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German-Polish school exchange Wrocław-Langen - 14-18.03.2022, Krzyżowa

From 14. - 18. March 2022 22 pupils from Zespół Szkolno-Przedszkolny nr 3 Wrocław and Albert-Einstein-Schule Langen met in Krzyżowa.

Already during the integration and language animation games it became apparent, that the pupils were very openminded and really wanted to get to know each other. In the workshops on global education and history, they discovered the place of Krzyżowa through a Rallye, learned about the Kreisau circle within a guided tour to the House on the hill and, inspired by that, worked in small national groups on global topics and sustainable ability goals they chose. The beautiful posters they created about how to gain more equality and equal rights in our societies were celebratory handed over to each other on the last evening and promised tob e hanged out in the home schools.

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||REPORT|| "Making Ourselves at Home" - Polish-German-Greek youth meeting – 24-30 March 2022

At the beginning of spring, we started a new project called "Making Ourselves at Home" in Krzyżowa. It was a Polish-German-Greek youth meeting that took place from 24-30 March 2022 and was attended by a group of 36 girls and boys aged 15-17.

Students of Campus Efeuweg from Berlin, Liceum Ogólnokształcące nr XV we Wrocławiu and The 3rd High School of Arta participated in classes and workshops devoted mainly to the issues of migration, integration and empowerment. These were topics that are close to them, as most of the project participants had migration experience. An important event of the exchange was the renewal of the wooden, colorful rainbow located on the foundation's premises, which is a kind of symbol of our youth projects. It was created 12 years ago on the initiative of Klaus and Claudia Gust, who have now decided to cover the cost of purchasing the paint for its renovation and came to Krzyżowa in person to take part in the renovation together with young people.

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Closing of the project "Protest Art"

The project "Protest Art. Artistic Expressions of Protest Between Opposition, Civil Disobedience and Anarchy"  has been completed.

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Organizer: The Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe
Partner organization: Center for Art and Urban Planning, Berlin
Funding: Freya von Moltke Foundation

Krzyżowa for Ukraine. We welcomed spring and schools welcomed new students – 25.03.2022

It has already been a month since Russia attacked Ukraine. We have been hosting people fleeing the war in Krzyżowa for three weeks. At the moment, almost 100 people are staying in Krzyżowa, half of them are children and youth.

We are very happy that on Monday, our school age guests started their education in Primary School in Grodziszcze and in First High School in Świdnica. All new pupils and students are very happy with how their first days in Polish school went. We would like to thank the management and teachers of both institutions as well as the students for their warm welcome, which was very important for our Ukrainian guests.

Once again, we would also like to thank our sponsors and donors for the school kits, which made it possible for the children to start this new stage at school without any problems.

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