The Academy of the Future helps children

The XXII edition of the Academy of the Future has been started! And this means that the Academy wards have officially started their adventure with the program. 

“I discovered a new goal and a new dream. I would like to become a veterinarian” - replied 10-year-old Monika 

We opened this year's edition with the slogan “we are building” - because at the Academy of the Future we build community, small and large successes and self-confidence, brick by brick. The Academy of the Future is a space for the building of important relationships that make a difference in a child's life. One of these relationships is formed between the child and the volunteer, during weekly meetings. The other - between the child and the donor - affects the child's awareness that there is someone who believes in them. This is the first important impetus for building the child's self-confidence.   

Basia's story  

Basia was 11 years old when she began her academic adventure. As a child she faced many problems, she was shy, lonely, closed off, had no friends, and to top it all off she had learning problems. “From 1st to 4th grade I heard from my classmates that I was stupid because I didn't know how to do something. Even the teachers said I was faking it,” - Basia says. When the girl was in the 4th grade of elementary school her teacher came to her and asked if she would like to participate in the Academy of the Future program, the girl agreed and so began her academy adventure.  

During weekly individual meetings with the volunteer, Basia felt that she was important. She began to open up more and more to the other person and learn that despite failures and difficulties, it is possible to rise up and start again. “At the end of elementary school, my first friend appeared in my environment,” - Basia says.   

The Academy of the Future experience helped Basia believe in herself, helped her overcome her own fear and shyness, and gave her the self-confidence she has nurtured to this day. Today, after almost 11 years, Basia has returned to the Future Academy in the role of Volunteer to support children similar to herself from the past, to give them the courage to believe in themselves, just as her Volunteer once did.  

Children themselves may not knowhow to... be less afraid, how to find a friend or colleague, how to talk back to others, what self-confidence is. With the support of a donor, they will no longer feel alone.  

Thanks to your support and your donations, dear Donors - we can build in children their confidence, self-esteem and give them space to dream and realize their dreams.   

Thank you, for the fact that thanks to you, hundreds of wards of the Academy of the Future can go through life with their heads held high. 

Links:

• https://akademiaprzyszlosci.org.pl/
• https://akademiaprzyszlosci.org.pl/en/