Ana was a volunteer in frame of European Solidarysty Corps Progamme. She was volunteering in PZ4SEG in Oświecim city. for period of 10 months

1. ANA AVLAKHASHVILI
„ E M P O W E R I N G R E G I O N S T H R O U G H V O L U N T E E R N G – A S T E P T O
C A R E E R ”
V O L U N T E E R I N G P R O J E C T I N F R A M E O F E U R O P E A N S O L I D A R I T Y C O R P S
P O L A N D , O S W I E C I M

2. WHY I DECIDED TO BE A
VOLUNTEER?
Volunteeriing is great
opportunity to explore new
culture, meet new people,
learn new language and the
most important have lot of fun!
My volunteering project took place in
Poland, Oswiecim, During those 10
months I had an experience as a
teacher, blogger and trainer.
Cześć, jestem Ana
Avlakhashvili z
Gruzji !

3. MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
DURING VOLUNTEERING:
• Writing blogs about cultures and traditions;
• Having coocking workshops;
• Yoga workshops;
• Art and Craft workshops ;
• Origami workshops for students age 7-12;
• English speaking classes;
• Sport games;
• Promotion tasks in social network

4. ACTIVITIES AT SHOOL
At school main activities
were English speaking
classes with students age
17-19. Also presentations
and discussions about
different topics like
art&advertising, technology
and social media.

5. SPORT GAMES
Playing Georgian National Game
„Oghirhgalo”
As it came out, in Polish culture there
is similar game like 'Oghirgalo'. We
played both, I'm so glad that students
enjoyed those activities!

6. YOGA WORKSHOPS

7. VOLUNTEERING AND LOCKDOWN
• During Covid -19 lockdown
main activities were canceled,
but inspite of that, we
managed to have some online
activities even during this
period:
Art & craft online
lessons, livestreams,
blogs and some online
classes in Google Teams
were main activities
during lockdown

8. ORIGAMI AT MDK
As for the origami
workshops I would say,
that it’s great to see
young people enjoying
making tiny artworks .

9. WHY ORIGAMI?
Origami excites other modalities of
learning. It has been shown to improve
spatial visualization skills using hands-on
learning. Such skills allow children to
comprehend, characterize, and construct
their own vernacular for the world around
them.
First of all, I would mention that
Origami Workshops for Children
made me to understand how
important skilll is creativity,
especially when it comes to working
with children.

10. EXPLORING AND REPRESENTING
CULTURES
During my volunteering
project I had a great chance
to represent Georgian
culture, as one of the oldest
cultures in the world. I even
had a chance to have a
workshop about Georgian
alphabet.
Writing a blog about
differences between
cultures was so
inspiring.

11. COOCKING WORKSHOPS
It’s not a secret that Georgia is
popular for delicious cuisine, even in
Poland Georgian cuisine is famous,
with this in mind, cooking workshops
were very interesting not only for
students at school, also for locals,
due to this, we made a decision to
make some video tutorials and
workshops how to make Georgian
dishes on school’s Facebook page.

12. PRESENTATIONS ABOUT GEORGIA
Presentations
about Georgia
included
information about
Georgian history,
geography,
language, culture,
sightseeings and
cuisine.
Most interesting
part was asking
students before
presentation what
they knew about
Georgia and
surprisingly they
knew a lot!

13. CERAMICS
I would mention as well that during
this period I got new hobbies
Working on ceramics is
very difficult and creative
process, during making
origami workshops, I got
an unusual chance to
challenge myself in this
very interesting field of art.

14. WRITING BLOGS
During my volunteering most
inspirational part was writing
blogs about cultures and
traditions.
One blog in a week
during 10 months
changed my vision
about different cultures.
Just to tell the truth,
writing blogs made
process of exploring
even more interesting.

15. PROMOTION TASKS IN SOCIAL
NETWORK
As for the
promotion tasks I
was using
Facebook
platform.
Promoting
volunteering
projects and
conferences not
only in Polish,
also in English
speaking groups
was the main
task.

16. REFLECTIONS:
During my volunteering project I
got a big experience, those 10
months were memorable and
interesting.
Visiting museums,
galleries, meeting new
people and exploring
different places were
part of this project as
well. Overall I am glad
to be a volunteer.

17. P R O J E C T F I N A N C E D B Y E U R O P E A N C O M M I S I O N U N D E R
T H E E U R O P E A N S O L I D A R I T Y C O R P S P R O G R A M M E
THANKS FOR
ATTENTION!