“How to deal with loneliness and isolation in our society”
4th short terms students' mobility in Poland
“No man is an island” said Ernest Hemingway.
Each person has a different emotional intelligence and therefore their social skills vary. Each person must both recognize and name their own emotions.
The fourth student exchange took place in Toruń from 13th to 17th March 2023. The five-day meeting was attended by 25 students and 4 teachers from the school in Toruń and 5 students and 2 teachers from the school in Spain and also 5 students and 2 teachers from the school in Portugal. Students and teachers from the Italian school did not receive permission from the school authorities to participate in the meeting due to the war in Ukraine. At the same time, some meetings were held in the Italian school about the Hikikimori syndrome and social isolation. After the meeting, the schools will exchange materials prepared during the workshops and meetings and familiarize all students participating in the project with them.
The topic of the meeting in Toruń was “How to deal with loneliness and isolation in our society”. “No man is an island” said Ernest Hemingway. Each person has a different emotional intelligence and therefore their social skills vary. Each person must both recognize and name their own emotions.
During the meeting in Toruń, some workshops were organized with various groups and associations, which allowed to meet people, talk and experience being together or simply overcoming difficulties together. The agenda of the meeting differed slightly from the meetings planned in the application due to e.g. the restrictions on the activities of a given foundation or association or organizational difficulties. All workshops and activities were tailored to the profile of the meeting.
Monday, March 13th
On Monday, March 13th, 2023, at 9.00 am, the headmistress of ZSE Toruń, Mrs Liliana Adamczyk, welcomed all project participants. Then the students of ZSE presented the school. Then, ZSE students and invited guests got to know the school during a game in which the groups had to perform subsequent tasks. The aim of the game was to get to know the school and collect a clown costume for a selected person from each group.
Then all the invited guests took part in a Polish language lesson.
In the afternoon, all students and teachers went to Hospice “Nadzieja”. The students of ZSE prepared a concert for children from the hospice. There were two trumpets, a trombone, a saxophone, a transverse flute and one student sang. Some girls from the project distributed red noses and balloons among children.
https://hospicjumnadzieja.pl/
On Tuesday, March 14th, 2023, project participants met Ms Katarzyna Rogowiec from “Avanti” Foundation. Mrs. Rogowiec talked about her life (paralympian, entrepreneur, traveller, mother) and what gives her strength and motivation in life. After the presentation, students asked questions.
https://katarzyna-rogowiec.pl/
Then, the students from Spain and Portugal took part in English and economics lessons together with Polish students.
In the afternoon, there were workshops with ladies from the 60+ senior club at the Hospice “Światło” Association. Pupils and seniors knitted together, made beautician bags from plastic bags, and at the same time talked a lot (a translator was often used) and laughed. During the meeting, various fragments of a scarf made by project participants in their countries were combined.
https://stowarzyszenie-hospicjum-swiatlo.pl/akcje
Tuesday, March 14th
Wednesday, March 15th
On Wednesday, March 15th, 2023, the students and the teachers got to know Toruń - its history and monuments during a city game. Students divided into international groups performed various tasks related to the history and monuments of Toruń.
In the afternoon, the students from different countries presented the results of the surveys they had carried out in each of the schools. The survey concerned the mental condition of young people. The similarities and differences noted by the students from different countries were very interesting.
After the presentation, there were theatre workshops conducted by Mrs Hana Sierdzińska, an animator of culture, who for many years has been running a theatre group at the Youth Cultural Centre in Toruń.
On Thursday, March 16th, 2023, the students presented a performance prepared for theatrical events, which raised the issue of isolation, loneliness, lack of relationships.
Then there was a moment for summing up the work and handing over certificates of participation by the headmistress of ZSE.
In the afternoon the students spent some time in international groups for shopping and pizza. The teachers met at an official dinner.
Friday, March 17th
On Friday, March 17th, 2023, all project participants went on a trip to Malbork, where a Teutonic castle is located - the largest brick castle in Europe. We visited the castle in two language groups -English and Polish.
Mental condition of young people in Poland.pptxActivate them! (1).pdfIntegrate them-2.pdf