The Krzyżowa Foundation, as part of the "Together we will do more" project, is implementing a project called "Outdoor Cinema". The project is financed by the EU as part of initiatives for the employment of young people and is implemented in partnership with the Karkonoski Sejmik Osób Niepełnosprawnych from Jelenia Góra and Acsm sp.z o.o. from Wrocław.
From December 2019 to July 2020, a group of 40 young people from Lower Silesia developed their social competences during training courses in Krzyżowa and Jelenia Góra. The acquired theory, which is trained in the workshops, is strengthened by the voluntary activities of the project participants for the benefit of the local community. The coronavirus pandemic forced us to review our plans, but it didn't stop us from acting. Sewing protective masks, collecting materials for radio broadcasts, helping those in need in providing them with the necessary means of living during quarantine was a real training for the participants in project work. The organization of outdoor film screenings in Krzyżowa and Komorów is the last task of our volunteers under the project.
Read more: PROJECT || Outdoor Cinema
From 16 August to 23 August, a magical meeting of children from Poland and Germany took place at the International Youth Meeting Center in Krzyżowa. It was our next summer project addressed to a group of participants aged 8-12.
Together with the children, we tested how to communicate despite language barriers. The magic program was filled with magic games and activities. But the participants also creatively struggled with the question of how they imagine their future, what trust and courage mean.
The children went on a trip in Lower Silesia, and also took part in dance and circus workshops. During the youth meeting, also 8 hours of workshops on the Sustainable Development Goals and artistic workshops as part of the GlobART 2030 project in cooperation with ProgettoMondo Mlal were carried out. The workshop was co-financed by the European Union under the project: “Start the Change! Educational model on global active citizenship to reach the Sustainable Development Goals with a special focus on the relationship between migration and inequality”, Grant: Contract CSO-LA/2017/388-169.
Read more: REPORT || Magic summer in Krzyżowa: The future needs more superheroes - 16-23.08.2020
The third show of the Outdoor Cinema, which took place for the first time in Komorów, was dominated by a young audience. Impatient with the anticipation of the beginning of the projection, they showed up on the pitch in Komorów long before the screening started and ... join the fun.
Although we were welcomed by a passing rain, nobody lost their good humor and probably all of us survived until the end of the capricious aura. The reward for this was a beautiful rainbow, followed by a screening that brought a lot of joy to the young and the elderly.
Another Outdoor Cinema in Komorów is coming soon.
Read more: The third screening of the Outdoor Cinema - Komorów - 23.08.2020 - report
We follow the developments in Belarus with great attention. We express our solidarity with all Belarusians who are standing up for dignity, freedom and democracy. Their courage and determination inspire our admiration and respect. We are filled with sadness and indignation by the fate of the repressed people. We hope that the European Union, the authorities of democratic states and international public opinion will effectively put pressure on the Belarusian authorities so that they cease violence and enter into dialogue with the society.
The Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe was born in 1989 as a work of courageous people, citizens fighting for freedom, Polish-German reconciliation and overcoming the division of Europe. It is with all the more hope that we observe the uprising for freedom in Belarus and its civic, pro-European character. We believe that it will bring full freedom and democracy to Belarus and will be the beginning of the process of integration of this country with the European Union.
Soon we will celebrate the 40th anniversary of signing the August Agreements, this great victory of courage, solidarity and dialogue over conformism, fear and the logic of confrontation. Let this legacy of Polish Solidarity be a proof of the power of the voice of the citizens for Belarusians.
We are with you!
The Management Board of the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe.
Read more: Statement of the Foundation's Management Board on the events in Belarus
