Addenda
foundation operates in the sphere of non-formal and informal adult education.
We
are especially interested in the areas where education meets and interlaces
with culture, art, social life, healthcare, homeland identity community
activities and family life.
We
are focusing mainly on people over the age of 40 (the middle aged and
elderly) especially those facing all kinds of educational difficulties, caused
by social, geographical, economical and other obstacles and problems.
We
organise, animate and support various educational and cultural events,
workshops, seminars, lectures, discussion meetings, happenings, courses and
trainings conducted in a way that stands out from common practice.
In
our educational actions we concentrate not only on providing skills and
knowledge but also on creating active educational approaches, curiosity and
cognitive courage, involvement of oneself and others.
We
promote innovation and high quality of theoretical reflection, but at the same
time we keep in touch with everyday life and its problems. We are working on
developing methods and language useful in non-formal and informal education.
An
important element of our work is cooperation and exchange, both local and
international. We counsel, support and assist individuals, organisations and
institutions, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, e.g rural
regions.
We
create a common platform for the people, with different backgrounds, who are
interested in innovation in adult learning . In our team we have educators,
practitioners and researches, people representing various disciplines like
pedagogy, psychology, philosophy, literature, social communication, library
science and science, with a rich and broad experience in education.
We
are always open to expanding our team and to cooperate with other individuals,
organisations and institutions.
An
impressionist while painting a picture covers the canvas with colorful spots in
seemingly careless and random ways. When we take a close look at his work it
seems without plan, inconspicuous and trivial. But when viewed from a certain
perspective it turns out that every single brush stroke was meaningful and
necessary. Every colour, spot and shape is indispensable and vital to creating
a single, astonishingly beautiful totality.
We
wish that every single one of our actions will be like a fragment of an
artist's work which together with other fragments will create a unique work of
art.
