 31st of March we all met together as the big volunteer group. For a few of us…

A very special experience in Kraków

My experience as a volunteer at the kindergarten has been incredible. From the very first day, I have felt very…

Five months in Poland: From Strangers To Belonging

A foreign country.A foreign city.A foreign apartment.Four strangers standing in a tiny hallway on the fourth floor of an apartment…

Halfway Through the Journey

It has already been five months since I arrived in Poland to do volunteer work at a kindergarten, and every…

A metà strada

We’ve reached the first half of the volunteering experience and what a roller coaster it has been! Unfortunately, my actual…

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