Society of Friends of the Orla Region (Societe des Amis de la Region d'Orla, Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Ziemi Orlańskiej)

National Network
Poland
Address

ul. Spółdzielcza 1
17-106 Orla, woj. Podlaskie, Polska
contact: ul.Zamenhofa 15/7
15-435 Białystok – Poland
Orla (and Białystok for contact)
Poland

Telephone
0048 - 85 7392 059
Telephone (other)
0048-85 7417177 (for contact)
Fax
0048-85-7457104
E-Mail
topzo6@wp.pl
E-Mail (2)
vimakov@tlen.pl
Mobile Phone
0048-501389371 (for contact)
Mobile Phone (other)
0048 516328299
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2007
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Democracy and community development
  3. Heritage
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Media
  6. Religion
  7. Research
  8. Youth and education
General Information
Towarzystwo Przyjació? Ziemi Oral?skiej (TPZO) is a NGO founded by a groupe of inhabitants and some "external" friends of the region. At the moment, it counts 20 members. The executive comitee (president, secretary and treasurer) are chosen for terme. The Society colaborates with other NGO, local and regional governments and regional medias. The budget is based on the members' fees and public and private dotations. To fund concrete actions TPZO applies for subventions to Polish and international Founds, Polish Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Adminbistration (responsible for national minorities). These actions, undertaken with partners and local youth, are mainly conferences and exhibitions which require a search for materials from diffrent sources and thus exchanges between diffrent cultures and diffrent generations.
Mission and Objectives

The general objectives of the Society are:
- developing social and cultural potential of the region and of the Eastern Polish province;
- revealing and promoting the multicultural (Polish/Belarussian/Ukrainian/Russian/Jewish) tradition of the region
- working on a better understanding between diffrent cultures still living in the region

Main Projects / Activities

In 2007 TPZO organized an exposition in the old synagogue of Orla on the Jewish presence in the region and a conference on its multi-cultural history. In 2008 the Society with its partners will organize a multi-media presentation based on old documents and photographs and shoot a film presenting the multicultural tradition of the region.

Contact (1) Full Name
Wioletta Kowalska
Head of the organisation
Sergiusz Martynowicz
Contact (2) Full Name
Tomasz Wiśniewski