Aim High Asociation
Aim High consists of young people willing to change something in their surroundings. The Mission of Aim High is to promote young people, increase their self-confidence and help them reach for their dreams and take their own actions aimed to help other young people. The organization focuses mostly on youth coming from disadvantaged environments – small towns and villages in Poland as well as in other parts of the world. We believe that everyone can take full charge of their life and lead it the way he/she wants to. We work mostly with active methods – workshops and trainings. We teach leadership skills, creating and carrying out social projects, communication and group building. Aim High uses juggling and other circus activities as a metaphor of reaching the goal step by step. We try to show to young people that even things that seem to be impossible at first, can be achieved with a little faith, effort and persistence.
In India, Sasha Kiessling and Marta Kaszubska, invented and implemented a project for young, tribal girls being the first generation who go to school. “Girls Can!” is a women empowerment programme which aims are to build self confidence and leadership skills among girls in order to promote gender equality. We are also doing the “Girls Can” project in two Polish small towns: Garwolin and Włodawa.
In Poland we are leading an year long internet “Academy for Young Leaders”. It is an innovative online course for youth who would like to start their own actions and projects in social field. The parlour Academy is being implemented in USA.
We are also getting involved in many actions. We are doing spontaneous juggling workshops for the street children who come from the poorest parts of Warsaw.
We are open to work with other youth who are willing to organize workshops and events for others. If you want to join us please contact: marta@mierzwysoko.org.pl
If you would like to know more about “Girls Can – India” please see the report girls_can_report-2006 (Adobe pdf 1,03 MB), written by Sasha Kiessling.