Second edition of the Janusz Korczak Prize. Meet the nominees! Final Gala 18 May

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More than 100 applications were received by the Janusz Korczak Prize, which has been awarded by the Korczak University since last year. The Bureau of the Chapter nominated 20 people and 20 institutions. We will meet the winners of the award on 18 May during the gala at the Museum of the past of Polish Jews in Warsaw. registry your share.

The aim of the Prize funded by the Korczak University is to promote The thought of Janusz Korczak and support changes in education by rewarding institutions and people who follow and implement the values of Korczakowski, make modern and courageous educational solutions, consistently support the subjectivity and rights of the kid and care for the protection of these rights, support children and families in hard situations or make an environment that is friendly to happy childhood.

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The award is awarded by the Chapter in 3 categories:

for organisations and institutions that follow the values of cork,
for persons – local leaders applying the Korczak ideas in practice,
for public persons working for children and young people.

This is the second edition of the competition, which coincides with the 30th anniversary of Korczak University and 3 decades of promotion of Korczak values by us. all year we will reward people who change education, inspire, care for the rights of children and young people. We are looking for those who are the essence of good, humanistic, respect for the dignity of all human being and the diversity of education and concern for children's rights

– says Prof. Mirosław Grewiński, Rector of Korczak University

Meet the nominees for the Janusz Korczak Prize 2023

In the category ‘institutions’, the nomination was given to:

Red Noski Clown Foundation in Warsaw
“Space for Girls” Foundation from Warsaw
“School with Class” Foundation from Warsaw
“Yellow Kite” Foundation from Siedlec
Jan Amos Komenski Children improvement Foundation from Warsaw
Youth Centre for Social Education and Reading in Goniądz
Youth Centre Sociotherapy No. 2 "Kąt” from Warsaw
Gingerbread Museum in Toruń
National phase of Artistic Presentations of OSPAR Projects at M. Grzegorzewski peculiar Pedagogy Academy in Warsaw
Programme “Projector” implemented by the Entrepreneurship Educational Foundation in Lublin
“Equal opportunities” programme of the Warsaw Foundation “Civis Polonus”
Solid home of Culture “Sunnik” in Warsaw
QZONEA Association in Kobyłka
“The Heart for Children” Association in Warsaw
Janusz Korczak Primary School in Kleszczów
Primary school No. 23 of the Order of grin Bachelors in Toruń
Janusz Korczak simple School in Ruda Bugaj
School of Bachelors of the Order of grin in Śrem
Warsaw Children's Hospice
School Complex No. 33 for Children and Youth Chronicly sick in Bydgoszcz

In the category "leaders of changes in education and the fight for the rights of the child", the nominations received:

Agata Kobylińska, Plenipotentiary of the president of the City of Łódź for Children and Youth
Anna Kasperek, teacher, creator of “Working Good” from Gdynia
Anna Konarzewska, teacher, author of the “Be a Teacher” blog from Gdańsk
Dr. Anna Krawczak, in vitro, adoption and replacement care expert
Dominik Kuc, activist, creator of LGBTQ+ relationship School Ranking
Grzegorz Jach, police officer, theatre director, actor, educator
Jakub Wygnański, a social activist, animator of the improvement and cooperation of the "third sector"
Jarosław Adamczuk, educator and social innovator
Kamila Olga Stępień-Reszel, pedagogue, psychologist, kid rights advocate from Gdańsk
Katarzyna Gabryś, socialist, from over 30 head of parish protection in Chorzów
Marcin “Gwizdo” Gwizdalski, socialist, educator from the Orange Studio in Gubina
Mariusz Kurnyta, activist from the Polish-Belarusian borderland known as Man of the Forest
Marta Florkiewicz-Borkowska, teacher from Pilgrimowice, creator of the action “Sad Eaters”
Marta Szymczyk from Łódź, teacher, author of the blog “Neszablona pedagogue”
Małgorzata Jerzyńska-Szmaj, support teacher, peculiar pedagogue from the Primary School in Owińska
Prof. Mikołaj Spodaryk, pediatric physician, Head of the Department of Food Treatment of the University Children's infirmary in Kraków
Octavia Gorzeńska, leader of the implementation of changes in education
Piotr Selke, social animator of the musical center minorDur in Mosina
Patrycja Karykowska, teacher, librarian and social animator from Kielce
Violetta Matusiak, teacher, social innovator in the field of education