Community Partner since 1990.

We will miss our wonderful students and Polish staff

Do you remember – “As the world turns, so do the days of our lives” – frequently faster than we anticipate. The Zakopane language camp will soon close and we will return to U.S. while our students will travel north on the bus for 10 hours to the Warsaw- Siedlce area. We only have two […]

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First day of teaching in the midst of the Tatra mountains

Monday morning at Zakopane camp began at 7:45 AM for us. At 4 AM many were awakened by daylight streaming through the windows and birds singing. Through the fog we could see the outlines of the mountains and the green of the pine trees. Soon we would see our students’ sunny smiles but for now—back […]

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Award for Global Volunteers!

Thanks to the work of more than 3, 000 volunteers for the people from the region of Siedlce, Poland, Global Volunteers has been recognized with the prestigious Ludomir Benedyktowicz Award in the field of language education of the children and youth in particular. The volunteers have received many words of appreciation for their work and […]

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The best thing I have ever done in my life

  Message of the day (shared by Olivia) – “A day without laughter is a wasted day” There are myriad reasons why volunteering has changed my life forever. I have often heard people talk about the benefits of volunteering, of it being a way to reach out and touch the lives of others in a positive […]

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Reflections on the experiences that I will never forget

I appreciated having the weekend to reflect on my experiences to date. I continue to realize that coming to Poland is much more than just teaching conversational English. I must admit that I have been preoccupied with the flooding in my community and surrounding areas in Colorado. Thankfully Joanne is safe. Friends are finding ways […]

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The 238th Team of Global Volunteers to Poland begins!

    Message of the Day (shared by Pat): How wonderful it is that nobody need to wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. After a sumptuous breakfast of cold cuts and American cheese, fresh bread, veggies, cereal, and an assortment of juices, and coffee and tea, the 238th Team of Global […]

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Our Last Day at Reymontowka

Last Day at Reymontowka

Our last day at Reymontowka Manor started as our campers preparing for the evening’s performance. Each volunteer teacher spent every possible moment reviewing their presentation. Each volunteer was so proud of their group and wanted to support the campers as much as possible. The third hour of the morning was a presentation by Veronica and […]

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Personal reflections

Message of the day by Jan– Remembering our visit to the old Jewish synagogue in Krakow. This says was on the wall “ Better is a little the righteous have,   than the wealth of many wicked. For the power of the wicked will be broken, because the Lord supports the righteous. “ Our time […]

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Great show of heritage

Message of the Day: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.. the courage to change the things I can…and the wisdom to know the difference”.  Shared by Greg Our team of early risers had breakfast of  apple fritters (racuchy) and lots of coffee. After  the meeting and  Message of the […]

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Sad good-byes…

sad good-byes

Lori, a repeat volunteer serving in Poland, talks about her last days teaching English to children at Reymontowka camp and the team’s sad good-byes.  Our last day! Time flew by quickly. Our day again begins at a great Reymontówka breakfast. We particularly discussed how this day would be different with the third and fourth hours […]

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