{"id":4774,"date":"2025-03-31T14:07:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T12:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/?p=4774"},"modified":"2025-03-31T14:07:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T12:07:30","slug":"my-esc-volunteering-experience-in-malta-weronika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/esc-out-of-a-volunteers-view\/my-esc-volunteering-experience-in-malta-weronika\/","title":{"rendered":"My ESC volunteering experience in Malta &#8211; Weronika"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My name is Weronika and not so long ago I finished my project within the European Solidarity Corps programme. The organisation IB-Polska supervised and coordinated my stay abroad. My experience with ESC took place in Malta, and I was involved in socialising with people with intellectual disabilities. I worked with the Maltese governmental organisation Agenzija Sapport especially with Sharing Lives team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Weronika_1-960x828.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4776\" width=\"512\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Weronika_1-960x828.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Weronika_1-595x513.jpeg 595w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Weronika_1-120x103.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Weronika_1-768x662.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Weronika_1-1536x1324.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Weronika_1-1140x983.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Weronika_1-552x476.jpeg 552w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Weronika_1.jpeg 1583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My duties consisted of organising workshops, events and variety of activities for people with special needs. In that time, I wrote \u201cMove to Groove\u201d project, which consisted of physical activation and the integration of my project members. I guided them through climbing training, frisbee and trekking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7675bd85-53f2-4d06-9fb7-9b43a3259a3e-960x720.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4778\" width=\"588\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7675bd85-53f2-4d06-9fb7-9b43a3259a3e-960x720.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7675bd85-53f2-4d06-9fb7-9b43a3259a3e-595x446.jpeg 595w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7675bd85-53f2-4d06-9fb7-9b43a3259a3e-120x90.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7675bd85-53f2-4d06-9fb7-9b43a3259a3e-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7675bd85-53f2-4d06-9fb7-9b43a3259a3e-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7675bd85-53f2-4d06-9fb7-9b43a3259a3e-1140x855.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7675bd85-53f2-4d06-9fb7-9b43a3259a3e-552x414.jpeg 552w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7675bd85-53f2-4d06-9fb7-9b43a3259a3e.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, I also helped with projects of other team members. I conducted artistic classes on making ecological soap, which was later given at the ball for Agenzija Sapport volunteers. I also led Life skills classes, helping people with special needs develop daily living tasks such as ironing, communication, assertiveness training etc. Working with Sharing Live has given me a great feeling of agency as I received feedback from one of the parents from my group who shared that, thanks to my classes, their son became more self-sufficient and started using city communication in order to get to my classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/f7057a41-ec5f-42eb-b117-6a10201c5302-960x720.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4777\" width=\"527\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/f7057a41-ec5f-42eb-b117-6a10201c5302-960x720.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/f7057a41-ec5f-42eb-b117-6a10201c5302-595x446.jpeg 595w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/f7057a41-ec5f-42eb-b117-6a10201c5302-120x90.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/f7057a41-ec5f-42eb-b117-6a10201c5302-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/f7057a41-ec5f-42eb-b117-6a10201c5302-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/f7057a41-ec5f-42eb-b117-6a10201c5302-1140x855.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/f7057a41-ec5f-42eb-b117-6a10201c5302-552x414.jpeg 552w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/f7057a41-ec5f-42eb-b117-6a10201c5302.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It was my first experience with ESC and my first opportunity to go abroad and live in another country. It has taught me many things. Above all, gaining work experience in which I had agency and independence, staying abroad and learning a different culture. This is a memory which will stay with me for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Article by<strong>\u00a0 Weronika,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>European Solidarity Corps volunteer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volunteering experience by<em>\u00a0European Solidarity Corps volunteer from\u00a0<strong>31\/03\/2025.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">My name is Weronika and not so long ago I finished my project within the European Solidarity Corps programme. 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