Through service and action, students develop the attributes of the IB learner profile by applying and extending their skills and knowledge in real-world contexts. Service opportunities arise from individual or group initiatives, curriculum connections or identified community needs.
We invite you to read stories from our Service Learning programs below.
Ligita Stawarz
Service Learning Coordinator
Find out how ASW student Julia founded a team of volunteers that has raised over 120,000 PLN for the charity WOŚP, and also helped establish a plastic recycling center on campus.
ASW ES students wrote and illustrated letters to children living in the orphanage.
Messages were delivered to care homes just before Christmas.
Grade 12 students met virtually with photographer Rafał Milach.
ASW delivered books to the two refugee centers Linin and Dębak, near Warsaw, just before Christmas.
ASW volunteers joined the nation-wide networks of face masks’ tailors. Over 700 masks made by the ASW community were donated to hospitals and nursing homes in Poland.
On May, 7th, ASW’s 10th graders had a virtual opportunity to meet Ms. Marysia Złonkiewicz, one of the co-creators of Chlebem i Solą Charity (English: Bread and Salt). She has been working with refugees for many years.
Following the visit of three activists from the “Mroky” group, the ASW Global Politics students organized a clothing drive. Members of the community were encouraged to bring in especially men's clothing of all types, including shirts, pants, shoes, and coats.
UNHCR Youth with Refugees Art Contest that is open to participants who are between 12 and 25 years old.
![Jurek Owsiak the leader of WOSP with Julia_an ASW volunteer]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1614863878/warsaw/wzjoa7dtdrvecsmipt34/828D2D1A-283A-42CF-AED8-0BDDDD73B41F.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1614863878/warsaw/wzjoa7dtdrvecsmipt34/828D2D1A-283A-42CF-AED8-0BDDDD73B41F.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1614863878/warsaw/wzjoa7dtdrvecsmipt34/828D2D1A-283A-42CF-AED8-0BDDDD73B41F.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1614863878/warsaw/wzjoa7dtdrvecsmipt34/828D2D1A-283A-42CF-AED8-0BDDDD73B41F.jpg","width":1024}])
![Drawings by ASW students for students living in an orphanage]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1612952115/warsaw/tqpfiu5msyl2lwkrdlhl/IMG-0698.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1612952115/warsaw/tqpfiu5msyl2lwkrdlhl/IMG-0698.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1612952115/warsaw/tqpfiu5msyl2lwkrdlhl/IMG-0698.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1612952115/warsaw/tqpfiu5msyl2lwkrdlhl/IMG-0698.jpg","width":1024}])
![A drawing made by a ASW student for a senior from Warsaw]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1612879782/warsaw/ozmevp0bofn4o4tb7akw/IMG-0702_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1612879782/warsaw/ozmevp0bofn4o4tb7akw/IMG-0702_1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1612879782/warsaw/ozmevp0bofn4o4tb7akw/IMG-0702_1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1612879782/warsaw/ozmevp0bofn4o4tb7akw/IMG-0702_1.jpg","width":1024}])
![ASW stidents meet with photographer Rafał Miłach via zoom.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1612779993/warsaw/iglwtqxoir7jc9j2jzo7/Screenshot2021-02-08at110956.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1612779993/warsaw/iglwtqxoir7jc9j2jzo7/Screenshot2021-02-08at110956.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1612779993/warsaw/iglwtqxoir7jc9j2jzo7/Screenshot2021-02-08at110956.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1612779993/warsaw/iglwtqxoir7jc9j2jzo7/Screenshot2021-02-08at110956.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1612779993/warsaw/iglwtqxoir7jc9j2jzo7/Screenshot2021-02-08at110956.png","width":1440}])
![Refugees receiving books via ACTL grant]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1612448490/warsaw/x079i8en7wdoivbaeic2/IMG_9154_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1612448490/warsaw/x079i8en7wdoivbaeic2/IMG_9154_1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1612448490/warsaw/x079i8en7wdoivbaeic2/IMG_9154_1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1612448490/warsaw/x079i8en7wdoivbaeic2/IMG_9154_1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1612448490/warsaw/x079i8en7wdoivbaeic2/IMG_9154_1.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1612448490/warsaw/x079i8en7wdoivbaeic2/IMG_9154_1.jpg","width":2200}])
![Face masks tailored by ASW volunteers for nursing homes and hospitals during covid-19 lockdown.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1597762292/warsaw/wllpshkyaxm1p7qmdrth/facemasks.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1597762292/warsaw/wllpshkyaxm1p7qmdrth/facemasks.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1597762292/warsaw/wllpshkyaxm1p7qmdrth/facemasks.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1597762292/warsaw/wllpshkyaxm1p7qmdrth/facemasks.jpg","width":1024}])
![Ms Marysia Złonkiewicz _ cofounder of Chlebem z Sola Foundation]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1591379855/warsaw/xoh31abnq36krsjxcary/Screenshot2020-06-05at195518.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1591379855/warsaw/xoh31abnq36krsjxcary/Screenshot2020-06-05at195518.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1591379855/warsaw/xoh31abnq36krsjxcary/Screenshot2020-06-05at195518.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1591379855/warsaw/xoh31abnq36krsjxcary/Screenshot2020-06-05at195518.png","width":840}])
![Donated clothes ready for shipment]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1591378470/warsaw/bruyy9dsx0onaw0rffoi/IMG_9252.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1591378470/warsaw/bruyy9dsx0onaw0rffoi/IMG_9252.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1591378470/warsaw/bruyy9dsx0onaw0rffoi/IMG_9252.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1591378470/warsaw/bruyy9dsx0onaw0rffoi/IMG_9252.jpg","width":1024}])
![The cover of the Youth with Refugees Art Contest]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1589899749/warsaw/b1p7wachiym80lvlz0sd/UNHRartcontest.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1589899749/warsaw/b1p7wachiym80lvlz0sd/UNHRartcontest.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1589899749/warsaw/b1p7wachiym80lvlz0sd/UNHRartcontest.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1589899749/warsaw/b1p7wachiym80lvlz0sd/UNHRartcontest.png","width":850}])