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The Krzyżowa Foundation received the Princess Jadwiga of Silesia Award

On October 02, Dr. Annemarie Franke - Vice-Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of the Krzyżowa Foundation - and Dr. Robert Żurek - Managing Director, Member of the Board, received the Princess Jadwiga Śląska Award on behalf of the Krzyzowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe.

This unique award is given to individuals and institutions for significant contributions to reconciliation and deepening of Polish-German cooperation or outstanding charitable activities.
The chapter of the Princess Hedwig of Silesia Award also decided to honor Marian Turski, an outstanding historian and journalist, with this year's award.

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Music education workshops with elements of music therapy in the kindergarten "Green Land"

In September, the "Green Land" kindergarten held its first music education workshop with elements of music therapy.
During the music therapy classes were used primarily

• Creative music therapy methods and techniques,
• various techniques of active listening to music
• and relaxation techniques.

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School exchange Środa Śląska - Saterland, 17-22.09.2023

41 young people from Środa Śląska and Saterland spent 6 days in Krzyżowa as part of a Polish-German meeting of young people from partner cities. The meeting took place from 17.09 to 22.09, and its program was extremely diverse, intensive and dynamic. There were language and integration workshops, hiking in the mesmerizing Ślężański Landscape Park, a visit to a school in Środa Śląska and learning about the city's history.

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Krzyżowa Foundation Likhtar - a beacon for Polish-German-Ukrainian youth exchanges

The Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe will be a partner of the PNWM in the project Likhtar/ Ліхтар. The project is aimed at female teachers, educators and specialists in formal and non-formal education involved in Polish-German-Ukrainian youth exchange. Likhtar will include networking meetings, trainings, consultations, among others.

The Likhtar/ Ліхтар project has been running at the German educational institution Bildungsstätte Bredbeck since April 2022. Likhtar brings together people involved in international youth work from Poland, Germany and Ukraine, motivates and strengthens to implement exchange projects during the Russian war against Ukraine.

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