ROJECT 1

Project Venue: Długołęka, Poland
Project Dates: June 2011 – June 2012
Volunteer Tasks:

1. To get to know different art techniques (art classes) and get to know methods of working with children and youth.
2. To prepare a short guide for foreigners about Długołęka; to collect the information about local culture, history and people who lived in Długołęka and write some articles about it.
3. To get to know life of local community of a small village and learn local, Polish traditions, which are much more popular in the commune like Długołęka than in big agglomerations.
4. To help to organize concerts, exhibitions, picnics, contests and many other events. You will be also involved in preparation of various workshops (art, photography, dance, chess).
5. Volunteers will have also many opportunities to promote their country and culture during different events (cultural, sport, social).

Project 2

Project Venue: Żmigród, Poland
Project Dates: June 2011 – June 2012
Project Environment: House of Self-Support for Adults
Volunteer Tasks:

1. Basic help in educating wards how to take care of themselves and helping them in everyday care including teaching them how to prepare food, how to dress up, how to behave, how to choose the right bus on the way home.
2. Document the life of the House, which is: to make a movie about regular work of the House, about the events, in which wards take part taking photos, running the chronicle and so on.
3. Basic work connected with keeping the House tidy, like cleaning according to the schedule with the other workers.
4. During the project the volunteer will have the opportunity to develop new sport and artistic skills (used for therapy) as well as share with the one he/she already knows.

If interested, send a CV and a Motivation letter either for Project 1 or for Project 2 to gurgenbalasanyan@yahoo.com by January 16, 2011.