Help Masurian kids to learn competences of future

by Windmills of Masuria Association
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Help Masurian kids to learn competences of future
Help Masurian kids to learn competences of future
Help Masurian kids to learn competences of future
Help Masurian kids to learn competences of future
Help Masurian kids to learn competences of future
Help Masurian kids to learn competences of future
Help Masurian kids to learn competences of future
Help Masurian kids to learn competences of future
Help Masurian kids to learn competences of future
Help Masurian kids to learn competences of future
Help Masurian kids to learn competences of future
Help Masurian kids to learn competences of future
Help Masurian kids to learn competences of future

Project Report | Jan 6, 2025
Reaching New Schools, Caring for the Climate

By Iwona Olkowicz | Project coordinator

/Polish version below/

We wish you all the best in the New Year! May 2025 bring you success, inspiration, and countless reasons to smile. Let it be a year filled with health, joy, and the fulfillment of all your dreams—including your philanthropic ones.

What’s new with us? This school year, we’ve welcomed a new school into our programs! We’re working with high school students who are eager to get involved in volunteer activities and bring creative ideas to life.

Since the fall of 2024, we’ve introduced a new focus to our work with students across several schools. Using the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals, we’re educating youth on how to care for our planet and combat climate change. This topic has sparked tremendous interest among young people.

We explore issues such as responsible consumption, revealing who makes our clothes and how much they earn, where the food in our stores comes from, and the impact of human actions on animals, plants, and the climate. Students independently uncover the connections between their consumer choices and global challenges, particularly climate change.

Right now, we’re helping students plan social action projects in four schools, each addressing one of the Sustainable Development Goals. In four additional schools, students are designing and carrying out their volunteer initiatives based on their ideas, responding to local problems and needs.

In the next semester, we’ll continue working with them to strengthen their independence and sense of agency.

We would deeply appreciate your support to help us continue these efforts. Without funding, we can’t travel to schools (some are 50–70 km from our office) or provide the guidance students need to implement their projects. These activities teach them essential life skills, empowering them to thrive and ensuring they don’t feel left behind compared to peers in cities like Warsaw or Berlin.

You can also encourage your colleagues to support our cause! Just share this link: http://goto.gg/49158. Together, we can help youth in Masuria grow into responsible, confident adults.

Thank you for your support! Every donation, no matter how small, makes a difference.

 

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Docieramy do nowych szkól i wspólnie dbamy o klimat

Na poczatku zyczymy Ci wszystkiego co najlepsze w Nowym Roku, niech 2025 rok przyniesie Ci mnóstwo sukcesów, inspiracji i powodów do radosci. Niech bedzie to czas pelen usmiechu, zdrowia i spelnienia marzen! Takze tych filantropijnych.

A co u nas? W tym roku szkolnym udalo nam sie zaangazowac nowa szkole do wspólpracy. Dzialamy tam z mlodzieza z liceum, która chetnie angazuje sie w wolontariat i proponuje ciekawe dzialania.

Od jesieni 2024 wprowadzilismy nowy watek do wspólpracy z mlodzieza z kilku szkól – w oparciu o Cele Zrównowazonego Rozwoju edukujemy mlodziez w temacie dbalosci o nasza planete i przeciwdzialanie zmianom klimatu. Temat ten spotyka sie z duzym zainteresowaniem mlodziezy. Rozmawiamy o odpowiedzialnej konsumpcji, pokazujemy mlodym kto szyje nasze ubrania i ile zarabia, skad przyplywa zywnosc, która kupujemy w sklepach, a takze rozmawiamy o prawach czlowieka i wplywie dzialan ludzi na zwierzeta, rosliny i klimat. Mlodziez samodzielnie odkrywa zaleznosci pomiedzy decyzjami konsumenckimi a sytuacja na swiecie, w szczególnosci zmianami klimatu. 

Jestesmy obecnie na etapie planowania z mlodzieza akcji spolecznych, które – w przypadku 4 szkól – dotycza jednego z Celów Zrównowazonego Rozwoju. W kolejnych 4 szkolach mlodziez planuje i realizuje swoje akcje wolontariackie, w oparciu o wlasne pomysly, aby pomóc rozwiazywac lokalne problemy.

W kolejnym semestrze kontynuujemy zajecia z mlodzieza, aby utrwalic w nich samodzielnosc i poczucie sprawczosci. 

Bedziemy niezmiernie wdzieczni za kolejne wsparcie naszych dzialan, bo bez finansowania nie jestesmy w stanie dojezdzac do szkól (niektóre sa oddalone od naszego biura o 50-70 km) i wspierac mlodziez w realizacji ich dzialan, dzieki czemu ucza sie tak waznych umiejetnosci, które pozwola im lepiej sobie radzic w zyciu i nie czuc sie gorszymi niz dzieciaki z Warszawy czy Berlina.

Mozesz tez zaprosic znajomych z pracy do wsparcia naszych dzialan! Wystarczy przekazac im ten link, aby pomóc mlodziezy mazurskiej lepiej i odpowiedzialniej wchodzic w doroslosc: http://goto.gg/49158

Dziekujemy za Twoje wsparcie i zachecamy do regularnych, nawet skromnych darowizn - kazda z nich pozwala czynic ten swiat lepszym.

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Sep 9, 2024
Young people are doing great!

By Iwona Olkowicz | Project Coordinator

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Windmills of Masuria Association

Location: Stare Juchy - Poland
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Project Leader:
Iwona Olkowicz
Stare Juchy , Poland
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