ESC teaches me something

Short stories and Volunteer Ventures

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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…

“If I’d get back in time, I would do it again & again” – farewell by Nouran

In the following paragraph I will try to put 8 months of experience, memories and emotions into words. It’s not…

From Turkey to Poland: My Journey and Joys of Working in a Polish Kindergarten – farewell by Seda

When I decided to leave Turkey and embark on a new adventure in Poland, I had no idea what to…

“And remember: Don’t dream it, be it!” – farewell by Artsiom

It was a wonderful ride and one of the best decisions I have ever made! I fell in love with…

My farewell from ESC volunteering- by Fanni

hello! it’s Fanni, a volunteer for Fundacja IB Polska. My project is ending soon, after a little more than half…

7 months in Kraków that changed everything – Iria’s summary

It’s been a little over 7 months since I came to Kraków and it’s now my time to leave. It…

I got to experience … how this place completely changes with the seasons.

As my volunteering project is coming to an end I want to talk about my time here and what I…

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