ESC: IB Polska - volunteering in Special and Integrational School Complex in Waganowice - Dare to Act - Krakow, Poland

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Poland Culture Education European Voluntary Service Social work Culture Education +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Internationaler Bund Polska (IB Polska) is a foundation established in Krakow at the turn of 2004 and 2005. The founder is a German organisation Internationaler Bund Freier Traeger der Jugend-Sozial und Bildungsarbeit e.V. from Frankfurt am Main. The main goals of the foundation are: helping people to develope themselves in different areas and planning their own future life, to integrate with the society, to be responsible for themselves and to be an active citizens whose are helping to develope local communities and society. Foundation tries to stimulate to action for the benefit of the individual as well as the whole society in order to support and build mutual international understanding and cooperation. The target groups are children, teenagers, young adults, seniors, people with disabilities and fewer opportunities.
IB Polska carries out statutory goals by initiation and supporting local and international programmes based on the social, economical, and political phenomena including education, culture, environmental protection, healthcare, social assistance and vocational and social rehabilitation.
As the coordinating organisation Internationaler Bund Polska cooperates with local and foreign organisations as well as local governments. Every year we are trying to extend our activities focusing on actual needs and social problems. This way we are able to develope our local communities and to let them grown and be more active and aware of current possibilities and tools.

💼 What the programme involves

We are looking for volunteers ready to work in the School Complex with Integrational and Special Classes in the village Waganowice nearby Krakow. This is fantastic place, very warm and friendly for volunteers. Your task there is to support students with disabilities in their everyday activities in the school, but each volunteer has an opportunity to choose the activities which are interesting for them (cooking, meetings with psychologist, art, music, sport, languages and other). Volunteers assists during trips. To apply please fill out the questionnaire: https://forms.office.com/e/cL1HLsbPVz

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers will be accommodated in the flat with another ESC volunteers hosted in the project. There are mostly double rooms in the flat. We provide monthly cards for the public transport for volunteers to make it more comfortable to get to work or to our meeting. Volunteers from Europe should have EHIC, additionally Henner insurance is provided. Criminal record from each volunteer is required before starting the project.

🍲 Food

Every month volunteers receive pocket money and food allowance which is 250 € per month to their bank accounts.

🎒 Leisure activities

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We are not looking for volunteers with special skills, but communicative English is advantage, because it's the language of the project. We need people who are patient because students in this school have mental disabilities and they need more attention. Drawing, painting or playing instruments is welcome. Volunteers age: 18-30 years old.
Deadline: 15/05/2025 23:59

ℹ️ Additional information

Each volunteer has to be prepared for the project by the sending organization. Coordinating organization (IB Polska) offers additional trainings regarding work with children and teenagers (PSEA) and self-development activities during the whole project. There is also on-arrival training offered by Polish National Agency and Mid-Term training in case volunteering lasts more than 6 months.

The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?

Training before and after the project
Health insurance during your project
round-trip travel reimbursement
accommodation and food
pocket money
language course
Return Week-end
Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport

Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

PL45589

02/09/2025 at 00:00 → 12/06/2026 at 00:00

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Deadline: 15/05/2025

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–30 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Waganowice 19, 32-090, Poland

Poland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Poland Zloty (PLN / zł)

Exchange rate

1 PLN = 0.228363 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 22:13 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Polish