It’s no wonder that in today’s globalized society, everyone uses words that aren’t part of their mother tongue. It could be because our own language can’t express a very specific concept. Maybe it’s an Italian food, or maybe a seventeen… Read more: Words matter – the importance of choosing words and knowing their meaning

Dzień dobry from Szczecin! It’s been a while, but we’ve been here for almost six months now and many things happened since the beginning of the year! On the Common Day in January, we reflected our experiences of the past… Read more: “Cześć, dziękuję, proszę” – our Polish develops and so do we

It’s a new year and many people start with new goals: going to the gym, eating healthier, stop addictions and unhealthy habits. But why not use this new motivation to start something that actually lasts? Something, that has a positive… Read more: Why you should start volunteering now!

Santa now embarks on the last part of his journey, traveling through Kosovo, Georgia and Estonia. The volunteers enable us an insight into their Christmas traditions once more.  But see on your own and realise the magic of Christmas enchantment…… Read more: Santa’s last stops for this season: Kosovo, Georgia and Estonia

Santa’s journey continues! He pursues in Germany, Austria and Italy to bring the present of knowledge to everyone. Knowledge of Christmas traditions and favourite memories. Let’s get the second part of this journey started now! Santa’s next stop: Germany – sweets,… Read more: Santa spotted in Germany, Austria & Italy!

It’s December and the best time of the year, Christmas time, finally starts. Santa picked up his reindeers and now heads for Europe, starting from Spain all the way up to Estonia. But instead of presents, he brings knowledge (props… Read more: Santa’s journey – a brief overview over European Christmas traditions (part 1)

Over the past two and a half months, we have not only get settled into our new working environments, but also organized our first common days, explored Poland’s colorful capital during the On-Arrival-Training and enjoyed our free time.  How that… Read more: Our second month in Szczecin (part 2) – what we do besides volunteering: common days, On-Arrival-Training & our free time

In our second month, a lot happened: we got used to our daily lives in kindergartens and the office, went to the On-Arrival-Training in Warsaw and had our first common day. In order to get a more detailed insight into… Read more: Our second month in Szczecin (part 1) – daily lives in kindergartens and office 

Cześć, and dzień dobry from Szczecin! We, the new 21 volunteers in POLITES arrived in the past few weeks. 17 of us started working in the kindergarten whereas the other 4 work in the office. We spent the past month… Read more: Nie mówię po polsku! – or: our first weeks in Szczecin

Hello, jestem (my name is) Jorge, I’m from Portugal and I came here to share a bit ofmy experience as a long term volunteer here in Szczecin. Around one year ago I had enrolled in this project not knowing what… Read more: Wujek Jorge z Portugalii