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The youngest group of participants in the project “Learning foreign languages ​​is fun” project number: 2021-2-PL01-ESC30-SOL000040177; is made up of preschoolers from the Non-Public Nursery and Kindergarten “Świat Dziecka” in Siewierz. Extracurricular English classes for a group of dots, smurfs and pixies are conducted by a cheerful, always smiling and beloved by preschoolers Mrs. Paulinka.

At the turn of October and November, the youngest learned about the customs and culture associated with Halloween celebrated in Anglo-Saxon countries. The youngest eagerly participated in games and sang new songs with the phrase “Trick or treat”. By means of games and activities, preschoolers mastered new vocabulary related to the above-mentioned holiday, made themed art works, saw Halloween costumes and colored themed coloring books.

Kids are happy to participate in English classes and remember vocabulary much better.

The organizational meeting is behind us, so it can be considered that the project “What’s playing in your heart?” No. – 2022-2-PL01-ESC30-SOL-000090896 has officially started!

During the meeting, the participants met the mentors of the project:

• organizer: SMART Foundation,
• coordinator: Krzysiek Sawicki, who will be responsible for running the project and contact with participants
• instructor: Paulina Kardas – conductor, violinist and arranger. A graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, majoring in Choir Conducting and Multimedia. Leader and conductor of the Singin’ Warsaw entertainment choir.

The project is financed by the European Solidarity Corps programme, which means that its participants are completely free of charge. It is a musical project related to singing, learning the basics of vocals and various musical trends as well as the emotions that music triggers.
The project will include 9 thematic meetings, such as:

• holiday month,
• rock month,
• folk month,
• musical month,
• reggae month,
• Warsaw month,
• movie month,
• sailing month,
• patriotic month,

and 3 meetings with a psychologist, which will allow you to integrate in a group, work with emotions, learn how to express emotions and get to know yourself.

The next meetings will take place at 18:00 in Warsaw on November 11, 22 on the following Thursdays:

• December 8
• January 5
• January 26

The group is already forming, but we still have a few spots left!
If you’re still wondering whether to join us, don’t hesitate! We are waiting for you!

Another culinary workshop is behind us. This time the theme was vegetarian and vegan cuisine. Seniors focused on healthy and good food, because it is known that through the stomach to the heart!

At the beginning of the classes, the participants of the training got acquainted with the secrets of the above-mentioned cuisine, learned about popular dishes of vegetable cuisine, and enriched their knowledge of topics related to healthy eating.

Under the supervision of Mrs. Mariola, healthy dishes were created using the principles of food recycling, i.e.:
– DAL – vegetarian Indian dish of lentils, tomatoes and coconut milk;
– vegan potato soufflé;
– vegetarian red bean chops with garlic butter;
– pumpkin soup – a classic American vegetarian dish.

A friendly atmosphere, joint preparation of meals and conversations at the common table are all that seniors encounter during culinary classes organized as part of the project “World on a plate” project no.: 2021-2-PL01-ESC30-SOL-000040182. They are looking forward to the next classes.

The project “Colors of Life” No. 2021-1-PL01-ESC30-SOL-000036535 implemented as part of the European Solidarity Corps has come to an end.

The students of the Transport Technical School No. 4 in Sosnowiec actively participated in the project. Participants raised their level of knowledge about various diseases that affect young people. They touched on an extremely important aspect of tolerance of patients by their peers. During the project, participants became aware of the importance of well-being and how they can take care of it. Each of the people participating in the project, through their involvement, had the opportunity to realize how important it is to take care of physical and mental health. Thanks to group work, each participant could get to know and understand the needs of others, becoming more sensitive to other people.

As part of the summary of the project and the dissemination of the results, a guide “How to take care of well-being” and a calendar for 2023 “Colors of life” were created, which took the form of electronic flipbooks. Both materials are open to the public and free.

The published guide contains information on well-being and how to achieve it. The prepared compendium gathers useful knowledge and tasks aimed at making people aware of the factors affecting the sense of fulfillment and satisfaction with life.

The calendar for 2023 has been designed in a manner consistent with the course of the project. The appearance of each of the twelve months is devoted to the topics of diseases, well-being and tolerance, just as it was during the project. In each month, important dates related to the previously mentioned issues were marked.

Due to the large response of satisfied people who participated in the project, we will want to continue it in the future.

More computer classes behind us!
Computer classes carried out as part of the “E-Senior II” project – 2022-1-PL01-ESC30-SOL-000067331 are gaining momentum. Our seniors are getting better from lesson to lesson.

On November 7, 2022. during the classes with the second intermediate group, we repeated the information from the previous classes on working in Google Docs and smoothly moved on to familiarizing seniors with Google Sheets.

On November 9, 2022. seniors from the primary group learned how to operate a mouse or touchpad through play. Each of the seniors had to play solitaire and try to solve it. The whole group bravely supported each other, which resulted in many solitaire wins!

The seniors were very excited and eager to learn new things. They coped very well with the tasks assigned to them and are already looking forward to the next challenges.

Be sure to follow the activities of seniors in the “E-senior II” project on our website and social media.

On November 8, 2022. a group of seniors from Sosnowiec went on a trip to two economically friendly districts of Katowice: Giszowiec and Nikiszowiec. Their history is primarily associated with hard coal mining.

The purpose of the trip was to learn about the history and culture of the Katowice region as part of the project “Never too late to learn” project no. 2021-1-PL01-KA122-ADU-000021044.

The seniors started their tour of Giszowiec with a guide from Plac pod Lipami. They also saw the Silesian Inn, a pastry shop in the Giszowiec park, a Rehabilitation and Educational Center for children requiring special care, a kindergarten (formerly a forest inspectorate). Walking along the streets of Barbórki, Kwiatowa and Pod Kasztanami, they admired the housing estate of historic workers’ houses, which was designed as a rural colony located away from the mines. All low houses with soaring roofs, architecturally diverse with their own garden, built at the beginning of the 20th century give the right atmosphere to this place.

Later, the Seniors, together with a guide, went to Nikiszowiec, often called the “mining heart of Katowice”. This is the most interesting district that Katowice can boast of, not only against the backdrop of Poland, but also Europe and the world. During the tour, participants saw:
1. Former town hall.
2. Church of St. Anna.
3. Św. Anna.
4. Museum of Katowice History – Department of Ethnology of the City.
5. Komzones (a series of shops in arcaded arcades).
6. Zimbardo Center.
7. Post office building.
8. Liberation Square.
9. Primary School.
10. A historic housing estate built for the miners of the “Giesche” mine.

Each participant was delighted with the old tenement houses with red window sills and window frames.

After a day full of attractions, everyone went to the charming “Cafe Byfyj” for a delicious Silesian cheesecake with coffee or tea.
Tired, but richer with new experiences and experiences, the Seniors returned to Sosnowiec. The weather was good. The trip to Katowice was undoubtedly very successful, and the memories will remain in our memory for a long time.

American cuisine is known all over the world. It is often associated mainly with hard-to-digest and high-calorie dishes. It is characterized not only by diversity, but above all by the speed and simplicity of preparing dishes.

Burgers, hot dogs, fries, fried chicken, pancakes and apple pies are some of the American dishes that are popular in almost every country. The richness of this cuisine is the lack of imposed rules according to which specific dishes should be prepared.

On Friday afternoon, i.e. on October 21, 2022. seniors participated in American cuisine workshops under the project “World on a plate” No. 2021-2- PL01-ESC30-SOL-000040182. During the workshops, the menu was as follows:
– corn soup,
– mini burgers,
– pancakes,
– lemon tart.

During the course, participants learned about new flavors and recipes of American cuisine. The atmosphere at the workshop was very nice and cheerful. Everyone gathered was extremely pleased.

The effects of the work of seniors can be admired in the photos below

On Wednesday, October 12, 2022. it turned green in the Technical Secondary School No. 4 in Sosnowiec! It is thanks to the initiative on viral hepatitis carried out under the action “Colors of Life” – 2021-1-PL01-ESC30-SOL-000036535, under the patronage of the SMART Foundation, the European Solidarity Corps and with the support of the Sanepid.

Traditionally, students dressed in all shades of green, apples, bows and information leaflets about hepatitis were distributed. All this to draw attention to a very big problem which is Viral Hepatitis. Information was presented in information materials and on leaflets about the types of viruses that can attack our liver, the routes of infection, symptoms, diagnostics, as well as vaccination and prophylaxis. All this to increase our vigilance, get to know the “enemy” and know what to do to avoid infection.

The project “E-Senior II” – 2022-1-PL01-ESC30-SOL-000067331 has started in the best! In Opole, as many as 3 groups of seniors who want to learn computer skills have been created! Two intermediate and one elementary. Classes are held at our office from Monday to Wednesday every two weeks. During the first classes, the primary group took their first steps when starting the computer and typing simple sentences on the keyboard. On the other hand, intermediate groups started their adventure with Google Docs. During the classes they got to know:

• Basic functions such as: bold text, italics, change the font type, change the color of the text;
• How to add graphics from the Internet to a document;
• How to download a google document to a computer disk;
• How to attach the resulting document to an email.

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The last month in the project “Colors of Life” – 2021-1-PL01-ESC30-SOL-000036535 is October. The disease assigned to this month is hepatitis C and the main color is dark green. Hepatitis C is caused by the HCV virus that is present in six different genotypes, each divided into subtypes – the main difference between the subtypes and genotypes is their response to treatment. Infection with hepatitis C is spread parenterally by transfusion of blood and blood products, as well as by medical procedures performed with the use of non-sterile equipment, combined with the violation of the continuity of the body integuments. People particularly exposed to hepatitis C infection are:

• healthcare professionals,
• drug addicts who inject drugs (sharing needles promotes infection),
• people with blood transfusions,
• people who frequently change sexual partners (casual sex) – this applies to both homosexuals and heterosexuals,
• haemophiliac patients who require the administration of blood-derived clotting factors
• people who live under the same roof or have very close contact with someone infected with hepatitis C,

Hepatitis C can also be infected by transmission from mother to fetus during delivery.

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