They already are here - first volunteers from Polan more then 50 years old are in Lorca...

Andrzej Kobielski and Janina Mleczko came to Universidad Popular to promote voluntering, share their experiences, present Polish culture and senior activism. How is it posible??? They are taking part in the Seniors Voluntering Project in Programm Grundtvig.

The main foundation of the project “50+ time to be active” is a mutual education and skill-sharing between volunteers, local society and partner organizations in order to establish long-lasting cooperation. The project assumes four 3-weeks visits for essentially 12 volunteers (6 from Spain ,6 from Poland).

Ultimate choice of volunteers will be preceded by numerous consultations between partners.  Volunteers profile will be adjusted to the type of performed non-profit work using questionnaires and interviews carried out by our organizations. We’ll consider senior’s interests, knowledge and needs, providing equal chances. Every volunteer will have the English-speaking mentor, who will be looking after the senior and monitoring his work in cooperation with both organizations. During the exchange volunteers in collaboration with the mentor and the hosts organization will prepare  activities to promote the activity of seniors citizens in each of the countries and they will join local activities as well.

Seniors will participate in the meetings informing about the project’s assumptions (work type, rights, obligations), socio-cultural, and language and computer curses as well. After the project there will be the evaluation of project activities, the use and dissemination of results through websites, media, meetings.

Lets see their owns insights from the project!!