Working meeting in Poland

We have completed a working meeting in frames of the 'Become ECOnfident' project 🗣
 

We discussed:

💡previous activities of youth clubs in our project
💡ideas of young people from Poland, Lithuania and Romania for the development of clubs
💡the possibility of implementing a city game in Lublin during the international youth meeting in July
 

We have visited venue where we will meet with all groups in July 🏘

We have also prepared video materials and news for other club members from our countries 🎥
 

We also agreed what the clubs' next activities will be and our communication related to it ✍️
 

Thank you:
Indrė, Brigita, Paula 🇱🇹
Adela, Maya, Ioana 🇷🇴

We would like to thank the Polish club members and the leader of the Polish club in our project, Mrs. Renata Lewandowska for cool preparation of the meeting at school 🇵🇱 🤝

These were very intense days that will soon result in high-quality local and international activities with young people 💡

 On 25th of April another meeting of the afterschool club as part of the Become ECOnfident project was held.

Students from J. Słowacki Primary School in Małochwiej Duży took part in an elementary training for volunteers.

During the training, club members learned about the following topics:

- Volunteering in Europe and the rest of the world
- Definitions used. What is volunteering, who is a volunteer?
- How do school volunteer clubs work?
- Who can and who cannot volunteer?
- Duties and rights of a volunteer
- Volunteer motivation system
- Eco-Volunteering

The training was conducted by Krystyna Rybińska-Smyk, vice-president of the Zamojskie Voluntary Service Center.

Congratulations to the students for their activity and completion of the training
We would like to thank the carer of the club, Ms. Renata Lewandowska, for her cooperation in organizing the meeting and for a nice additional meeting with the school headmaster, Andrzej Jasionowski.

 

Ecological workshops and preparations for the conference. On 20th of April, members of the Marijampoles sav. Mokolų progimnazija built a house for beetles.

They were also preparing for an international ecological conference, in which the school will soon take part.

In addition, a date for the next club meeting has been set. Members will meet on 24th of April. We are already excitingly waiting for a report on the club's participation in the ecological conference.

 During the club meeting on 6th of April, the students learned what the meeting in Poland will look like based on the conclusions of the leaders' meeting on the ZOOM platform.

Photos of the venue where we will hold the meeting are already available on our project group on Facebook.

Club members also worked on developing examples of recycling at school and at home.

 On April 5th, another working meeting of the Become ECOnfident project partners took place. This time, the meeting was attended by: Razvan Rotariu (Romania), Indrė Apuokienė (Lithuania), and Andrzej Smyk (Poland).

During the meeting, we discussed the recent local meetings of school clubs and the youth's ideas for their further development.

We also set the date for an online meeting, which will involve students from all three clubs. The meeting will take place on April 25th at 11:50 AM on the Zoom platform.

The dates for our international working meeting are already confirmed. It will take place from May 31st to June 2nd, 2023, in the Lublin Region. During the meeting, we will visit the center where the international youth meeting will later take place, we will also visit the J. Słowacki Primary School in Małochwiej Duży, and discuss the division of responsibilities and the logistics of the youth exchange.

The exchange itself will take place in July. During today's Zoom meeting, we set the date: July 18th-26th, 2023.

 On 26th of March, students of the HEureka Generator’s partner school took part in a EcoTrip to Zwierzyniec.

During it, ecological workshops were held, led by Mrs. Agnieszka Maciocha. Students learned about plants and animals typical for the Roztoczański National Park.

We were also lucky to see representatives of the species Konik Polski up close. Tarpans were the wild ancestors of this beautiful horses.

From Zwierzyniec, the group went to Zamość, where they took part in a debate entitled 'Garbage should be segregated'.

After an eventful day, the students went home and are already waiting for the next meeting in frames of Become ECOnfident project.

We would like to thank to Renata Lewandowska and J. Słowacki Elementary School for another successful cooperation.

 On 8th of March, a meeting was held involving association Evolution and the youth club created at Colegiul-National Diaconovici-Tietz as part of the 'Become ECOnfident' project.

During the meeting, the idea that the students themselves came up with was discussed - to create a school radio! Students discussed the next steps, the materials and equipment needed, and the proposals for the radio program. The school and the association Evolution will support club members on every step of the way. We are looking forward to the next stages of the project.