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Yesterday, a 5-day training course for employees on the project “The Academy of the conscious parent – A replacement parent is urgently needed!” – 2020-1-PL01-KA204-082283 began. The host organization is the Municipal Social Welfare Center in Żory. The subject of the meeting is the legal conditions for the functioning of foster care in partner countries. During this training, employees from:

• IAC – Instituto de Apoio à Criança
• Mano šeimos akademija
• Foster care Municipal Social Welfare Center in Żory

They will find out:

• What legal actions are taken in individual countries to protect children from biological families and transfer them to a foster family,
• Ways to promote foster families in individual countries

We hope that the training will be very fruitful, full of new knowledge and exchange of experiences between institutions.
Wait for the training summary not long.

On September 2, 2022, the first culinary workshops after the summer break were organized as part of the “World on a plate” project, project number: 2021-2- PL01-ESC30-SOL-000040182.

During the classes, seniors went on a culinary journey to France, whose cuisine is known and appreciated all over the world. French cuisine is delicate, light, sublime and fanciful. It delights with the variety of flavors, splendor of serving dishes and originality. Although we commonly associate it with frog legs, snails and roasted chestnuts, French cuisine offers excellent fish and seafood, great-quality meat, and phenomenal cheeses.

Under the watchful eye of the trainer, the seniors prepared various dishes in the subgroups, i.e .:

– French crêpes Suzette with oranges,

– Quiche lorraine tart, or Lorraine cake,

– cheese and onion soup.

The workshops ended with tasting the dishes prepared together.

Jiro Ono used to say, “Only by eating excellent dishes, you are able to prepare such dishes.”

The recipes of the dishes can be found –> https://swiatnatalerzu.fundacjasmart.pl/kuchnie-swiata/francja/

We are pleased to announce that our project addressed to seniors has been noticed! On September 5, 2022 an article appeared on the website of Nowa Trybuna Opolska describing our project “E-Senior II” implemented under the European Solidarity Corps. The article describes what we will be doing during the implementation of the project and how you can sign up for a computer course conducted as part of the above-mentioned project. We are very pleased that our actions have been noticed and appreciated. We strongly encourage you to read the article!
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Holidays are behind us and even though we would like to extend it a bit, unfortunately, none of it… It’s time to get back to the projects! That is why we come back with the project “Colors of Life” – 2021-1-PL01-ESC30-SOL-000036535. We would like to remind you that the project aims to raise awareness among young people about the importance of prevention and taking care of their health. Each month and each color in this project is dedicated to a different disease, as September has started it’s time for Alzheimer’s disease and the main color is purple. Alzheimer’s is a degeneration of the nervous system (neurodegenerative) condition that causes general dementia and develops very slowly. Most often, Alzheimer’s disease affects the elderly who have reached 65 years of age, which is why it is so often associated with lower mental performance due to age. The disease process causes damage to the cerebral cortex, which in turn gives rise to various symptoms, such as:

• Memory impairment;
• Lowering general mental activity;
• Disorientation in space and time;
• Frequent mood changes;
• Reluctance to perform any activities;
• Apathy;

Symptoms vary depending on the stage of the disease.
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We are pleased to announce that our activities for seniors and the local community have been noticed! Yesterday, on August 24, 2022, an article describing projects implemented under the European Solidarity Corps appeared on the Dziennik Zachodni website. We are talking about the projects “World on a plate” – 2021-2-PL01-ESC30-SOL-000040182 and “Learning foreign languages ​​is fun” – 2021-2-PL01-ESC30-SOL-000040177. We are very pleased that our actions have been noticed and appreciated. We strongly encourage you to read the article!
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The holidays did not cause a break in the intensive Polish language course for citizens from Ukraine. The course, which started in March this year, was conducted daily for two groups during the summer holidays. Adults, teenagers and even children from Ukraine participated in the training. The students focused primarily on learning to speak and understand in everyday situations.
The topics of the classes included the following issues:

• introducing oneself;
• making contact, asking and expressing well-being;
• asking questions;
• determining the characteristics of people;
• questions about basic information, address, telephone number, nationality, origin, age, occupation and occupation;
• expressing liking, time relations;
• parts of the day, hours, days of the week;
• everyday activities;
• appearance description;
• interests, hobbies, free time;
• shopping;
• food and drinks.

The course ended in the second half of July. Participation in the above-mentioned classes is an opportunity to acquire not only language skills, but also to learn elements of Polish history and culture.
The classes were held as part of the project “Learning foreign languages ​​is fun” 2021-2-PL01-ESC30-SOL-000040177.

We are pleased to inform you that the next two projects received a positive assessment and thus received funding for their implementation from the European Solidarity Corps program! The first project is “What’s in your heart” – 2022-2-PL01-ESC30-SOL-000090896. The second is “Young at heart!” – 2022-2-PL01-ESC30-SOL-000091172. Both projects will start this year! More information coming soon.

In June, the first national workshop under the “Tell me …” project took place – 2021-2-PL01-KA210-YOU-000051578. The workshop was attended by 15 students of the Technical Secondary School No. 4 Transport in Sosnowiec. At the beginning, the students got acquainted with the workshop program, and then they could move on to the exercises prepared for them. The topic of the lesson was “Tell me about your plans.” The participants eagerly discussed their dreams and goals, they touched upon, among others, issues such as:

• What are plans and dreams? Is it worth dreaming?
• How to turn dreams into plans and how to make them come true?
• Practical application of the SMARTer method to make your dreams come true.
• How to get the best of life and where to find strength and determination for continuous development?
• Decision making (management: planning, organizing, controlling) as a tool necessary to implement plans and dreams;
• Dream map – what is it and what are its functions?

After a fruitful discussion, the students switched to practical exercises, which consisted of:

• choosing a dream / goal attractive for the whole group;
• planning your holiday week;
• creating your own dream map.

During the breaks between the main workshop program, students had the opportunity to take part in exercises developing psychomotor skills: concentration, mindfulness, and divided attention. And all this with, for example, fun, learning to juggle or anti-stress coloring books.
Together with the participants, we are looking forward to the next national workshops!
Do you want to learn more about the workshops? You can! We invite you to watch the video in which the participants share their impressions related to the workshops they have worked on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v50imkQkAoQ

Recruitment for the E-senior project is starting!

• Who are we looking for?

People over 60 who want to learn to use a computer or increase their current knowledge.

• What we offer?

We are opening two groups in Opole. One of the groups will learn to use the computer from scratch. In small steps adapted to the pace of the group’s work. The group will have a maximum of 10 people. The second group will have classes at the intermediate level. Here we will develop the skills we already have.

• When?

We are starting already in October 2022. Therefore, we are waiting for applications until the end of August!

• What is the cost?

Classes are completely free for the duration of the project!

• How to apply?

You can personally at our headquarters located at ul. Katowicka 65 / 3A (second floor)
By phone – 534 884 489 or 500 714 676
By e-mail- fundacjasmart0@gmail.com
The most important information we need to hear is your willingness to participate and what your group is interested in!
If you have more questions, call or write to us!

Conversational English language course organized as part of the project “Learning foreign languages ​​is fun” -2021-2-PL01-ESC30-SOL-000040177 is very popular among the elderly. Seniors attending the classes are people full of knowledge, sense of humor, sophistication, and an amazing willingness to learn and get to know. Their regularity and regularity during classes are one of the keys to success in learning the English language.
Recently, the topics of classes for a beginner group included:

1. Names of professions.
2. Description of the classroom – demonstrative pronouns.
3. Cultural activities – The Royal Family.
4. Names of food and drinks.
5. Introduction to Present Simple – description of customary activities.
6. Daily routines – video material.
7. Cultural activities – we visit Dublin.

The program of activities for the intermediate group included:

1. Clothes.
2. In a clothing store – dialogue analysis in video material.
3. Cultural activities – The Royal Family.
4. Names of food and drinks.
5. In the restaurant – vocabulary. Situation scenes.
6. Daily routines – video material.
7. Cultural activities – we visit Dublin.

Through play, working in teams and workshops, seniors found out that the English language connects people all over the world according to the principle “learning foreign languages ​​is fun”