Poland

October 25, 2021 was the first day of the implementation of the "More tolerance, less ignorance" project in Poland with partners from Italy, Portugal, Cyprus and Spain. On that day, we visited the most important places worth seeing in Warsaw and we had the opportunity to get to know the world from the perspective of a blind person by visiting the "Invisible Exhibition".

We started the second day of the project at the school with an official welcoming of guests from partner countries and an overview of the project activities. After the joint games and integration activities, we went on a tour of our city, the next item on the agenda was a visit to the Synagogue. Students from Spain, Italy and Portugal spent the evening with their partner families from Poland. The next day, we visited the City Hall, took part in an online workshop on tolerance organized by the Polish Humanitarian Organization, then everyone had the opportunity to learn interesting facts about each of the partner countries. We ended the evening with a dinner with traditional Polish food and common karaoke.

We started the fourth day of the project with an online workshop from the Step by Step Association, which aimed to sensitize project participants to the needs of people with disabilities and familiarize themselves with alternative methods of non-verbal communication. Then we tried our hand at sports competitions, such as tic-tac-toe, jumping in sacks or throwing a rubber boot - all in accordance with the fair play principle! A digital photo safari while visiting Zamość was the plan for the afternoon ... and the evening ... in the light of the forests at the Laser Factory.

At the end of the project, the students visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum. It was a lesson on tolerance ... remember! Quoting M. Turski, a former prisoner of the camp, "Auschwitz did not fall from heaven ...".

We ended the day with an evening sightseeing tour of Krakow. Everything good ends quickly and that day we had to say goodbye to our partners from the "More tolerance, less ignorance" project.