ESC: Summer group volunteering 'Mix of creativity”

Association of International and Intercultural Exchange ANAWOJ is a non-governmental organization from north-eastern Poland, from Podlasie region, working on local, regional and international level. We actively participate in the development of our region and promote civil and social activity among the inhabitants. We act to promote the intercultural exchange and dialogue between different cultures and people from different cultural and social grounds. Our target groups are: mainly kids and youth, but also their parents, teachers, youth workers, youth leaders and also seniors. We cooperate very closely with: local house of culture, local Kindergarden, Primary and Secondary School, Hospice Foundation of Oncology in our community and other public institutions in Michalowo as well as with a lot of other institutions and NGO's from our region. Main aims of our activities are: creation of conditions for the international understanding, raising the public and social involvement, dissemination
of the idea of ​​national and international voluntary service, promotion of the cultural diversity, active work in ecology and environmental protection sector, taking actions against unemployment and social exclusion. Furthermore we want to promote active leisure time and a healthy lifestyle. We want to contribute to the development of openness and tolerance among people of our community, especially the young and children, but also between different generations.

Our regular activities are: -
educational activities for kids and youth in fields of non-formal education, global education, active
citizenship, youth participation in democracy, sustainable development, environmental and
ecological education, - preparing, sending, hosting and accompanying volunteers and trainees in
different local institutions, supporting idea of ​​volunteering in local environment, - organizing
international youth exchanges, international summer work camps, workshops for youth leader; -
animation of the cultural life by preparing trainings, educational-seminars, cultural parties; - activities
in the field of heritage protection (like for instance renovation works on old Jewish or German cemeteries
in our region); - organizing free time activities for kids and youngsters (in the form of summer camps,
leisure-time-activity with sport, circus and theater methods etc.); - support of other local NGOs.