13.07.2021 r.: Update on project activities

On May 1 2020, Caritas Poland started its project called “Integration support system for foreigners staying on the territory of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship”, co-financed from the National Program of Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and state budget.

 

Originally, the project was supposed to last from 01.05.2020 to 31.05.2021 and all activities directed towards foreigners were planned to take place during that period of time.

 

As part of project activities, foreigners were offered support, both in terms of counselling as well as social aid.

The Information and Advisory Centre offered legal, psychological, vocational and integration guidance. If necessary, beneficiaries of our project could use the computer, a printer, a phone and the Internet. Foreigners could also have their important documents translated by a certified translator, for instance, documents related to their residence and education. Packages with sanitary products were also given to the beneficiaries as well as reimbursement for medicine and tenancy. Under the project, migrants learnt the Polish language, took part in adaptive courses, where they obtained knowledge useful in everyday life, participated in workshops about computers and the Internet, went on one day trips and had fun during the multicultural feast. On the other hand, children were offered a chance to take part in an integration camp, where each beneficiary was accompanied by their Polish friend. Moreover, parents could have extra classes for their kids financed and they could also watch a performance together, which due to the pandemic was showed online. Multicultural and antidiscrimination workshops were also very popular, just like the meeting with employers, which were also held under the project.

 

 

 

On May 31 2021, all project activities directed towards foreigners ended and the office at the Information and Advisory Centre was closed.

 

Currently, we are conducting communication and study activities.

 

June witnessed the completion of the study preparation stage and the next step is to conduct a survey in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.

Study report and the description of results will be available in August of this year.

 

All project activities are going to end on 31.08.2021.