INFOS FOR VOLONTEERS

NZOZ Monar Marianówek Rehabilitation and Re- Adaptation Center, stationary therapy for drug addicts. The center is located in the north of Poland, in the fabulous landscape, in the middle of a forest, surrounded by lakes and fields. 30 km northwards there is the Baltic See and the touristic city of Kolobrzeg.

The center is based on therapeutic community.

Activities in frame of the therapy:

- carpenter courses, revitalization of nature and ecological agriculture courses, courses for the instructors of horse riding

- farm work, field work, taking care of horses, pigs, dogs, cats and our very special swan

- learning in a daily junior high school, or weekend classes in a senior high school

- team sports and long-distance runs, also marathons

- artistic activities, theater, choir and others

- excursions: long-distance walks in the mountains, canoeing trips

- and much more

Our Center exist since 1985. We have about 70 patients between the age of 16 and 26, also mothers with children and patient with double diagnosis. Considering number of patients Marianówek is the biggest Monar in Poland. The full theraphy program is one year long. From patients which finished it 70 % lives in drugs absince.

We expect volunteer to prepare together with our patients cultural/ social activities as well es to take part in activities that we offer and to spend time with patients also in their free time.

Our volunteer must be drug abstinent. Being in our center or on the excursions with our group he/ she has to abstain from alcohol and sex.



Thursday

Pictures from the first workcamp in Marianowek! September 2009

John working with Mate.
Micheal - volunteers favorite inhabitant.
Tuyana with her birthsday cake, and Asia.

With Ciocia Bi in her place.


Meeting with the old inhabitans, monar people and therapiest of Marianówek, about duties, rools, program and last but not least sense of therapie.



Together on the bufet, after Tuyana's birthsday if I am not mistaken.

Each volunteer had a secret friend, whom he/ she was supposed to make suprises. John got from his secret friend his portrait. Fullfeeling the mission of secret friend can drive one crazy, as we see on this example.