The aim of the project is to support children and adolescents, who came from Ukraine to Poland in continuing their education at Ukrainian online schools, as well as in adapting to the Polish education system and building relationships in their new environment. The program uses various forms of activities and courses that take place in libraries. Participants can also learn Polish language to be better prepared for the challenges of participating in another country’s education system and to feel more comfortable in a new environment, being able to establish fruitful social, educational and professional life in an extreme situation they found themselves in.

Libraries participating in the project are supported financially, participate in training sessions and receive equipment necessary for the implementation of the program (interactive robots and tablets, music and educational sets etc.). They can use the grants for the employment of tutors and teachers from Ukraine, purchase of teaching aids and additional activities for children and adolescents. Libraries also organize digital learning centers for children and adolescents from Ukraine continuing their education in Ukrainian online schools, where students can get teachers’ support in the classroom, integrate and contact in person with their peers or help them with their homework if they also attend Polish schools.

During the “Summer in the library” events there were various educational, integrative and creative activities. Children learned through play (e.g. programming with robots), did DIY, performed simple scientific experiments, took part in engaging art, music and physical activities. Libraries also used the Team Up method of working with children, developed by the international organizations War Child, Save the Children and UNICEF Netherlands, in order to support children with refugee or other difficult experiences.