Following the company’s development, we decided to share what we have and what we’ve achieved so far, which is why in 2014 ‘FORMIKA FOR CHILDREN’ FOUNDATION was created.

Its main aim is to offer support for children, teenagers and their families who suffer personal and economic hardship. However, we help wisely: we want to give them equal opportunities and prepare for adult life so that in the future they can cope on their own. The Foundation also supports such organisation units as: orphanages, single mother homes, social welfare homes, schools and kindergartens.

During the 10 years of the Foundation's activity:

Holidays for children

870 children benefited from summer, winter and school trips, summer camps and day camps financed in part or in whole by the Foundation. The Foundation finances the holidays of children and youth from families with low material status, foster families, orphanages, community day care centers, church organizations.

School lunches for children

A total of 690 children from schools in Bieszczady received funding from us for school lunches.

Additional classes for children

Thanks to our support, almost 600 children, both younger and older, have taken part in various types of additional activities such as: English, art, singing lessons, piano lessons, tennis classes, chess, re-education, psychological therapy, speech therapy, sensory integration, social skills training, judo, dance classes.

School starter kits for children

We have given school starter kits in the form of school supplies, backpacks or textbooks to 210 children.

Renovation and modernization projects

The Foundation has carried out 27 renovation and modernization projects by financing construction works and interior furnishings in whole or in part:

Modernization of children's rooms in a children’s home in Płock
Painting rooms in the Single Mother's House in Warsaw
Bathroom renovation in a children’s home in Warsaw
Modernization and renovation of a large family home in the Klembów municipality
Modernization and renovation of a large family home in the Brwinów municipality
Replacement of windows in a large family home in Gdańsk
Bathroom renovation in a family house in the Klembów municipality
Co-financing of the renovation of a public kindergarten in Wieruszów
Co-financing of the modernization of the community day care center for children in Brwinów
Co-financing of the modernization of a family children’s home in Gniew
Co-financing of the modernization and reconstruction of the “Iskierki” Family Children’s Home in Chojnice
Reconstruction and modernization of a foster family home, acting as an emergency care center for children from Jasło
Renovation of the dining room in the Special School and Educational Centre in Baczków
Painting rooms in Children’s Home no. 1 in Warsaw, furniture replacement
Renovation and modernization of a single-family house for a family from Ostrówek
Renovation of an apartment for a foster family from the Wałbrzych area
Co-financing for the construction of a kindergarten in Jarosław
Co-financing for the modernization of the attic for a foster family
Renovation of an apartment for a single mother with a child in Zabrze
Renovation and furnishing of a flat for a single mother with a child in Brwinów
Co-financing for the renovation of an apartment for a family in need from the vicinity of Kościerzyna
Construction of a new playground for Special School and Educational Centre in Joniec
Renovating and equipping the bathroom for mothers from the Single Mother's Home in Zgorzelec
Painting rooms in the orphanage in Pruszków (voluntary employee action)
Installation of central heating and replacement of windows in the home of a family in need
Subsidising the renovation and furnishing of the day-care centre ‘Stacja Drzewko’ in Warsaw
Financing the purchase of building materials for the renovation and modernisation of a building for a future family children's home in Warmia.

Support for large families

Almost 200 families with many children in a difficult financial or life situation received help from the Foundation in the form of: purchase of food, household chemistry, household appliances, winter fuel, clothing and shoes for children.

Power4Future Project

In October 2022, we launched the first edition of the ‘Power4Future’ Youth Scholarship Programme. It is aimed at young people aged 17+ and students up to the age of 26 - from foster families, orphanages, wards of community centres and young people becoming independent. Participants in the programme are offered professional support in the form of Kompas Kariery consultations with a diagnosis of potential, participation in competence workshops and mentoring, and the possibility of an individual development programme for each participant (educational and development scholarship in the form of funding a course, classes, studies, etc.)

We encourage everyone to cooperate with us and to support those who are the most important in our lives – the children. Let's remember that every kind of help counts, even the smallest one.

All information about the activities of the foundation can be found on the website:

www.formikadzieciom.org.pl

and on social media:

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