Stowarzyszenie Sztukater (Poland) –( www.sztukater.pl )
Sztukater’s main goals are promotion of arts and culture, organizing educational and cultural events, propagation of cultural, ethnic and sexual diversity, building ecological awareness, advocating human rights, and prevention of social exclusion. Our association includes methodologists, school teachers, and people responsible for externally funded projects (e.g. the European Social Fund, Deutsch-Polnisches Jugendwerk, Youth in Action, Erasmus+). It is their experience that helps us realize our statute. Through art and culture, Sztukater association bridges new technologies with those who need them, and improves the quality of life of people vulnerable to being excluded by society.
Through us, local communities learn about the possibilities of involving themselves in art and
culture, as well as the resources such commitment requires. We take on and give publicity to issues that other, official bodies have kept in the background. We want to make it common knowledge that it’s everyone’s right to access art and culture, and that they are not restricted to only selected elites.
Sztukater organizes various social campaigns and projects. Moreover, we aid educational istitutions, promote book authors, organize youth competitions, and cultural contests. The association cooperates with local cultural and educational institutions. We run a website based around art and culture to help battle loneliness in the web.The Association actively participates in international projects, since year 2014 Sztukater Association has been a partner in around 30 realized projects.
We develop the young person the passion to help others and discover the beauty of Europe. We have a very strong concern about the preparation of young people (participants) for exchanges.
Sztukater Association has very strong focus on integration of the group before, during and after exchange, what makes the participants more assured of themselves abroad and helps them to create better atmosphere during the project with other participants of exchange and helps them open more to others and to the world. Integration has an aim to increase the sense of belongingness to the group, not only in national group, but each environment our participants are becoming the part of. The
Association carried workshop classes in the field of tolerant and culture. We work with orphanages, schools, institutions socially excluded. We see a lot of different behaviors and we’re sure, that we must show everybody that the all of people are in the same positions. We prepared a lot of events about the culture in the small city and village. Young people, who never have a chance to participate in international projects, have fun with the citizens from another country and see the original arts. We created two library on the small towns and gave
3.000 books for the local community. We promote history and our volunteers take part in the state ceremonies. Association is composed among others of educationalists and teachers. Their experience help a lot and make that organization can organize new actions and develop new initiative for young people in Poland. Also we deal with homelessness and professional activation of homeless people. We run social campaigns, consultations on protection during mass events, advice in the field of legal education, mobbing, molestation.