Patrycja spent 5.5 months as a volunteer in Triggiano, Italy through the EUROSUD program. She helped with a variety of activities including supporting local NGOs through workshops and social media, managing projects, teaching free English conversation classes to the local community, assisting in the EUROSUD office, and volunteering with an organization called Pleiadi to support children with educational needs through English lessons. Patrycja also created content for Eurosud's social media platforms and website to promote its programs. She gained experience in office work for an NGO and learned about Erasmus Plus and Solidarity Corps projects. Patrycja recommends volunteering abroad through the ESC as a valuable opportunity

1. PATRYCJA JURCZAK
Presentation
ESC volunteer

2. THE BIGGINING
I’m Patrycja from Poland and I spent 5,5 months as
a volunteer in EUROSUD in Triggiano. I’m happy to
share my experience in Italy. I arrived in Triggiano in
September and spent my first weeks getting to
know the town, people organization and
discovering what kind of activities I will be doing in
the upcoming months. Besides Triggiano, I was
discovering beautiful Bari - the capital city of the
province of Bari and of the region Puglia.
I

3. MY
ACTIVITY
supporting local NGO activities,
workshops, social media, project
management
Leading free english
conversation classes for the local
community;
supporting EUROSUD office
work;
volunteering at the organization
'Pleiadi' supporting kids with
educational needs
tutoring (after school) foreign
language, creating a facebook
page to describe and promote
hosting city

4. 'PLEIADI' SUPPORTING
KIDS WITH
EDUCATIONAL NEEDS
IN ENGLISH LESSON
Conducting English language
course for kids with specific
learning disabilitie. Lessons where
based on non-formal education,
learning through fun. The
atmosthere there was amazing.
Also we had many fun games
that were planned and scheduled
for those kids according to their
level of english.

5. I was mainly responsible for creating content for
Eurosud's social media like Instagram and website.
I manage to do several reels and stories from the
events and activities I participated in and not only.
The videos we created to promote Eurosud's
programs were especially popular.
That was one of my favorites activieties.
SOCIAL MEDIA

6. SUPPORTING EUROSUD
OFFICE WORK
I was very lucky because I could learn what everything looks like in
NGO from the other side than I already knew. I was searching for
partners. I get to know more about ERASMUS plus opportunities. Also, I
took a part in a training course about Solidarity Corps Projects. That
was very interesting. And I'm sure that I will use my knowledge after
coming back to Poland.

7. LEADING FREE ENGLISH
CONVERSATION CLASSES FOR
THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
The most challenging activity was an English lesson for a local
community. Unfortunately, the participants didn't speak English at all
and my Italian wasn't the best, but we manage to communicate, learn,
and have a lot of fun. I used non-formal education methods and I also
learned a lot of Italian because of this activity.

8. OTHER
BENEFITS
Italian course: now I'm able to
have small talk in Italian
-travels, I explored the south of
Italy and I fall in love
Cultural exchange - not only
Italian but also other countries,
because I lived with two other
volunteers from Turkey. So I
experienced and tried a lot of
Italian and also Turkish food,
tradition etc
People - I can easily say that I met
wonderful people

9. ESC volunteering is one of the best
opportunities you can have! Living in a
different country, exploring culture, and places
but also yourself is so valuable. I learned a lot
and I'm going to use the knowledge I revived

11. Thank you