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“Kaliningrad Oblast: knowledge of and respect for history = local patriotism = civil society”.
For the title equation to work, one has to start with providing local residents with information on the history and culture of their region. In the Kaliningrad Oblast, this proves to be a particularly difficult task. This area once formed part of Eastern Prussia, and the historical monuments left behind were perceived by newly-resettled Russians…
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My child is deaf
Irina is deaf. When she picks up the phone, workshop participants observe with curiosity as she dials and hands the phone over to her interpreter, who temporarily becomes her voice. The hearing parents of deaf children, who are the target group of the “My Child Is Deaf” Project, look to her with hope. She has…
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Alternative preschool education in Georgia
The cooperation between the Łomża-based “Educator” Social and Educational Association for Supporting Victims and Disabled Persons and its Georgian partner, Civitas Georgica, has for years enabled supporting the establishment and operation of alternative pre-schools for rural children in Georgia. What makes a pre-school alternative? Why does Georgia need alternative pre-schools? How does the Polish alternative pre-school…
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The Youth Development Centre of Competence in Edinet
Edineț is a multinational northern Moldovan city with a population of approx. 20,000 residents. This city’s young people were the target of the 2014 youth support project conducted by the Lublin-based Managerial Initiative Foundation and the Moldovan “Demos” Association. RITA travel grants were one of the factors which enabled establishing cooperation between the partners. The…
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Civic Engagement Workshop
The Civic Engagement Workshop is a Polish-Ukrainian-Belarusian programme aimed at promoting informal youth education with a view to inspiring young people to challenge their surroundings. Young Polish, Ukrainian and Belarusian participants of the programme which is operated by the Genius Loci (Protective Spirit) Association and financed/co-funded by RITA are encouraged to take various social and cultural activities. The…
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The tea fields of Tkibuli
Scarce is the number of plantations resembling the one sitting on the rolling hills of Tkibuli. It belongs to Eliso and her mother, and is a speck of green in the vastness of fallow land. The walls of the local lemonade factory are still soaked with the scent of tea, though production was brought to…