Welcome to Konin!

Welcome to Konin!
My first visit in the office of Konin A full day of activity, where I could meet the other part of this big family, take a walk round the most beautiful area of this city, and do a tour around the social cooperatives that are part of Stowarzyszenie Na Rzecz Spółdzielni Socjalnych (Association for Social Cooperatives). At last I enjoyed the pleasure of taste artesanal ...

Ernesto Sirolli: Want to help someone? Shut up and listen!

Ernesto Sirolli: Want to help someone? Shut up and listen!
I invite you to watch this video first, as I did a long ago… TED: Ideas worth spreading Last Tuesday, we had the opportunity to assist to Dr. Ernesto Sirrolli’s conference in Poznan community cafe, as part of the program of the event: Startup Poznan 2015. Who are you and what is your passion? It’s what he ...

THE SHOE THAT GROWS

THE SHOE THAT GROWS
An example of how Social Innovation can change millons of lives In the world there are more than 300 million children who have no shoes. And countless more with shoes that aren’t their size. Children without shoes are susceptible to injury and parasites that infect humans through our feet. Often the problem is that the ...

A Canarian EVS in Poznan! 5

A Canarian EVS in Poznan!
Yes, I am the new EVS! My name is Esther, and I come from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, (Spain). I am here to continue during one year, this work as part of European Voluntary Service (EVS) in Stowarzyszenie Na Rzecz Spółdzielni Socjalnych (Association for Social Cooperatives). Laia, my predecessor, has left an emptiness among her friends, ...

TEB, between industrial production and creativity

TEB, between industrial production and creativity
Today I would like to introduce you a Spanish social cooperative which takes place in Barcelona. TEB Cooperative Group was set up in 1974 by some families of intellectually disabled people who claimed for the rights of people with intellectual disability. This was a pioneer initiative in Spain by that time, over the last years of the ...

Around 40,000 homeless people in Spain

Around 40,000 homeless people in Spain
In two days, on 22 December, winter will come to stay for a while and, as usual, homeless people will suffer its cold nights and early morning hours. The last study made by Spanish Statistics National Institute (INE)  said that the number of homeless people in Spain assisted by social centres in 2012 was almost 23,000 people ...

Poznanianka, a cooperative that copes with the rent debt

Poznanianka, a cooperative that copes with the rent debt
In Ogrody, where many trams begin and finish their rides, there are some people waiting while time goes by slowly. Some of them hate waiting so much that would give those useless minutes to the Death as a present. Others are late; they will wait anyway. A vast green area takes place around Ogrody station, which gives ...

Coming soon: social revitalization in Grudziądz

Coming soon: social revitalization in Grudziądz
In Grudziądz, a small city between Toruń and Gdańsk, people from different associations and points of view are trying to carry out a social revitalization of the old town. The idea of Rewilalizacja społeczna grudziądzkiej Starówki -a nine months project promoted by Caritas- is to build up a social centre which will respond to the needs of social ...

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All Saints have their candle
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Just pleasure: eating and sleeping in Konin

Just pleasure: eating and sleeping in Konin
It is already more than half a year since I arrived in Poland. Time goes by so fast, although not all the time: days were so long until now, today dark is taking over the days. After the summer, I have been visiting the city of Konin with my workmates from Stowarzyszenie Na Rrecz Spóldzielni Socjalnych once in a while, roughly ...