EVS in Pomiechówek

Not many people is totally aware of how EVS projects work.   As volunteers of the European Solidarity Corps, our main job is at our host organization, which for me is the library in Pomiechówek. However, we are part of a bigger organization that coordinates the individual projects of the volunteers, thus, every once in a while, we have the chance to take part in other events different from our own jobs. This was the case of the weekend of the Polish independence anniversary.   On the 8 th of November our team of volunteers was kindly invited to Serock – a little town close to Pomiechówek– to collaborate in the activities the social center had prepared for its users in commemoration of the 100 years of Polish independence. After a short presentation about the function of the institution and a comforting lunch the activities started. To run the workshops the participants and we were divided into three groups, so that they would have 45 minutes of each activity. Travis, vo...

Following the path of the last volunteer at the library, Angeline, I asked the library girls whether it was possible to organize a new edition of “Autumn Games with Pumpkin,” a Polish version of the international Halloween party. Of course, they gladly accepted and we got the job started. We spent a whole week making decorations. Dozens of bats were flying all over the walls of the first floor of the library, spiders where everywhere and the windows were covered with shadows of hunted houses, black cats and ugly witches. But surely we could not forget the fact that we are in Poland and Halloween is not so popular, so we also made many designs related to autumn, specially leaves. Moreover we gave special protagonist to the central figure of the evening, pumpkins! The party took place during the afternoon of the 31st of October. Children came with costumes and we also painted their faces for the occasion. Of course, the library team and Mar...