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ESC: Promoting culture and reading in municipal library in Przasnysz
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Only for belgian residents
Project supported by the european commission: All fees are supported by the esc program - Between 18 and 30 years old
- English , Polish
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Location informations
- Jarosława dąbrowskiego 3, 06-300 przasnysz, poland
- Local currency : Poland zloty (PLN / zł)
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Currency exchange rate
(2025-07-11 07:20:02)
- 1 zł = 0.24 EUR
- 1 EUR = 4.25 zł
- Timezone : Central european summer time
- Local time : 11-07-2025 13:03:49
Closest airport(s) and plane ticket average price
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Modlin Airport
(65.12 km) - Poland -
Warsaw Chopin Airport
(95.15 km) - Poland -
Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport
(194.29 km) - Poland -
Khrabrovo Airport
(208.81 km) - Russian federation
Closest bus station(s)
Mix Train-Bus-Avion
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Itinéraire
depuis Ashburn vers Przasnysz
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Presentation of the program
The library serves the inhabitants of Przasnysz town and its neighbourhood. It performs the traditional role of a library and conducts activities in the field of culture and education aimed at different age groups.
Volunteers will be supporting the staff in preparation and running activities aimed at the readers and inhabitants. They will create content and manage the social media such as TikTok and Instagram. They will also have an opportunity to realize their own initiatives, especially the ones adding intercultural dimension.
Examples of tasks:
- supporting events such as excursions, workshops, concerts;
- organizing educational activities such as language cafes and meetings at high school, handicraft and STEM workshops;
- promoting reading, organizing meetings with children;
- taking photos and creating videos for Facebook, Tiktok and YouTube;
- in summer, the volunteers can lead a workcamp;
Infopack: https://www.spw.ngo/przasnysz-infopack
About the accommodation
- Accommodation: Studio flat shared with one more volunteer of the same gender
- Location: The project is located in Pułtusk, a town of 19 thousands inhabitants, located in northern Masovia. Pułtusk is located around 60km north from Warsaw and has a bus connection (around 1h 10 min by bus)
- Food: Each volunteer receives 150 EUR per month and is cooking on their own in the flat
- Pocket money: 180 EUR/month
- International travel: reimbursement up to 211 EUR, 309 EUR or 395 EUR depending on the distance*
- Language support: online language course (EU Academy) provided
About the leisure
- Orientation training (coordinating organization): introduction to the project, getting to know the cooridinators and the organization, integration with other volunteers and mentors, planning
- On-arrival training (National Agency): Getting to know Poland, ESC introduction (5 days)
- Mid-term evaluation meeting (National Agency, 5 days)
- Final evaluation (coordinating organization)
- Evaluation meetings/trainings (coordinating organization): intercultural education, learning, cultural adaptation, communication (once every two months)
Requirements
The Participant profile: - Friendly, making relationship with people easily and willing to work with people at different age (from children to seniors)
- Communicative English
- Creative, independent and ready to have own ideas and initiative
- Doesn't mind living in a small town
- Reliable and diligent
- Interested in culture
Deadline: No application deadline
Deadline: No application deadline
Extra information
The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?
Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?
- Training before and after the project
- Health insurance during your project
- round-trip travel reimbursement
- accommodation and food
- pocket money
- language course
- Return Week-end
- Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport
Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.