Small Town of Dzierżoniów - summary of the project

2021-10-08

Photo of participants of the Small Town of Dzierżoniów

300 hours of apprenticeship, 18,000 earned Dzierżoniów and 100 satisfied students - this is the result of the Little Town of Dzierżoniów project, in which young people from Dzierżoniów primary schools learned the value of money and learned how to manage their own budget.

All thanks to the help of 22 entrepreneurs, 37 volunteers and 5 workshop workers who introduced them to the arcane of the adult world in which you have to save and pay taxes. In a special simulation, for five days young citizens of tenants learned the secrets of such professions as: hairdresser, policeman, firefighter, paramedic, computer graphic artist, personal trainer, florist, ceramist / potter, embroiderer, dancer, choreographer, press journalist, banker, confectioner, presenter. television, optometrist / eyeglass stylist, photographer, shoemaker, programmer, physiotherapist, arborist. They were paid for it and they paid taxes. They paid a total of 16,346 Dzierżoni to the project bank, obtaining interest on deposits in the amount of 1,662 Dzierżoni. They could buy sweet temptations or ice cream, or save for "serious" purchases in the "dream shop", where they bought scooters, skateboards, backpacks, pencil cases, games, puzzles, balls, stationery, water bottles, Lego blocks on the last day of the project , models and lots and lots of other stuff.

The Association of Dzierżoniów and the city of Dzierżoniów received nearly PLN 180,000 for the implementation of the project. funding. The project ran from September 27 to October 1. For the whole week, the youth took over the symbolic keys to the city from the mayor, Dariusz Kucharski.

During the project, the participants additionally voted on one of the three investment ideas they would like to implement in the city. Their choice fell on the pavement games square (54 votes), which will be built at Aleja Fairytale Gwiazd.

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