This year IWAK has been supporting the Centrum Praw Kobiet (Women’s Rights Centre) with financial and in-kind donations! THANKS go to all of our members who have generously donated too many items to mention! These include bedding, clothes, baby furniture, cleaning products and cosmetics, kitchen goods, irons, kettle, laptop, and many more, to […]
New IWAK year
Dear Ladies! The new IWAK year is just around the corner! Here is some important information for you: Your membership will be confirmed on payment of your dues by end of September (100 zlotys to be paid preferably by bank transfer to the International Women’s Association of Kraków, account no […]
Happy Stones Kraków
Two of our IWAK ladies have launched a creative, interactive project. Find out more here and feel free to join in! Stones that make you happy. Made in our beautiful Kraków and left to find at Jordana Park. If you find one, please post a message and photo to our page […]
IWAK Charity work and volunteering opportunities
Last year IWAK managed to hold a few successful Charity campaigns! Our Golden Charity Christmas Party brought in PLN 10,000 that was donated to the Autism Centre for their kitchen/dining renovations. Following valuable advice from our new Charity Officer Kasia Gates, the Centre approached IKEA requesting sponsorship and received a […]
Autism Centre Handover Visit
On 19 February Kasia Gates and I, on behalf of the IWAK Committee, visited the Centre of Autism and Complex Development Disabilities for the official handover of the 10,000 PLN collected at last year’s Christmas Charity Golden Party. This closes IWAK’s second year of financial assistance to the Centre. We […]
5 months in Kraków
In August of 2019 my family and I moved to Kraków with the expectation we would live there for three or four years. We moved into our house, unpacked our boxes, started school and jobs, and began our love affair with Poland. Sadly, it wasn’t meant to last as long as […]
IWAK Golden Charity Christmas Party 2019
If you skipped New Year’s celebrations and instead joined the IWAK Golden Charity Christmas Party on 7 December 2019, you won the lottery! The interiors of Avangarda welcomed all the guests with the unparalleled atmosphere of interwar Kraków. IWAK members celebrated the most important night of the year in a […]
IWAK Golden Charity Christmas Party
This year IWAK’s annual Christmas charity event is the Golden Party, held to support the Centre for Autism and Complex Development Disabilities (http://www.centrum-autyzmu.pl). Since 2013, the Centre has been providing a wide range of professional, educational, medical and consulting services to students with autism spectrum disorders and their parents. This […]
A special thank you from the Centre for Autism!
In 2017, the IWAK money raised at the annual Charity Gala held at Pod Różą Hotel afforded the Centre for Autism in Kraków the opportunity to upgrade their sensory integration activities room and computer lab. The Centre showed its immense gratitude by gifting IWAK with a photobook showcasing all of […]
The effects of IWAK’s 2018 Charity Gala are now physically tangible!
We are super excited and proud to announce the official handover of brand new, super comfy foldout beds for the use of parents staying with their sick kids at the newly renovated children’s surgery ward of the University Children’s Hospital in Prokocim. Our donation of PLN 35,000, raised during our […]
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