It not only regained its freedom, but also initiated a process that serves as a model for peace worldwide. In 1990, Rural Solidarity invited Global Volunteers to send teams of volunteers to teach conversational English in rural communities. Now, Global Volunteers has been invited by the county of Siedlce to expand its programs to work with orphaned and disabled children. During the fall and spring, volunteers teach in rural elementary and high school classrooms in the Siedlce region, east of Warsaw. The primary objectives are to intensify the young students' desire to learn English and to enhance the adults' ability to communicate in English.
Emphasis is on conversation, and teachers and non-teachers alike are helpful.
Summer teams teach at English language camps in the Tatra mountain village of Zakopane in southern Poland or at a manor house near Siedlce. Volunteers and Polish school students live and study together, take trips and play American games. No special skills are necessary to teach conversational English in Poland . A volunteer works in a Polish classroom where students are eager to get to know volunteers. Summer camp lessons often take place outdoors.