Today we celebrate Empty Classroom Day! It is an international initiative that aims to spread outdoor education among teachers of different subjects at different educational stages.
Going out with education in the field has many advantages: fresh air (so important especially now, in times of pandemic), activation of the senses, calming of runaway thoughts, better concentration, as well as fun, movement and, above all, own experience - thanks to which we learn and remember more easily. In this way, we build a bond with nature, so that we can later become more involved with it.
Read more: Empty Classroom Day and workshops within the "Global Education" project - 25.09.2020
On 25-27 November, a unique, international project will start at the Krzyżowa Foundation. Its theme will be the integration potential of monotheistic religions for today's Europe. For the first time in the history of the Foundation, representatives of all three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam will meet in Krzyżowa. Due to the situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting will be conducted online.
European societies today experience various tensions and divisions. This challenge also applies to monotheistic religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam - for centuries inextricably linked with European history. Religions can strengthen antagonisms in society, but they also have an integrating effect on them.
In response to this challenge, the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe is launching a new conceptual and educational project aimed at developing opportunities for activities to promote integration, solidarity and a culture of dialogue in civil society.
Read more: Shalom. Pax. Salam. The integration potential of monotheistic religions for today's Europe -...
We are approaching the end of the GlobART 2030 project, which consisted of 11 activities integrating the subject of the Sustainable Development Goals into the international exchange of young people from Poland, Germany and Ukraine.
During 5-6-day meetings at the Krzyżowa Foundation, young people devoted 1 full day to active workshops on globalization, global interdependence, North-South relations, migration, food security, gender equality, and human rights. The workshops were conducted by the IYMC educators using the methods of non-formal education and critical education, followed by joint work on the artistic expression of the topic. Participants could choose the artistic sphere and the means of expression to deal with the topic they wanted to express. The most frequently chosen options among those offered at the Krzyżowa Foundation were: painting, upcycling, as well as multimedia techniques, such as time-lapse films and dance performance.
Read more: GlobART 2030 project - summary
The Krzyżowa Foundation during the 2014-2020 programming period of the European Union actively participated in applying for funds for the implementation of educational projects addressed to students and teachers of primary and secondary schools in the Dolnośląskie Voivodeship.
In total, 19 projects were undertaken under the ROP WD 2014-2020 measures 10.4 and 10.2, including 15 projects in which the Foundation acted as a leader and 4 projects in which the Foundation acted as a partner. Some of these projects are in progress and will be continued for the next three years, until 2023. The total value of all projects is nearly PLN 35 million. The support area covers the following poviats: świdnicki, wałbrzyski, dzierżoniowski, kłodzki, ząbkowicki, kamiennogórski, oleśnicki.
Read more: Support for Lower Silesian schools as part of projects financed from European funds
