We’ve just returned from our winter therapeutic sports camp in Por\u0119ba Wielka. This is the first significant initiative, inaugurating the calendar year of work with the foundation’s beneficiaries. Participants from partner residential care institutions spent their winter break engaged in mountain winter activities, while also identifying their priorities and needs in contact with therapists.<\/b><\/p>\n
This time, we embarked on a journey with youth from institutional care facilities in \u0141uk\u00f3w, Stoczek \u0141ukowski, and Zambrow. Twenty participants aged 12-18 formed a group that spent a week in the mountains engaging in integration and self-identification processes. A pair of therapists created an emotional-social map for the participants during the camp. The winter trip is one of the foundation’s priorities because it is here that we begin a journey that, through various stops, leads us through the entire year to the personal development of our wards. At the beginning, we identify the potentials, needs, and goals, thanks to which we can more effectively plan scholarships for children<\/a> and socio-educational activities. The next trip, this time in the summer, serves as a progress check, during which we find out if we have deviated from the set path (and even if we have, we observe the psychological landscape we encounter).<\/p>\n However, the winter break in Por\u0119ba Wielka is not just a trip for the statutory goals of the foundation. It’s also about having fun, providing relaxation opportunities, and involuntarily deepening the cultural capital of the participants. We ski together, jump on trampolines, go to the cinema, and visit museums.<\/p>\n\n\t\t