Helping young people to let them help themselves

Summary

Volunteers create 20 working spaces for 6-month international workers. The latter run cultural workshops for 200 rural children. They empower kids for future and develop their own leadership skills.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $80 was raised for this project.

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Problems being addressed: 1) Historical prejudices and misunderstandings 2) Unequal opportunities for personal development 3) Shortage of local leaders the developing world We invite volunteers from low- and medium-income countries to run extra-curricular classes in rural Wielkopolska and work with us for 6 months. Rural youth meets foreigners, often for the first time, and learns about the wider world through varied curriculum. Volunteers acquire a wide range of skills and a language

Activities

- We organize a conference in PoznaƄ, Poland to recruit 10 Polish volunteers and train them - With the new volunteers we fundraise, build local partnerships and recruit 20 foreign volunteers - Foreign volunteers come and work with rural youth

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $80

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Project Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $80 .  The original project funding goal was $9,380.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

We target 5 rural schools, 150 pupils in each. Through direct contacts, young students will boost kids horizons and imagination. Besides supplying the children for the future, the project develops volunteers' experience and counteracts prejudices.

Project Message

The road doesn't exist. It is created through walking
- Antonio Mochila, Mexican poet. Quote is our source of inspiration

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Rados Kowalski
Secretary
ul. Zwierzyniec 6
Pyzdry, Wielkopolska 62-310
Poland
00447818696551
Email:

Project Sponsor

Center for Global Engagement, Northwestern Univ

Organization

Mecenat Association
Walga 22
Pyzdry, Poland 62-310
Poland
0048790356592
http://grupamecenat.nexo.com

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in PolandPoland and can also be found under EducationEducation.

For more information about Poland, read the Human Development Report on Poland or the Wikipedia entry for Poland.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on April 16, 2009