Os.K.Szymanowskiego 19/17
32-020 Wieliczka
Poland
- Arts
- Democracy and community development
- Heritage
- Human rights
- International/Cultural relations
- Youth and education
The aim of the foundation is the activity for the activation of young people, which includes: 1. Developing and strengthening attitudes focused on active cooperation in the development of civic society, both at the local, regional, national and international levels. 2. Promoting voluntary work as an effective tool for gaining experience. 3. Initiating and supporting innovative solutions in various areas of social life, especially in the protection of human and civil rights and freedoms, encouraging initiatives and entrepreneurial activities. 4. Increasing international mobility. 5. Supporting political and social activities related to the development of democracy and civic society in Poland and other European countries as well as participation in creating a common Europe. 6. Supporting activities for the development of education and culture. 7. Creating initiatives to overcome intercultural barriers. 8. Assistance to marginalized groups and support for young people and children with lower socio-economic opportunities. 9. Activity for the elderly, disabled. Organization of workshops, training and seminars. 10. Activities for children. Organization of projects, workshops, training and other activities. 11. Creating the basis for intergenerational dialogue between youth and older people. 12. Developing skills in the fields of: sport, culture, pro-ecological attitudes, entrepreneurship, intergenerational dialogue, health. 13. Activities for organizations whose statutory objectives are: scientific activity, scientific engineering, education, culture, in the field of physical culture and sport, environmental protection, charity, health care and social assistance, vocational and social rehabilitation for invalids. Assisting marginalized groups and supporting young people and children with lower life chances; promoting the idea of a united Europe; promoting cultural heritage, both local, state and European; preventive measures of unemployment among young people: developing entrepreneurship and learning additional skills, both through formal and non-formal education; developing civic attitudes among the society
The "Active Kids" Foundation, is very active in the field of social, cultural, ethnic and geographical inclusion It was created on the initiative of youth workers, leaders, educators and local trainers to support excluded and less privileged for social, economic and geographic reasons from the areas of Wieliczka, Sygneczow, Grabówki, Niepołomice, Lanckorona, Siercza, Podstolice, Janowice, Rożnów and Lednica Górna. Organization works mainly with authoring methods based on the principles of nonformal education. Our foundation works with people from broken / incomplete families, migrants (with particular emphasis on the Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian and Russian minorities). The organization works in the context of including discriminated people, migrants, ethnic and religious minorities. The Foundation is constantly looking for new methods and tools to improve the efficiency of its work. The main methods used by the Foundation are drama, theatre of the oppressed and improvisation. The organization has 23 members. 3 drama trainers, 5 social animators, 2 improv trainers, 3 IT specialists, 10 youth workers. Currently the organization coordinates Erasmus+ KA2 about re-framing drama and theatre of the oppressed methods into IT channels- tutorial that could be used by other European organizations in frames of social, economical and ethnical inclusions. Coordinates project about social inclusion of Ukrainian and Russian minorities from Małopolska region, where creates a base of common understanding and inclusion tools for Polish and Eastern European societies. The organization is in charge of 4 youth projects based on inclusion of youngsters with fewer opportunities through theater, aiming to raise theirs' awareness of active citizenship, democracy, tolerance, inclusion mostly based on antidiscrimination and anti-radicalistic workshops.
During our activities we try to influence the aspect and attitude of the young to become responsible adults. Mainly we reach the target audience by visiting school classes, festivals, other programs. Furthermore we transact international youth exchange programs (youth exchange), trainings (mobility of youth workers), Erasmus+ Programmes, children and family programs, exhibitions, camps, quizzes, courses, concerts, performances, and traditional programs to achieve our goals. Educational activities, trainings, workshops and counseling with groups of teenagers in relation with their current problems. Main areas of our activities involve counseling, developing strategies and action plans concerning communities on youth, leading informational campaigns, training activities and workshops. During our activity we gather information about the problem of the youth, they can ask us and we give the answers to their questions. We have been generating projects for supporting inclusion and acceptance in the past year at national and international level, promoting gender and international volunteering, active social engagement, youth involvement, and supporting peer educators. We coordinated and still coordinate 23 young European volunteer services. In our international projects, 800 young people and youth worker participated in our collaboration. We provide low- threshold services so we can reach more young people. We manage free participation from supporters. We provide university students practical space. We work with the tools of non-formal learning. We are involved in domestic and international training involving young people, because it is important for the professionals who work with them to progress. We monitor the development of international youth policy, participate in influencing processes defining domestic youth policy. Expanding domestic and international calculations will ensure the continuity of activities. Building on our expanding domestic and international volunteer base, we ensure continuity of activities. With their involvement, we can meet several requests at the high schools, at city-level events. We provide disadvantaged young people with opportunities that they will not achieve without our support, helping their integration into the community and their participation in voluntary activities. We are regularly present in online and offline media (eg Facebook, Youtube, Instagram). A key element of a democratic society is the participation of young people in communities. They must have the right space, rights, means, knowledge, opportunities to be able to create a proper society. It is relevant to recognize the need for common social responsibility, the need for equal opportunities, and the emphasis on positive interdependence.
We would love to join the ALF Network for partnering with young people to build together more open, inclusive and resilient communities. Our aim is to bring together and inspire other civil societies and multiplying our impact in that way. joining ALF Network would be a great opportunity for our organization to become more engaged in the process of developing and strengthening attitudes focused on active cooperation in the development of civic society, both at the local, regional, national and international levels.