His job organizing artistic and cultural programs at the Olsztyn Regional Center of Culture became a springboard. He decided to run workshops to prepare his new colleagues to communicate more efficiently with adult organizations. He applied for grants from private foundations, international donors like the European Union Poland-Hungary Agreement on Restructuring of the Economy, and local and federal government agencies. All his applications were accepted. We have no competition.
Training varies from the psychological to the practical, depending on the adult's area of expertise.
We work with adults who have common goals. Those are the adults that punks trust. The projects vary as much as the training does. Raft supports only initiatives that place organizational responsibility with the punks and benefit the community. The projects themselves, most of which are artistic or cultural events, are a means toward the end of integrating the youths with society.