Education
in Poland

We educate people on global challenges and interdependencies, as well as helping responsibly. We create and disseminate educational programmes for children and adolescents, we support teachers in introducing global education content during their classes, and we expose Polish community to content that goes outside the typically Eurocentric outlook.

We shape the sense of responsibility for global challenges and solidarity with people who experience these challenges. We believe that critical reflection combined with action will make the world more fair.

Our educational activities in Poland by numbers

In total

0000

teachers

cooperated with PAH's educational programmes in 2021.

In total

00 000

students

participated in PAH’s educational programmes in 2021.

In 2021, we dedicated

000 000

PLN

to educational programmes.

List of educational programmes completed in 2021

Number of recipients during the school year 2021/22:
2546 teachers and 17 297 students

Project location:
All of Poland

Source of funds:
Individual donations

“Homeroom with the World” is a nationwide educational programme for primary and secondary schools. Based on our publications, including but not limited to “Change your perspective”, discussion sheets, and the “World and I” scrapbooks we teach children about global interdependencies during homeroom.

Number of recipients during the school year 2021/22:
749 teachers and 5324 students

Project location:
All of Poland

Source of funds:
Individual donations

“I know and I act” is a nationwide educational programme for schools of all types. It comprises four stages of classes based on our activity scenarios and proposals. It focuses on the subject of humanitarian aid and combines the educational aspect with awareness raising or helping people affected with humanitarian crises.

Number of recipients during the school year 2021/22:
26 teachers and 452 students

Project location:
All of Poland

Source of funds:
Individual donations

Humanitarian School is a one-year programme for secondary schools about global interdependencies which shapes critical thinking as well as attitudes of openness and solidarity. It includes, among other things, trainings for teachers, workshops and online meetings, as well as classes and activities organised by teachers.

Number of recipients during the school year 2021/22:
37 teachers and 211 children from kindergarten groups

Project location:
Pomorskie Province

Source of funds:
Regional Operating Programme of Pomorskie Province

The goal of this project was to introduce global education into everyday work of three kindergartens in Pomorskie Province, as well as increase the teachers’ skills in including global education content during activities. In 2021 we completed two trainings for teachers, we created prototypes of educational materials, and we held the first classes with kindergarten groups.

Project location:
All of Poland

Source of funds:
Active Citizens – State Fund

This programme is addressed to the Polish society; in it, we take a look at dominating narratives about minority groups and countries of the global south. In 2021, we prepared a report from the study of travel channels on YouTube (published in January 2022), we worked on film scenarios, and we created new episodes of the “Tolerance is not enough” podcast.

Number of recipients during the school year 2021/22:
379 teachers and 17 878 students

Project location:
All of Poland

Source of funds:
Individual donations

This is a campaign held twice a year (on the National Education Day and at the end of school year) to popularise involvement in humanitarian aid. We encourage others to show gratitude in a non-standard way: by donating money to aid purposes instead of buying flowers or sweets.

Number of recipients during the school year 2021/22:
2667 teachers and 136 669 students

Project location:
All of Poland

Source of funds:
Individual donations

Campaign organised around 22 March to educate people about inequalities in access to water around the world, consequences of lack thereof, as well as associations with matters such as responsible consumption and climate crisis. During the campaign we offer substantive support in the form of webinars and educational publications. Institutions participating in this campaign organise awareness-raising activities based on our materials.

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Data types

Emergency response

Haiti

As a result of the earthquake in August 2021 more than 2 000 people died and more than 12 000 people were injured. The earthquake’s epicentre was located a dozen or so kilometres from Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, the city in which we completed our project. As part of our involvement we satisfied basic needs, rebuilt temporary shelters for those affected by the disaster, and provided psychological aid.

 

 

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Humanitarian assistance

Iraq

Our activities were focused on preventing the spread of and infections with COVID-19 within camps for internally displaced persons, delivering large quantities of water, constructing sanitary facilities in quarantine and isolation areas, as well as ad hoc financial aid for the most affected people in the Sinjar district. In addition, we repaired latrines and showers, and removed waste from four camps for internally displaced persons.

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Humanitarian assistance

Yemen

The ongoing armed conflict, the economic crisis, the risk of natural disasters, climate changes, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic made 2021 a very difficult year for Yemenites. 

In 2021, PAH continued its projects in the healthcare sector by supporting seven clinics and one hospital in the Abjan, Aden, and Ad Dhale governorates. With the goal of restoring full functionality of the healthcare centres, PAH’s activities included but were not limited to deliveries of medicines, hardware, and medical products, items of everyday use, repairs of the building’s sanitary infrastructure, other repair works, and deliveries of water. Furthermore, we aided the medical personnel by holding trainings and paying their salaries. The scope and form of support were matched to each clinic’s actual needs. Bearing in mind that many people could not take advantage of medical services due to problems of logistical nature and some pregnant women prefer traditional childbirth at home, PAH equipped and trained local volunteers and midwifes. This made it possible to reach local inhabitants, as well as provide medical aid and advice outside the clinic. 

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Humanitarian and development assistance

Kenya

In 2021 PAH aimed its projects at local communities in southern Kenya which has a tropical dry climate. As a result of adverse climate changes access to safe water and appropriate sanitary conditions is becoming increasingly challenging.

Our activities improved the conditions in which education takes place by ensuring access to sustainable water supply, sanitary infrastructure, and appropriate hygiene, as well as improving access to power from renewable energy sources. Together with the local agricultural co-operatives, we erected sand dams to regulate water resources. Moreover, by holding a series of trainings in management, agriculture, and animal husbandry we improved the effectiveness of farming and increased the production capacities and earnings of the agricultural co-operatives.

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Development aid

Lebanon

World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index 2021 put Lebanon in the 132nd place out of 156 countries as far as women’s participation in political life is concerned, their economic opportunities, educational opportunities, as well as adequate access to healthcare. Marginalisation of girls and women, as well as barriers that prevent their active social and professional life are manifold. Only 29% of adult women are professionally active, while in the case of men it is 76%.

In Lebanon, we carried out a project which, through the development of personal and life skills, provided children and teenagers with greater opportunities to use their full potential in the future, and thanks to the growth of professional competencies young adults have greater chances of being employed on a labour market which systemically marginalises them.

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Humanitarian assistance

Somalia

Our activities are primarily focused on water supply and sanitary aid. In particular, we concentrate on aiding the most vulnerable individuals, such as internally displaced persons, and therefore we build wells and sanitary infrastructure in the camps they live in. We also help local communities in the villages affected by floods, drought, and conflicts. Thanks to such aid, the Somalis’ needs are adequately met.

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Humanitarian assistance

South Sudan

South Sudan poses challenges on many levels. Its inhabitants are facing challenges posed by climate change, epidemics, local ethnic conflicts, as well as loss of the means of support.

Our activities include primarily the provision of access to clean and healthy water by repairing and constructing water intake points, latrines, and hand washing stations. We hold trainings for mechanics and awareness-raising campaigns in good hygiene practices. We distribute hygiene kits to girls and women of reproductive age.

To help children, we develop educational programmes, we create temporary learning spaces where access to school infrastructure is limited. We undertake actions that reduce disease incidence and mortality of the most vulnerable groups by improving access to healthcare and food; we also help in food production. We distribute packages with non-food aid and undertake actions that reinforce local communities’ independence and capacity to respond to future crises. We create safe spaces for women who were victims of violence.

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Humanitarian assistance

Ukraine

In 2021 PAH continued to help the elderly and people with disabilities who lived in towns close to the frontlines. Our local Aid Centres provide psychological and financial aid, and they are also used to distribute parcels with food and hygiene products.

We also provided aid to victims of landmines, in particular children and their caretakers, in the form of psychological, legal, and financial support to facilitate rehabilitation. We held trainings for teachers and social workers, and financed their employment at local institutions.

 

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