Human rights work in Poland

From 18th to 23rd September participants from The Basque Country, Belgium, Germany, Norway, Romania and Poland took part in the C3 mobility student meeting in Sędziszów Małopolski, Poland.

Sunday 18th was the day when delegations arrived. On Monday, next day in the morning all participants came to Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. ks.Piotra Skargi for a welcome meeting with school authorities where they could learn basic information about the school, i.e. its history, present activities and among others engagement in help provided to Ukrainian students. Later the whole group went to the mayor's office where they met town officials who talked about how local community helps Ukraine. Representatives of project partners also outlined their schools' involvement in refugee aid. Monday afternoon was spent in the local community centre where project students learnt how to dance Polish traditional dances and some modern ones.

On Tuesday morning all participants gathered at the school to watch and listen to presentations given by all delegations. Students presented their countries, schools and regions. The next point of the programme was a visit to the Capuchin Monastery , a meeting with friendly monks who told students how their ancestor brothers organised help for local people during dark days of World War II and hosting Ukrainian families at their monastery now. Then the whole group went to Rzeszów, a city which is a huge logistics hub of civil and military help for Ukraine.

On Wednesday morning the project group received a warm welcome at the Sędziszów Małopolski county integration centre where together with county authorities there was a panel meeting during which delegates attempted to address the issue of recent and present wars: what to do to avoid them in the future, how to better integrate people of Europe. In the afternoon Erasmus Remember team headed for Cyziowka, a charmful recreation centre in the middle of the forest to socialize, dance, play games, have fun. Thursday morning was the time of a visit to Auschwitz and Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp during World War II - a very touching experience that most of project students are likely to remember for the rest of their lives. In the afternoon Remember project delegation went to Kraków for city sightseeing tour, in particular Kazimierz, the Jewish district.

Friday was a departure day, but some of the groups still had enough time to walk around historical centre of Kraków.