It has become a tradition that to speak at TEDxKraków we invite people who through their actions have changed reality for the better. This year, to share experiences and spread the will to do good we invited… an angel. You have to admit that such a thing does not happen often, which is why you simply cannot miss our event in ICE Congress Centre on 13 June.
During this year’s TEDxKraków conference Joanna McCoy, translator and audit commission member of the association Beautiful Angels, will tell us more about projects run by this organisation.
As adults who engage in social initiatives, we have plenty of possibilities to make kids’ lives better. We can fill their world with colours – literally. And accomplishing this gives you wings. The Beautiful Angels’ Association invites both individuals and companies to work together on adding colour to the surroundings of children in difficult life situations. Thanks to the Angels’, these kids get a possibility to work at their own desks, sleep in their own beds or design their own room. Angels collaborate with adults who received support in their own past as well, which helped them become the people they are now – doctors, IT specialists, architects, athletes or fulfilling their dreams in various other fields. Also, more and more people from juvenile detention centres and corrective facilities get involved in the “Sunny rooms” projects. Those who remember where they grew up and think that children deserve a good life, a space to study and play, can support the association through donations, expertise or experience. Beautiful Angels connect groups which at first don’t seem to have anything in common; anything but the will to help. This is their take on “reconnecting the dots”.
The association has been active in Lesser Poland and Silesia for two years; recently they also started operating in the Mazovia Province. Since then it has finalised over 30 renovations – a change of interior works on kids like therapy, giving hope for a brighter future.
Joanna McCoy - sworn translator, specialises in legal texts. She is interested in law and continuously develops her knowledge in this topic – presently she is doing postgraduate studies in forensic science at the Jagiellonian University. She is passionate about literature, writing and also, she selflessly loves other people, which is why she helps and works with the Angels.